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From: "Pete Bennett" <>
Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] re: Old Photos
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:20:00 +0000


Mike,
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From: "Mike" <>
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Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] re: Old Photos
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:51:38 -0400

If some of you are interested in posting photos there is a website that is
already doing that. I do not recall the name of it, but there are Cameron
County photos posted in it already. I will have to look around and see if I
can find it.

or if someone wants to set something up I would be happy to link to it.

Mike Wennin

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Bennett" <>
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Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 2:04 PM
Subject: RE: [PA-CAMERON] re: Old Photos


> Hi Lauren & Mike,
> Yes there are a lot of problems identifying ancestors in old pictures, I
> have several that I too can't find out about. I think that ANYONE looking
at
> a picture should at the time that they are doing it should identify every
> individual that they can in the photo and write it on the reverse of the
> picture, Sharpie or not. One of those things where if you don't do it
when
> you are thinking about it you never will. If my ancestors would have done
> that I would know today who those people are in that old photo!
>
> And although the technology in scanning and saving photos digitally is
> getting so much better there is still problems out there and I read the
> other day about new problems with CD's. They're saying now that all
> information saved to CD's should be resaved every 5 years as the CD's
warp
> and the data is not safe on them. Also the technology is advancing so
fast
> that it gets outdated very quickly. Storing them on a server is the
ideal.
>
> Mike I'd be willing to help in any way that I can from here in Canada
with
> the website archives.
> Storing data should take place regardless of whether it can be accessed
by
> everyone.
>
> Your photos should be digitized and stored on a server somewhere. Then,
> perhaps some could be in charge of looking them up and getting them to
the
> interested people as are done with the obits.
> What think?
> Pete
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> From: Lauren Brantner <>
> Reply-To:
> To:
> Subject: [PA-CAMERON] re: Old Photos
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:33:00 -0600
>
> The problem with unidentified photos is one that should be a wake up
call
> to all of us. We all probably have old unidentified photos to work with.
> How many of us have gone through our photos with a Sharpie and identified
> all the people in our modern photos? (I use a Sharpie on the back of
photos
> because it isn't supposed to deteriorate the photo paper or smear after
it
> dries - advice from a photo shop.) I am trying to do my part to make
sure
> that doesn't go on another generation in my family. I have one whole
album
> belonging to my GGrandfather who was born in Driftwood, PA and I can't
> identify people - I have made some guesses on a few because of the
> locations, but I can't be absolutely sure. My mother is the last of her
> generation and my sister and I have made a concerted effort to identify
> people not just in the formal portraits but also in the informal shots at
> family events from her generation. We know that not everyone in our
> generation is that interested, but someone in the next may pick up the
> banner from us and continue our work. They will appreciate our efforts.
>
> Mike, do what you can and don't frustrate yourself to the burn out stage.
> Perhaps more people can help than they themselves realize. We're
> intimidated sometimes by our lack of technical knowledge about web sites
and
> how to do them. If things could be broken down into smaller tasks - like
> someone could scan photos or photograph them with digital cameras etc. -
and
> you could get more help onsite at the museum, this wouldn't get to be so
> overwhelming. Are there other ways that people could help even if they
> don't live close to Cameron County?
>
> Lauren Brantner
>
>
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