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The following excerpt is from the National Archives blog. Sept. 21, 2021: Civil War era and related maps from the Army Corps of Engineers have been digitized and are available to view and download from the National Archives Catalog. The Continue reading Army Corps of Engineers Civil War Maps Are Digitized
The following excerpt is from communityimpact.com. Fort Bend County Libraries will offer a new high-performance microfilm scanner to the Genealogy and Local History Department at George Memorial Library in Richmond, according to a press release from FBCL. According to the Continue reading Microfilm Scanner Added at the George Memorial Library Genealogy Dept., Richmond, Texas
The following except is from the delawarestatenews.com website. The Seaford Historical Society recently announced the opening of its new online archive of historic Seaford newspapers. The collection was made possible by generous archive and monetary donations, according to Seaford Museum Continue reading Historic Delaware Newspapers Now Available Free Online
Fascinating… I had not spent much time thinking about the archiving of all these internet postings we do. The following excerpt is from a good article posted July 22, 2016 at The Irish Times. With about 10 million objects from Continue reading The National Library of Ireland is Archiving the Irish Internet
The following excerpt is from an article posted October 16, 2015 at the Yahoo website. Google is not violating copyright laws by digitizing millions of books so it can provide small portions of them to the public, a federal appeals Continue reading Judges Say Google Not Violating Copyright Laws by Publishing Snippets
I just got the following from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry. This is goods news. Ancestry & NARA had problems with their digitization projects a while back when it was found that an employee had destroyed records. That looks to have Continue reading Ancestry Announces Renewal of Their Digitization Partnership Agreement With NARA
The following teaser is from an article posted April 21, 2015 at the Michigan State University website. Hoping to preserve cultural heritage and change Western thought on Africa, a Michigan State University researcher will use a $300,000 National Endowment for Continue reading 100,000 Original Mali Photographs to be Digitized
A thought-provoking article by Jon Christian has been posted at the Slate website. The article is titled Deleting the Family Tree – When Ancestry.com shuttered its social network for relatives, it erased 10 years’ worth of my family’s correspondence and Continue reading Online Digital Genealogy Data is a Fragile Thing
From scanner or camera, digital images, namely photographs, have become a part of everyday life. Even older photographs, on paper or film, are commonly converted to digital format. Documents, letters, notes, books, and just about anything else on paper can Continue reading Digital Imaging Essentials: Techniques & Tips for Genealogists and Family Historians- with FREE PDF- 20% Off
April 8, 2015 – AUSTIN, Texas — Three faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information have received a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation to develop and field test a digital infrastructure for preserving and Continue reading Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane of Petersburg, VA Records to be Digitized
The Lightening Talks just finished here at the BYU Family History Technology Workshop. Presenters had about two minutes to tell us what they were working on in the tech field. Wow! What a fascinating session. Following are the sessions given, Continue reading The Lightening Talks of the BYU Family History Technology Workshop #Genealogy
In the very early morning hours of March 29, 1911, a fire got started in the 3rd floor Assembly Library of the New York Capital Building. The fire quickly spread throughout the third floor, then on to the fourth floor Continue reading Donation to Conserve & Digitize Documents From the 1911 New York Capital Fire
The following excerpt is from an article by David Drury, posted at courant.com: The now century-old conflict known to its contemporaries as the Great War left an indelible imprint on Connecticut. For those who lived through it, on the battlefield Continue reading Connecticut State Library Digitizing WWI History
The following news release is from PRNewswire. I found it interesting and the free 7-step guide useful. Keep in mind that this is from printing company, so they have a vested interest in printed paper records. But they have some Continue reading Free Online Seven-Step Guide to Preserving Digital & Print Genealogy Records
The Crowley Company specializes in high-performance scanning, duplicating and processing equipment & software to suit most preservation and records management needs. One of the first firms in the capture industry, The Crowley Company (dba Crowley Micrographics) has embraced – and Continue reading Check Out the Crowley Company Scanning Equipment