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Name That Person

After 56 years of collecting family photographs, my mother has finally realized how important it is to write the names of the persons on the pictures. We have an entire box full of pictures of some people that we just do not know. It is important to remember to write the names of the people in the picture, along with the date, and I would suggest also where they were at the time the picture was taken. You can get acid free pens at craft stores, and I have even found them at the dollar store.

Maybe, just maybe, we can help our children and grandchildren avoid such frustration later on!

Submitted by Paulette Carpenter

TNGenWeb

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Genealogical Proof Standard:

Our genealogical goal is to assemble a reconstructed [family] history
that is as close to the “truth” as humanly possible.

The purpose here is to measure the credibility of the statements we make
about the identities, relationships, events, and biographical details
that we put into our histories.

First, we must research all information that is pertinent to the
identity, relationship, event, or situation that we include.

Second, we must include complete, accurate citations of sources for each
bit of information that we use.

Third, we must analyze and determine the quality of each entry into our
story.

Fourth, it is necessary to resolve evidential conflicts and arrive at a
well reasoned, coherent conclusion.

[... points taken from Board of Certification of Genealogists
Genealogical Standards Manual]

Submitted by Wild Bill Oliver

Preserving Newsprint Clippings:

Newspapers are made from the fibers of wood [trees] and they turn color
and darken in short periods of time; especially if exposed to daylight.
The process can be slowed down with chemicals. Yet, that is not the
wisest solution. Newspapers also need to be protected from other
materials such as photographs or papers. Chemicals bleed into one
another. Thus, to give your originals a longer life and protect them
from other material or protect other material from them, consider:

1. Use sheets of alkaline buffered paper to back them and place them in
an archival polyester film folder.

2. Put these folders in file folders [and/or boxes] of high quality
acid-free, alkaline buffered materials [archival quality materials].

3. Store them in a cool, dry place, such as a closet. It would be nice
if that room were air conditioned, also.

4. Before archiving newsprint scan them and file them on discs. In
this way one can print them for folks or share them via the internet.

Submitted by:
Wild Bill Oliver

OHGenWeb, etc.........

Don’t forget the Veteran’s

We all know that we start by working backwards on the family tree—parents, grandparents, etc. WE ask when and where you were born. We should also ask things like were you in the military? Or was someone you know there? Get them talking about people and places they remember. Many people got letters from soldiers that weren't part of their families.
My cousin remembered that when he was on the ship in the pacific during WWII had to drink gallons and gallons of liquids—sometimes it was soda pop and sometimes it was beer but it was always hot and often flat.
He remembered how his mother would say that when she got letters from his brother in Germany it was cold (they were piling snow on the foxhole to stay warm) but when she got them from him it was hot.
My dad remembered kangaroos in Australia and hot humid jungles in New Guinea.

One man remembered going to the preliminary checkup and getting 4f'd because of high blood pressure. His other three brothers went in and died there. His parents were glad he wasn't allowed to fight.

One man remembers riding a train back to camp in time to leave on the next flight out or coming home on a bus only to find no one was waiting.
It’s the little things that need to be remembered. The feelings that came with them.

There are records that tell of events and places they happened but they don't always give the little details.
When you are creating your family tree or doing genealogy don’t forget the little things. Someday someone will want to know.

Sharon McCormack
TNGenWeb