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Grandma, Thanks for the Memories – Granddad, Thanks for Hoarding Them
I have two projects right now. Well, I have a lot more than 2, but these are on the top of the literal paper stack. The first are my son’s applications to high school. It’s a huge undertaking; one I...
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Appreciating Our Ancestor’s Education & Controlling an eBay Habit
Photo Caption: Jodi’s recent class photo purchases (stop her before she buys again!) I have a problem. That’s the first step to recovery right? I am addicted to purchasing old class photos. To help...
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When History Comes Knocking at Your Door, Literally!
Image caption: House documents dated from 1910-1924 It was about noon on a typical Houston summer day (Hot!) The kids and I were home, deciding it was just too hot to go to the grocery store – popcorn...
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The Curse of the “Medium Build” Description
Images of our ancestors bring so much life to a person previously only known through census records and cemeteries. But for many we simply don’t have the coveted photograph. Our imagination does the...
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What I’ve Learned from “Working the Cemeteries”
I’ve loved cemeteries as long as I can remember. I think I became a genealogist just so I would have a good explanation for how often I visited them. While I go mainly to take photos for Find A Grave...
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The Challenge of Inheriting Collections
Image at left: These do look comfortable, but 200?? My mom’s love of collecting things made her incredibly easy to shop for. Every Christmas and birthday my brother and I could rotate between the...
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Dear Diary…Don’t Divulge Those Secrets Too Fast!
Ah, the diary! An empty book just waiting for you to confess all your fears, dreams, secret loathings and lovers! At least that’s what I thought when I started keeping a diary at age 10. It had a lock...
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Sort, Scan, Share: How to NOT Drown in Family Memorabilia
By Jodi Bash Small piles of photos, letters, and other yellowed documents lined the living room walls. As I walked further into the house, I saw they also lined all available space in the kitchen and...
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This May be the Fastest Way Ever to Scan Old Family Photos, and it’s Free
By Jodi Bash The digital age of photos gives us so much to be thankful for. Photos can be edited, shared, deleted, and ordered in a frame at the touch of a button. I am so used to this convenience that...
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