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 Grandpa Needham Dierlam and Beverly Dierlam, 1932 One question I’m constantly facing is, “Now that I have all these photos scanned, what in the world do I do with them?” I have relatives who say they would love to see them. But it takes far more work to get the photos to them! Now that they are computer files, I can email them out, a few at a time. I can post them on my web site or on Facebook. These days you can create coffee table books, calendars, etc. All of those things take time, and therefore, chances are they won’t actually happen. At least, in my case, not soon! I have found the @Dropbox service is a great (and free!) mechanism for file sharing amongst friends and relatives. Let me take a moment and explain Dropbox from this standpoint, because we’re going to be doing the same thing with Windows Live Mesh. Dropbox, according to Wikipedia, has over 50 million users. It’s a mature, reliable, and securely encrypted service. The original idea with Dropbox is that you use it for yourself. You install Dropbox on each of your computers (including your phone), and everything in your Dropbox folders is always available to you, on every computer. You can also use a web browser and obtain your files through their web site. It’s quite handy! The free version of Dropbox has limits, somewhere between 4 GB and 21 GB of file space. That is an awful lot of space for day-to-day usage. On the other hand, when you begin making thousands of high-resolution scans of photos and old hand-written documents, you run out of Dropbox space in a hurry! Continue reading Share Large Photo Archives With Your Relatives Using Windows Live Mesh  Two File Card Trays of 4x6 Genealogical Data I have scanned two trays of 4×6 inch index cards – thousands of cards. Each of the below links will give you the PDF file for that section. I’m not sure if these are of any use to anyone, but I am hereby sharing what I have! Genealogical Data – Miscellaneous FamiliesSurname A  Rosanah Wife of George A. Barnard The headstone says, Rosanah Wife of George A. Barnard. Who would know she was married at 16, mother at 17, widow at 18? Years later but still in her early 20s she became the wife of George Allen Barnard, and together they became my great-great-great grandparents. How did she feel, in barely-settled Kittanning, widow and mother at only 18? Her mother had died, and her step-mother was barely older than she. I wonder if she saw little but a hopeless life before her. She lived 81 years, and her son lived to be 98. I like how her memorial dominates the skyline at Glade Run Presbyterian Church cemetery, Dayton, Armstrong County Pennsylvania. 7. George Allen Barnard (1809-1885) was the son of George Barnard and Sally Higley. Rosanah Johnston (1814-1896) was the daughter of David R. Johnston and Isabella Robinson. 6. George Barnard (1782-1862) was the son of Francis Barnard Jr. and Chloe Mills. 5. Francis Barnard Jr. (1741-1828) was the son of Francis Barnard Sr. and Lucretia Pinney. 4. Francis Barnard Sr. (1719-1789) was the son of Joseph Barnard Jr. and Abigail Griswold. 3. Joseph Barnard Jr. (1681-1736) was the son of Joseph Barnard Sr. and Sarah Strong. 2. Joseph Barnard Sr. (ca. 1650-1695) was the son of Francis Barnard and Hannah Meruell. Sarah Strong (1655/56-1732/33) was the daughter of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford. 1. Francis Barnard (ca. 1617-1697/98). Hannah Meruell (ca. 1627-ca. 1675). Elder John Strong (1605-1699). Abigail Ford (1608-1688).  Freshly Crushed Headstone This is one reason cemetery photography can be important. Many headstones are being actively destroyed! Click on the image for the gruesome detail. This is in Pioneer Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri. Many of the headstones had multiple tire tracks across them. It looked like someone in a 4-wheeler or ATV was going in circles all over the cemetery. The face of at least one headstone was freshly chipped/scraped, and they are being further cracked. This cemetery has had severe vandalism in the past. The still-muddy tracks show the vandalism continues. Yeah, someone was just riding around, but that person was actively destroying what remains of this 19th Century cemetery.
DelicacyAncient headstones can never be replaced. They may be the only historical documents remaining from that time and place. Many headstones are so worn as to be completely unreadable – or so they appear to the unaided eye! The “Magic Mirror” technique throws the writing into sharp relief. The words quite literally jump out at you! The Magic Mirror is a “green” technique. It does not risk any harm to the headstone. All we do is shine sun light across the face of the inscription! These two photographs are of the same headstone! Can you see how the writing appears and disappears? This headstone looked exactly the same to the naked eye. We needed the Magic Mirror to read the inscription. The Blue italics text are the photo descriptions. You can skip over the text to continue reading this Magic Mirror Cemetery Photography tutorial. Click on any of the photographs to see it full size.  Mary F. Herring  Gideon F. Herring Left, Mary F. Herring: One of two photos of the same headstone, showing the “magic mirror” effect. In each photo, the highlighted inscription is visible and the other inscription is not. It is the same effect with the naked eye – we had to use the mirror to make out the writing at all. Right, Gideon F. Herring: Carefully compare this photo to the “Mary F. Herring” photo of the same headstone, to see the dramatic difference the “magic mirror” makes in readability. We use the mirror to shine sunlight ACROSS the face of the headstone, causing shadows in the barely-visible inscriptions. “Both on same headstone one above the other, Mary F., Born Aug 15 1848, died Aug 28, 1852. Gideon F., Born Dec. 19, 1852, died July 10, 1854. Children of G.H. and H.A. Herring. Brother and sister. Mary F. Herring was a daughter of George Washington Herring and Hester Ann Kemp, granddaughter of John Herring and Lucy Carver, and, Walter Kemp and Jerusha Key. She was my great grandAunt.”  Returning from Hibernation If you skip a paragraph or three, you’ll move straight to my thoughts on how we can be of greater service to our new online-connected generations. The 21st CenturyThree years ago I volunteered as Interim Webmaster. That part was easy, thanks to the gracious help of our previous webmaster! For the record, I donate to SFAA the cost of domain registrations, and the cost of commercial-grade server space and bandwidth. To me it’s all part of the package. Upon being named permanent Webmaster, I quickly consolidated my empire, declaring myself to be the Grand High Hereditary Webmaster of the Strong Family Association of America. It’s a legitimate title, since most of my best “webmastering” ideas come from our son Jakob Barnard. I downloaded Mars Edit. It allows me to compose web site posts directly on my Macintosh laptop. I’m hoping this will simplify things for me. So far, it looks good! I’ll try adding a photo and see how this goes!
This is from the Deerfield Vital Records, showing children born to Joseph Barnard and Sarah (Strong) Barnard. Son Joseph was born 1679 and died. The second Joseph (my ancestor) was born the 20th day of June 1681.  Strong Updates Volume I, the Jedediah line, has been out of print for more than 5 years. This is the line which we published first, over 20 years ago. This is the line which has possibly has the most interest – it’s the first book that sold out. When the Jedediah Book was published back in 1989, it generated a wealth of new material. People bought the book, read the book, and submitted even more genealogical information to the Strong Family Association of America. We have been gathering and editing that information for decades – but it has never been published, until now. It’s never really been practical to consider publishing second editions of our Updates books as new print editions. The up-front costs are prohibitive. The current trend is towards electronic publishing. People read books on their kindles and nooks, and on their home computers. It’s this fact which made a Second Edition practical. We created the book as a pair of PDF files, which we have packaged on a great-looking CD which can be read by any modern computer. The editorial and production process has taken us nearly two years, and countless hours. I believe that everyone who has the original printed Jedediah Book – no longer available, at any price – will be very happy to purchase the Second Edition. We have added literally many hundreds of pages of updated information. The Jedediah Book, Second Edition, is finally complete! Yay! We are currently packaging the book on CD. The book, on CD, will begin shipping on March 1, 2011. This article is from an SFAA member, and will be in an upcoming book. A 7th generation Vermont Yankee, born in Montpelier VT to a Methodist family, Father Ron Lawson has led a fascinating life…. And continues to do so. Graduating with the class of 1956 from Middlebury College, taking his degree in Russian, he had a two-year commitment to US Army Intelligence in the field of counterespionage. He stayed with the Army for another two years attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Assigned to West Berlin after completing a special dual language course (German and Polish) taught in the Hawkins Barracks in Oberammergau, Bavaria, he continued as a “spy catcher”. From the STRONG mailing list on Rootsweb: From: “Shelley Cardiel” <cardiels@comcast.net> I’ve “rescued” an old photograph of Caro Reynolds STRONG dated 1895. The Caro Reynolds STRONG b. 3 May 1875 in Pittston, PA to parents Theodore I am hoping to locate someone from the family so that this wonderful old Thanks, |
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