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From: "Mike" <>
Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] re: Old Photos
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:03:24 -0400
References: <BAY2-F12SehxrfWOWTg0001b9f7@hotmail.com>


yes, that is the place I was thinking about.

Thanks!

Mike Wennin

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Bennett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] re: Old Photos


> Mike,
> The site is: http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/cameron/index.htm
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> From: "Mike" <>
> Reply-To: "Mike" <>
> To:
> Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] re: Old Photos
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:51:38 -0400
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> 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
>
> Check out The Little Museum
> http://www.thelittlemuseum.org
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> http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete Bennett" <>
> To: <>
> 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 that it gets outdated very quickly.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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