Family History
Have your film digitized for your Family History Project
Your family history project won't be complete until you can include all of those
35mm slides, negatives, and prints that are stuffed away in your closet.
Family History is quickly becoming a very popular hobby for family centered
folks but the hours required to scan photographic slides and negatives is simply
overwhelming. We offer a quick and affordable means of having all of your
film converted to digital images on CD or DVD so that they can be included in
your family history projects.
Each year we help thousands of families capture their memories by digitizing
their film and slide collections to CD or DVD. Being able to easily access
and organize your photos on your computer is a great advantage that our
generation can now enjoy. We can even watch our old 35mm slides on our TV
once they have been scanned. It just doesn't get much easier than that. We
no longer need to drag out the screen and projector to take a trip down memory
lane. And we no longer need to put up with burned out projector bulbs and
constantly jamming slides.
We all know that we would like to capture our family's history for our children
and their children and generations to come. But getting started on
such an onerous task can seem overwhelming at times. Where do I
start? What should I say? What will be of interest to
future generations?
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words -- and when it comes
to writing your family history, every word helps. It's amazing how much a photo
will help you tell your story of your family's history. Once you have your
photos digitized onto disc, you can organize them chronologically and by family
tree branch. One of the simplest ways to write your history is to use a word
processor like MS Word and embed the digital images into the document. With the
photo on the screen, you will be amazed at how much easier it is start writing
about events that took place many years ago. A photo of Grandpa's old farmhouse
where you spent several summer vacations, a 1940's era automobile, or the dress
styles of the 60's will elicit many stories from your memory that will find
their way to the document on the screen.
What Are Some Of The Things I Can Do With My Scanned
Images?
One of the great things about having your photo library captured to a digital
format is that you have the freedom to do anything you want with the images.
Capture and archive your family heirloom with photos
Make copies of the CD-ROM’s and give them to everyone at your next family
reunion.
Create VCR (VHS) tapes of your digitized photo library so that your computer
challenged parents and grandparents can easily enjoy the slide show without
having to drag out the old slide projector and a screen.
Create lasting memorable gifts for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, war
veteran memorials …
Cost Benefits
Are you in a situation now where your old Kodak, Airequipt or Bell & Howell
projector doesn’t work anymore and needs expensive repair? Even replacing the
lamps in these old projectors can be extremely expensive – if you can even
find a replacement bulb.
Once you have your slides and negatives digitized, the cost of making duplicate
CD's is dirt-cheap. This makes it unbelievably affordable to share your family
photo collection with every member of your family. It also allows you to
keep a backup set of CD's in a bank safe deposit box. Then should a
disaster strike your home, you will always have a backup of your irreplaceable
photos in a safe place. Try doing that with slides!
News Flash
Kodak has just recently announced
that they will no longer produce and sell slide projectors. Before long, it
could be nearly impossible to buy a slide projector or replacement bulbs for the
projectors.
Scanned film ensures the digital capture and restoration of the image from the
film before any further degradation takes place. The longer your slides and
negatives sit around, the more likely they are to suffer serious degradation
from fading, scratches, loss, or damage.
Scanned images that are stored on CD can be copied and stored in a safe location
like a bank vault. When your images are transferred from your slides and/or
negatives and placed on CD, you have much easier access to your images without
dragging out the slide projector and screen.
Scanning film gives better results than scanning prints. This is true because
the film is the original image and not a second-generation copy. This means that
the film contains much greater detail than you can ever extract from prints. A
major benefit of film is that it offers a much greater contrast range than can
be extracted from prints..
Genealogy Resource Links
Of course, photos are only part of the
challenge in researching your ancestral history. We have included some
links below to several excellent sites dealing with genealogy and family history
research.
Ancestral Eye
Professional Photography of Ancestral Town, Village, and Heritage Locations
in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland) and Europe for Family
History Enthusiasts, Genealogy and Other Research.
1901 Census website
From the National Archives, England.
Family Tree
Searcher - Find Family Trees Easily
Enter your ancestor information just once to search for family trees at
multiple online genealogy databases. The site also includes hints for searching
family history online.
Genealogy:
Advice for Effective Searches
Answer a series of simple questions and get free, customized advice on the
most effective next steps in your genealogy search.
Grave Info.com
New Jersey, New York cemetery information. Featuring ONLINE BURIAL RECORDS for
Hudson County Potters Field Cemetery, Secaucus, NJ and Constable Hook Cemtery,
Bayonne, NJ
New Jersey
Before...
Have you traced your ancestry to NJ? Are you looking for someone to find, and
photograph your ancestors tombstones? Check out this site.
All
Genealogy Sites.com
Find genealogy sites, surnames, ancestors in this free genealogy sites directory
Jewish
Genealogy Web Index
Focused Web Directory on Jewish genealogy
GenHelp.org
This site was created by five experienced and devoted genealogists dedicated to
helping all genealogists, from novice to advanced, improve their research
skills. Offering free articles and Genealogy Courses to assist you.
Family
Search
Search for ancestors, share information and learn about the world's largest
Family History Library.
Roots
Web
The oldest and largest FREE Genealogy Site.
Cyndi's
List
More than 85,500 links that are categorized and cross-referenced in over
140 categories with another 8,850+ new links in the works.
My
Trees
Kindred Konnections welcomes you to the most advanced genealogical
research site in the world. MyTrees.com houses the World's Largest
Pedigree-Linked Database allowing you to find family names fast.
Genealogy.com
One of the largest and best Genealogy sites on the Web
About.com's
Genealogy Mining
A source for links and other information for the genealogy enthusiast.
Family
Tree Maker
One of the best software packages for keeping up with your family tree.
Plus, lots of other information for genealogical research.
Ancestry.com
By dedicating itself to connecting and strengthening families online,
MyFamily.com, Inc.'s mission is to build the largest and most active online
community in the world for families. Since its initial web debut, MyFamily.com,
Inc., and its three Internet properties, Ancestry.com,
MyFamily.com and FamilyHistory.com,
have rapidly become the leading online services for families.
Genealogy's
Most Wanted
Here you will find the surnames and known information on your "MOST
WANTED" people. An average of 40 surnames added daily.
The
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Created in 1984 as a public-private partnership and serves as the
national clearinghouse for information on missing children and the prevention of
child victimization.
Prince
Edward Island Register
The "Island Register" is your "Number 1" on-line
source for P.E.I. Genealogy, with over 496 P.E.I. lineages, and 1600+ documents
online. The Register's finest assets, are its users! We wish to thank our
provider, Island Services Network, and all that use this page.
Northeastern
Pennsylvania Photo Collection
This is a collection of photos, many of which have been sent to us by
our visitors, of the past of Northeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.
Our goal is to make this the largest collection of photos showing life as it was
for our ancestors.
Illinois
State Archives Databases
A great resource including Land Tract Sales, Servitude and Emancipation
Records, War of 1812 Veterans, Black Hawk War Veterans, and other war records,
statewide marriage index, birth certificates, and tons more!
RetouchPRO
A resource for anyone, professional or hobbyist, who is interested in
photo restoration, retouching, and manipulation. Although most of their info is
aimed at digital work, this is by no means limited to computer efforts. It is a
place to learn, to teach, to share, to connect, and generally to talk to others
with the same interests.
Cemeteries
Site
Everything you ever wanted to know about cemeteries is here. Very
complete listing of US cemeteries that have been cataloged as well as online
cemetery catalogs from around the world.
Genealogy
Searching Center
Power House for Genealogy Links, FREE online surname databases in your
mail box every day. Keep up to date with NEW online research tools as they
become available.
Internet
Genealogy For Beginners
A very helpful site offering guidance to those just starting out in
genealogical research as to some basic sites and procedures to get you up and
searching on your own.
Frontier
Net
This is a very interesting web site you will have to try. You will have to enter
your birth date, and you will then see two lists. The first list compares your
age with famous people. The second list tells your age when important events
occurred.
Internet
Archive
This is a great site. The Internet Archive web site allows you to surf through
pages stored in the archive. Bookmark this site.
Better
Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens takes a glimpse, with the help of three families, into
what life was like for our ancestors. The American Family can not only be found
on the web site but also in the magazine. You can read stories, see a slide show
and take a poll.
Pioneer
Life
A great site for children. This site has a ton of information on pioneer life.
You can see how pioneers cooked and where they went to school, and you can read
about their etiquette rules.
Your
Moving Pictures Memorial
Jennifer Weeks founded this great company in July of 2000. She combines
photographs, music and sentiments into a video keepsake. What a fantastic idea!
Servicemen
Thankyous
Dear Abby has created a web site that allows visitors to send a service member
or a branch of service a quick note of thanks. We are at war, so let us support
our service men and women.
City
Gallery
This is a web site that provides a wealth of information about genealogy,
photography and images. It provides a photo album, a photo guide and even a
bookstore. Bookmark this site.
Gen-Newbie
This is a great web site for those of you who are new to computers or genealogy.
We would like to thank Terry Beck, Elaine Maddox, Jack Webster and Rootsweb.com
for offering this great site.
Surname
Study
This is a fun genealogy website. It allows you to enter a surname during any
time period, and the site will then display a map of the United States
indicating how frequently you will find someone with that surname in each state.
Oh, what fun!
Census
Article
Please take the time to read this very interesting article. It is about the
census in England. What a wonderful success it has become!
Obituary
Central
This is a fascinating web site. Obituary Central wants to provide you with
obituaries. They have many links to help you find information in regards to
obituaries, cemetery inscriptions and so much more. Bookmark Obituary Central.
PhotoZone
and Historical Forms
This is the web site for the U.S. Census Bureau-Photozone and Historical Forms.
This is a very interesting site since they allow you to check out the forms that
were used during certain time periods. There is quite an extensive collection.
Ancestor
Detective
This is a web site worth your viewing. The Ancestor Detective is a great
genealogical watchdog web site. It provides links to many sites that provide
copyright information, misrepresentation issues, genealogy sites of which to be
leery and a few to completely avoid altogether.
Genealogy
Search
This is quite an informative and interesting web site. It will provide you with
an abundant amount of information in regards to surnames and the census.
Catholic
Genealogy Research
This web site will provide you with the necessary information to find documents,
parishes and people in certain regions of the world.
Island
Register
For those searching anything Canadian, this is the site to explore.
JennGen
A lot of information and links for those interested in New England, Ireland,
Quebec and France.
Dead Fred
Dead Fred's Genealogy Photo Archive, a free, fun photo genealogy research
web site devoted to helping you visualize your heritage!
U.S. Surgeon General's Family
History Initiative http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/
Health care professionals have known for a long time that common diseases -
heart disease, cancer, and diabetes - and even rare diseases - like hemophilia,
cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia - can run in families. If one generation
of a family has high blood pressure, it is not unusual for the next generation
to have similarly high blood pressure.
Tracing the illnesses suffered by your parents, grandparents, and other blood
relatives can help your doctor predict the disorders to which you may be at risk
and take action to keep you and your family healthy.
To help focus attention on the importance of family health history, U.S. Surgeon
General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., in cooperation with other agencies
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a
national public health campaign, called the U.S. Surgeon General's Family
History Initiative, to encourage all American families to learn more about their
family health history.
In addition to the Office of the Surgeon General, other HHS agencies involved in
this project include the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA).
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