Looking for Hans Loe
Today I'm writing about how I started looking for Hans Loe, my Norwegian great-grandfather. It’s only three letters, but if I had a quarter for every time I’ve had to spell my last name, spell [...]
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Digitizing Records Behind the Scenes
Today's post is about digitizing records behind the scenes in libraries and archives. In a recent presentation on using manuscript collections, I mentioned the relatively low rates of digitization of manuscript collections. Like most issues [...]
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Jan 2011
Sassy Jane is Ancestor Approved
Sassy Jane is Ancestor Approved! I’m delighted to report that Kathy Reed of Jones Family Matters has selected this blog to receive the Ancestor Approved Award. The Ancestor Approved Award was created in March 2010 by Leslie Ann [...]
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Jan 2011
Tuesday’s Tip: Dismantle Those Framed Photographs
Tuesday's Tip: Dismantle Those Framed Photographs - today. Did you inherit framed family photographs? When framed photographs are donated to an institution, archivists always disassemble the frames and usually store the photographs unframed. Archivists [...]