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 when faced with a physical copy of a picture it often takes me months …
This May be the Fastest Way Ever to Scan Old Family Photos, and it’s Free Read More »
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 bedroom. “I want to throw it all away!” My client was overwhelmed with her extensive genealogy collection. She had …
Sort, Scan, Share: How to NOT Drown in Family Memorabilia Read More »
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 and key just to make sure all my secrets were safe. But in reality, I had …
Dear Diary…Don’t Divulge Those Secrets Too Fast! Read More »
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 champagne flute/candlestick/mini pitcher/teapot/padded coat hanger obsessions. Actually, my brother stopped at padded coat hangers. That’s all he bought her for about …
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 or Billion Graves, I find other reasons as well; the calm, the time to think, …
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 heavy lifting. I don’t know about you, but I tend to conjure up all farmers about the same! Sad really. You’d think …
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 for lunch would be just fine! We were all startled when the doorbell rang, not because no …
When History Comes Knocking at Your Door, Literally! Read More »
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 myself I have given up eBay for Lent (I can hear the share price dropping as I type this.) This picture …
Appreciating Our Ancestor’s Education & Controlling an eBay Habit Read More »
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 frankly wasn’t prepared for. We live in a large city, one with many, many options …
Grandma, Thanks for the Memories – Granddad, Thanks for Hoarding Them Read More »