FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
One of my favorite places to visit is a cemetery. I
don't need to have ancestors or relatives buried there. I just enjoy the
peaceful atmosphere, the different types of gravestones, and the social and
historical information found in a cemetery. No matter whether I'm on a
research trip or a casual visit, I always have a camera with me and take
pictures. Many times in the past I've been sadly disappointed in the
outcome, primarily with over- or underexposed images or illegible
inscriptions. However, I've been experimenting with digital photography in
two ways, and I'd like to share these with you in this week's
"Along Those Lines . . ." column.
Bonaventure Cemetery,
Savannah, Georgia
Shortly before our vacation in August, I received a mailing from Seattle
Film Works. It contained two rolls of 35mm film and catchy descriptions of
the types of processing they perform. No longer do they only develop and
print photographs; they now produce digitized images on CD-ROM, they e-mail
you a link to a Web site where your own digitized pictures are stored, and
they will store those images there forever for free as long as you process
at least two rolls of film each year. I decided to experiment with my
vacation photography by using a roll of Seattle's film, a roll of Kodak film
and a Fuji disposable camera. [ Read More
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