Anatomy of an Archival Scrapbook Project
Posted on January 19, 2010 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Personal History, Photo Restoration, Photos & Snapshots, Preserving Memories | 1 Comment
We are in the process of wrapping up a large scrapbook project for a client that has been such a delight to work on that I wanted to share the project and the process we’ve gone through as I believe many of my readers may have similar such scrapbooks and may wonder what can be [...]
Read More..>>Rescuing Texas History Mini-grants Available, January 15, 2010 deadline
Posted on December 31, 2009 - Filed Under Media Archiving, Preserving Memories | Leave a Comment
“The Portal to Texas History staff at University of North Texas extends an invitation to institutions for a “Rescuing Texas History” mini-project.
We are funding mini-projects for libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other groups that hold history materials. All of the materials will be scanned at the Digital Imaging Lab in the [...]
Memory and Craft
Posted on October 13, 2009 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Personal History, Preserving Memories | 2 Comments
Flickr photo: josefnovak33
I was recently watching “Craft in America“, PBS’s excellent series covering the major influences that play a part in each artist’s craft. The particularly episode I watched was episode V – Process, that looked at how an artist achieves the skill to become proficient. It profiled several artists about how they have [...]
Read More..>>Thinking of Doing it Yourself – Redux
Posted on May 20, 2009 - Filed Under Family Memories, Geneaology, Media Archiving, Networking, Personal History, Photo Restoration, Preserving Memories, Video Tributes | Leave a Comment
A couple days ago, my friend and client Jay Steinfeld, CEO and founder of Blinds.com posted a “tweet” on Twitter (Jay is @BlindscomCEO) that read: “If you think hiring an expert is expensive, just try an amateur!”
I found myself laughing in that “I get it but it’s really not very funny” way because it’s so [...]
My Computer Nightmare Video Contest
Posted on January 13, 2009 - Filed Under Media Archiving, Photo Restoration, Preserving Memories | Leave a Comment
My partner and good friend Isabelle MacCrimmon has just entered Mozy’s video contest. The rules are to create a video of your worst computer nightmare that cannot exceed 1 minute in length. Considering she and her husband Keith are big fans of Indiana Jones (not to mention that Keith bears an uncanny physical resemblance to [...]
Read More..>>Create Your Own Family Bible
Posted on January 8, 2009 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Personal History, Preserving Memories | 2 Comments
Flickr photo: Wonderlane
We often do large photo archiving projects for families that involve scanning and creating digital records of photos albums, boxes of loose photos, newspaper articles, certificates and other family mementos that a family wants preserved. Families want this service because it provides a backup should anything happen to the original as well as [...]
Read More..>>New Year’s Resolutions Should Include a Good Backup Protocol
Posted on December 22, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving | Leave a Comment
Flickr photo: Shanghai Daddy
I was just reading about a woman whose computer was acting up so she called a computer technician out to her home to save her from the dread ‘blue screen.’ Apparently she had 10 years worth of genealogy research stored on her computer and NO BACKUPS! Just thinking about that [...]
Read More..>>Hope Chest
Posted on November 24, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Personal History, Preserving Memories | Leave a Comment
Flickr photo: pboomerx
A Hope Chest was originally used as a dowry. It was property that a woman owned and brought into her marriage. Some women could not find a suitable husband, for various factors; therefore, the dowry was used as a way of enticing a man into marriage.
The idea of a Hope Chest [...]
Legacy Lists – Organizing The Family Information
Posted on October 19, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Personal History | Leave a Comment
Flickr photo:neloqua
I recently realized that while my two sons are grown, 25 and 22, my will lists my brother as the executor of my estate. My oldest son lives here in Houston and it has occurred to me that I need to start grooming him to be my executor, showing him where all the [...]
Read More..>>Putting the Pieces Together Again After Hurricane Ike
Posted on September 30, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Networking, Photo Restoration, Photos & Snapshots | Leave a Comment
It’s been a little over two weeks since Hurricane Ike slammed Houston. For awhile, we were all the press could talk about, and then real life happened and the county’s financial mess engulfed our 15 minutes of fame.
With power still out in many areas and some 400 people missing from Galveston, it will be [...]
