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Oh, my… I’m having more fun today than I have in years. MyHeritage, who pioneered so many photo innovations in the last couple years, has just released a new feature that allows your ancestor to talk (with a picture – Continue reading MyHeritage Releases LiveStory – Let Your Ancestor Tell Their Own Story Using AI Tech
I absolutely love the Ancestry.com mobile app. I use it with my Samsung phone every day – and it’s about to get used even more. With the addition of Photomyne technology, I can now scan and enhance photos right into Continue reading Ancestry adds PhotoMyne AI Photo Scanning and Enhancement Tech to it’s App
Although I can find no news releases or news articles about the event, The CivilWarPhotoSleuth website did an official launch today at NARA in Washington D.C.. See their Facebook page for more info on that. The site has been around for Continue reading Civil War Photo Sleuth Officially Launched
In looking back at RootsTech 2018, I’m coming away motivated to do something meaningful with my many pictures – and visuals in all forms. I am immediately setting about doing the following: Get my slides, film, and videos hi-res digitized. Continue reading I’m Motivated to Get My Stories+Pictures Available to My Family & Freinds
The following news release was received from Tami Mize, at JoyFlips: JoyFlips giving away $80,000 worth of FamilyArchive™ Kits at RootsTech Launch of Version 4.0. Groundbreaking technology for preserving and sharing family stories being launched at world’s largest family history Continue reading JoyFlips Giving Away $80,000 Worth of FamilyArchive™ Kits at RootsTech
Digital North Carolina just announced that the last batch from a set of photos contributed by the Benson Museum of Local History is now up on DigitalNC. They embarked on the digitization project in 2015, and the complete set of Continue reading 1K Historic Benson, Johnston County, North Carolina Photos Posted Online.
I was just informed that Gary Clark had a new photograph I.D. book come into print last November. Upon review of the book, I decided that FRPC should add this book to the four books we already stock of Gary’s. Continue reading New! 20th Century Photographs Kwik Guide – 10% Off Thru Aug. 28
The State Library of South Australia have posted portraits of over 1000 “Old Colonists,” which were previously only seen at the State Library itself. Included are indexes and online catalog records. The portraits are of folks who arrived prior to Continue reading 1000+ Old Colonists of Australia Portraits Now Available Online
The following excerpt was posted August 22, 2016 at petapixel.com. When photo storage site Picturelife shut down, users were left high and dry without a way to access and/or download the images they had stored there. This didn’t sit well Continue reading 200 Million PictureLife Images Are Back, Thanks to SmugMug
The following excerpt is from the August 1, 2016 edition of the wort.lu website. While Luxembourg works on its new nation brand, Wort.lu looks back at past branding approaches, in a rare online photo collection. The 6,500-strong photo archive dating Continue reading Historic Luxembourg Photos
The following excerpt is from an article Posted July 27, 2016 at CityLab.com: With over 150,000 pictures now mapped across the city, a new digital photo archive of the city of London is so rich in content it’s almost too Continue reading London Digital Photo Archive – by Street – is Now Online
The following books are all on sale at 20% off, through July 5 or while supplies last. The Family Tree Polish, Czech And Slovak Genealogy Guide, How to Trace Your Family Tree in Eastern Europe; by Lisa A Alzo Trace Continue reading Flash Sale – 20% off select Family Tree Books
Ancestry is providing free access to all of the site’s 269 million Canadian records – including the two new collections – from June 28 to July 2, 2016. Visit www.ancestry.ca to discover more. The following news release is from PR Continue reading New Canadian Images Posted at Ancestry. Free Access to 269 M Canadian Records thru July 2
Warning – this entry has nothing to do with genealogy – but it’s worth reading. My good friend, Sam Colorassi, sent me a link that really made my day. It’s titled the 100 best photographs without photoshop. It takes a Continue reading 100 Best Photographs Without Photoshop
The following is from the National Archives Press/Journalists webpage. November 2, 2015 Washington, DC… The National Archives today announced its partnership with the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP) to digitize historic World War II aerial photography. For the first Continue reading The National Archives Announces Partnership to Digitize WWII Aerial Photography