Paper degrades, photos fade and all physical records are subject to damage from fire or flood. With inexpensive scanners available, it is possible to digitize all old paper records. While it can be time-consuming, it isn’t insurmountable (I teach people how!). Almost everyone now carries a high-quality digital camera with them in their smart phone. …
The Family Bible Preservation Project does great work in getting non-standard genealogical sources indexed and connected to the records of the people recorded. They also issue interesting and fun genealogical challenges – usually finding someone in an obscure reference, such as people mentioned in an embroidered sampler. I took on a challenge, from the attached …
altar tomb – A solid, rectangular, raised tomb or grave marker resembling ceremonial altars of classical antiquity and Judeo-Christian ritual. bevel marker – A rectangular gravemarker, set low to the ground, having straight sides and uppermost, inscribed surface raked at a low angle. bolster – a form of gravestone where a cylinder (usually at least …
I received a phone call on my cell phone recently…. with so many spam calls, I was expecting it to be annoying, but instead it was a kind voice, apologetic, letting me know she might have a wrong number… She was looking for a friend, Janet Profitt, and all she had to go on was …
On Thomas Jefferson’s grave marker, his birth date is shown as “BORN APRIL 2, 1743 O.S.”
What is this “O.S.”?
When doing genealogical research, it is not uncommon to come across information that is protected under copyright law. While government documents and very old information that is no longer covered by copyright make up a large part of genealogical research, there is much that we have access to that may be protected by copyright law. …
