• family historian

    Share your memories with family

    One of the main barriers family historians face is sharing information. Most of us have family all over the States and even World, and for my Grandma she would have to rely on snail mail, and then towards the end email. Which in my experience is the least reliable source of sharing your families history. My Grandma was always forwarding everything she received, so I had set up an account with Hotmail and Netscape to receive all her forwards. I thought that I would have access forever to those files. I was very wrong, both servers deleted everything. Now I back things up, and have found a more reliable resource for sharing, a way that I can instantly save on a thumb drive. Dropbox is the best way to share files from your computer to a family members, and it is free. You would zip your photos, or pedigree chart and place it in the file you are sharing through Dropbox with your family.

    Dropbox home

    This is the way your dropbox page will look. You will have access on your PC and on their site.

    This is the way your dropbox page will look. You will have access on your PC and on their site.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Living Social

    Living Social deals

    Here are Thursdays Living Social deals. As a scrapbooker and Genealogist, I LOVE finding new deals for preserving and showing off family. I am glad to see that Living social is getting more and more deals for photos. Hope you enjoy as much as I have.

     

     

    $60 (Pay $30) to Spend Online on a 11×14 Art Print or $185 (Pay $92) to Spend Online on a Framed 11×14 Art Print

    12/25/13-1/22/13

     

    AncestrybyDNA Test, $97

    1/16/13-1/30/13

     

    Win Game Night with a Custom Magnetic Picture Puzzle, $19

     

    Turn the Page on Reading Struggles, $39

    1/9/13-1/23/13

     

    Fabness

    Three 12×18 ($69) or Three 12×24 ($89) Canvas Prints

  • My memories, touched by a butterfly

    Creating a Twitter Cover

    Twitter now has an option to create your own header. When you go to your profile account you can now select to not only edit your photo, but also your new header.

     

    After selecting edit another screen will give you more options, one will be to change your header. 

    The new cover measurements are 1252×626, to create using My Memories software you would open a new album and select design your own page

     

    Select Landscape, and custom size 1252 by 626

    once you have selected your size, you can add any designs you wish. You can even resize any page you have already created to create the new header. Then you will save the new creation, and upload in the new Twitter header section by selecting Choose existing image from your computer.

     

     

    Here are a couple I have created using Touched by a Butterflies Day at the Spa Kit.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • family historian, preserving memories, preserving photos

    Flip pal Sketch Kit special

    “A Sketch in Time!”
    Purchase a Flip-Pal mobile scanner and get a Flip-Pal mobile scanner Sketch Kit FREE!, valid January 3-March 31. Please place items in your shopping cart first, then use promotion code: SKETCH13.

     

    I love my little flip pal, it is tiny enough to go with me anywhere and yet powerful enough to capture the beauty of the photos I scan. I keep it near my laptop at all times, as a busy mom of 4 kids, working from home and homeschooling, this gadget has really been a plus. Takes less than a minute to scan any picture, and have on my laptop for the my Genealogy Project. I scanned this photo of my Grandparents at my Great Grandparents house around 1949 last fall while I was visiting my Aunt. The photo is 63 years old, my Aunt is the adorable baby in this photo. The scan was great, but the photo had been damaged a lot. After using Photo Elements 10 I was able to clear it up a lot to see the faces and even photos in the background. When handling old photos be sure to use Archival Methods White Nylon Gloves Medium, Package of 12, it helps avoid finger prints as the ones shown in the after edit. I also use Verbatim 96319 700 MB 52x UltraLife Archival Grade Gold Recordable Disc CD-R, 5-Disc Jewel Case to store my finished photos. Archival CDs and DVDs last longer because they are made of Gold.

    Above Before Left to Right, Pat, Dave Kistle, Ula Akin Durbin, Baby Theresa, Raymond Durbin, Ola Tryon(Grandma) and Elmer Joseph (June) Tryon.

    Below After

  • Ancestry.com, family reunions, family tree, Genealogy, preserving memories

    New Year, New Genealogy Conferences

    It is that time of year, Family Tree University and RootsTech are having their annual Conferences within the next few months. There are some positive changes to both conferences. Family Tree University has 15 Virtual Classes that you can view whenever you have time. Here is more details on their classes. February 22-24, early Bird sign up ends January 25th.

    • 15 half-hour video classes in three tracks:
      • genealogy technology track
      • research strategies track
      • ethnic research track
    • Unlimited viewing: Your all-access pass gets you into all 15 classes during the three-day conference—you can even download the videos to watch again later or view ones you missed!
    • Make your own schedule: Because the classes are pre-recorded, you don’t have to show up at a specific time to catch the ones you want—or choose between sessions you’re interested in.
    • Live chats and message board discussions: Enhance your conference experience by participating in conversations with FTU staff and instructors. Chat topic schedule to come!
    • Convenience: Unlike in-person genealogy conferences and seminars, you can take part in the Family Tree University Virtual Conference anywhere you can connect to the internet: at home, at the library, at the coffee shop with your laptop—choose the spot that works best for you. Best of all: No travel costs and parking hassles!
    • Value: Conference registration saves you 55% off the price of purchasing each video separately ($29.99). It’s like getting 8 classes for free!
    • “Swag bag” of freebies from ShopFamilyTree.com

     

    Rootstech Conference is March 21-23rd this year and has a couple new opportunities, one Story@Home which provides you with classes and performances to help guide you on better ways to preserve and share your families stories. And the other new opportunity is Getting Started Track for Beginners.

    • Learn the basics of starting your family history
    • Discover 10 activities you can do to get started
    • Get hands-on experience with family history tools
    • Recording and preserving family stories
    • Use your smartphone or other devices for family history
    • Using Google search to help find your ancestors

    The Conference will also have 250 informative Sessions and Larger Expo, it will be a lot of fun. The Early Bird registration is available now, grab it quick because it will go fast.

     

     

  • digital print, Groupon, scrapbooking, smilebox

    Photo Deals

    Now that the holidays are over, there will be all those wonderful memories to scrapbook. There are still great deals available for scrapbooking those memories. Groupon has a great deal on Custom Collage Posters. Collages are a great way to group all the memories into one beautiful photo.

     

    Custom Photo-Collage Posters

    Custom Collage Poster in 16”x20”, 20”x30”, or 24”x36” Sizes (Up to 58% Off). Free Shipping.

     

    You can even use SmileBox to create Collages and save to DVD to share with family. Smilebox has so many options to share with family those treasured moments.


    Smilebox

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