Digitizing your pictures or slides offered

Do you have a box full of photos or slides that need to be digitized? Having them digitized allows you to share them with family or on social media. It also secures they will be around for a long time. I offer the service of scanning and digitizing photos and slides. I have the ability to "clean" them up some. I can take out most scratches, yellowing, marks. They can be straightened. We can change them from color to sepia or black and white. For more information, please contact me. Prices are very reasonable.

Genealogy is a Study of Your Past

Have you ever looked through the family picture book and wondered who some of those old people are? Where did they live? How do they relate to me? Researching your past is what Genealogy is all about. It is fun, addictive and very informative. Start with your name, date of birth, place of birth and any other important date and data that you know about yourself. Write it all down. Now write the same information down for your brothers and sisters, spouse if you have one, kids. That is current information. How do we get to our past - our ancestors? We start with our Mom and Dad. Get that same information and write it down. If they are still alive, ask them about Grandma and Grandpa. Get their information. If they are alive, go interview them. Ask them about their life, their kids, how they met, where did they go to school. Ask them anything that will help you understand who they are. Also ask them about their siblings and their parents. Keep doing that and soon you will have quite a bit of information. Now purchase software such as Roots Magic or Legacy to type all this new information into. Or you can get hard copy ancestral sheets to hand write the information down on. You can do research for people in your past. Ancestry.com is a good start to find records of people. A great place to find more records is at any Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS or Mormon) church that has a genealogical library in it. There are people there that can guide you in your search. Get started now. Good luck.