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Leslie Black is Looking for an Answer , Can You help?

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Recieved this email below today ,  thought I would share . Wouldn’t this type of tragedy   be relatively easy to ferret out? but then again maybe not..  If you have any suggestion for Leslie the email address is below .
“Hi , i am looking for any knowledge off my great grandfather - Durham Greig , who was a police [...]

Jan’s Journal

Friday, February 12th, 2010

 
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I recently started to post some of my own photo’s onto flickr.com hoping to connect and make some reunions. Little did I realize how many creative people are members there.  One in particular is Barty2008 who also goes by the name of Jan ( real name). Jan lives in England .   Here is a link to her Journal [...]

Old Photographic - The Online Vintage Photography Magazine

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

If your a vintage photo collector here’s a great site for buying vintage photos , if your not in the market to buy you can still browse and enjoy history through photos . Bill Bohn has done a nice job with his website . Its worth a visit.
Bill say’s

“If you collect vintage photographs, [...]

Honoring Our Ancestors - Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

There are many people I admire in the genealogy world . One of my favorite is Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak . Megan help give DeadFred.com a step up in our early development and has supported us ever since. But thats a small story compared to the vast effect she has had on the genealogy scene and its members. [...]

The Mexican Suitcase - New Works By Old Masters

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

When the three weathered cardboard boxes — known collectively, and cinematically, as the Mexican suitcase — arrived at the International Center of Photography more than a year ago, one of the first things a conservator did was bend down and sniff the film coiled inside, fearful of a telltale acrid odor, a sign of nitrate [...]

Dick Eastmans Online Genealogy Newsletter

Monday, April 27th, 2009

“The DAILY newsletter for genealogy consumers, packed with straight talk - hold the sugar coating - whether the vendors like it or not!“
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/
If you haven’t heard of Dick Eastman, then you must be a newby to genealogy or you accidentally stumbled onto this web page.  Mr Eastman is to me  the Walter Winchell / Walter Cronkite /Edward R Murrow [...]

The Photo Detective - Maureen Taylor

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

 http://www.photodetective.com
Super Photo Sleuth Maureen Taylor is unquestionably the person to contact when you need your photo mysteries solved. Historian , Genealogist and  Profilic Writer  Maureen absoluetly is #1 in her profession.  Visit her site even if you don’t have a mystery photo , you’ll will find her  very interesting 
http://www.photodetective.com

Trip Advisor

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Great reference for the traveler or vacationer . I use this whenever I travel and have saved myself  money and lots of grief .
http://www.tripadvisor.com/