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Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference 2012

baysideresearch — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:43:45 +0000

Today was the 2012 Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference in Salt Lake City. I had a great time seeing old friends and learning at the sessions.

The first session speaker was J. Mark Lowe. He spoke on creating an advanced research plan.

Lowe covered a lot of ground, including recommendations for several products to help you collaborate and report back to clients. He mentioned to LiveBinders.com to create a three-ring binder on the web that can be private or public with PDFs, web resources, notes, etc.

Another suggestion was Oneeko (one echo) to share with up to eight users. ScreencastOMatic allows you to record video from screen with audio, annotations and animations.

On the research side, one tip that struck me was to look for doctor journals for evidence of births, etc.

Next, I listened to Thomas MacEntee talk about giving virtual presentations. He had a ton of advice on everything from gadgets to services to dos and don’ts (as a presenter and as an audience).

The last presentation I attended was There’s an App for That by Laura Prescott. She had a great idea to use iMapMyWalk, which allows you to add photos to map and can be handy for walking a cemetery.

She reminded us that the Ancestry app features those infamous leaves, which allow you to check out potential records related to your ancestors.

I definitely need to check out DocumentsToGo, which features many useful tools like word count and others. It looks very handy.

Finally, I downloaded Photoshop Express. It’s free! I had no idea!

I skipped the last session of the day (I was feeling antsy and decided to take a gym break). Then, I headed over to the Salt Palace to register for the RootsTech and met up with a bunch of friends that I had heretofore only known online: Footnote Maven, Elyse Doerflinger, Russ Worthington and Denise Levenick (whom I had met briefly the day before). Kim Cotton joined us too. We all went out for a great dinner at PF Changs and then several of us hung out in the lobby of the Radisson, gabbing and having fun. I can’t wait to see more folks tomorrow as RootsTech gets underway!

Album Rescue Project: Photos 35 & 36

baysideresearch — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:05:08 +0000

The dress of the woman in the next image is so bright, it glows:

Photo 35

The next photo features the star of the album sporting another huge bow and quite a large bouquet around her neck again:

Photo 36

Has anyone seen this kind of decoration before?

Album Rescue Project: Photos 33 & 34

baysideresearch — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:47:21 +0000

Here, we’re getting into a part of the album where Scotch tape was used to attach the photos to the pages of the album in addition to the photo corners and in some cases, glue. Luckily, the tape came off easily. Unfortunately, it left yellow stains where it came into contact with the photos.

Photo 33

Note what’s hanging from his belt. It reminds me of the pin the girl is wearing in an earlier photo.

Photo 34

I love the little structure in this photo. I’m not convinced that it’s a full-blown house, as it appears to be on the property of a larger building in a subsequent photo. I wonder if those are panes of stained glass in the window of the second floor.

Album Rescue Project: Photos 31 & 32

baysideresearch — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:40:53 +0000

What’s this guy holding?

Photo 31

Here’s the star of the album, sporting another of her fabulous bows in her hair:

Photo 32

Album Rescue Project: Photos 28-30

baysideresearch — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:30:43 +0000

The next three photos were displayed in a row on one of the pages in the album.

Photo 28

Photo 29

Photo 30

Unfortunately, nothing was written on the back of these photos.

Album Rescue Project: Photos 26 and 27

baysideresearch — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:22:44 +0000

The little girl who’s been featured in many of the photos in the album so far looks so grown up in this next photo:

Photo 26

I’m beginning to think that she was the original owner of this album. Take a look at the bouquet around her neck. I wonder how typical an accessory that was back then…

Photo 27

This photo is peculiar for a few reasons. 1) It’s printed on postcard stock; 2) the angle of the head of the girl on the left is strange to me — I wonder if she moved while the photo was being taken; 3) there is a strange mark in the background behind the woman on the right. I can’t tell if it’s ink or part of the photo.

Historic Easton Has a New Web Site!

baysideresearch — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:11:50 +0000

Please visit http://www.historiceastoninc.net/ to learn more about Historic Easton’s current projects and how to get involved!

Album Rescue Project: Album 1, Photos 24-25

baysideresearch — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:48:26 +0000

Here’s a photo with a rather artsy angle to it:

Photo 24

I’m not completely convinced that the people in this photo are related to those we’ve already met. Partly because of the paper this is printed on:

Reverse of Photo 24 (postcard markings)

I do recognize at least one of the girls in this next photo:

Photo 25

Album Rescue Project: Album 1, Photos 22-23

baysideresearch — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:41:00 +0000

I love this next photo. Note that the girls are standing in a stream:

Photo 22

Might the water below be where they were standing? It seems to be moving pretty rapid here:

Photo 23

Album Rescue Project: Photos 20-21

baysideresearch — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:46:34 +0000

More from Red Bridge Park today, at least in this next photo:

Photo 20

Reverse of Photo 20

The next photo isn’t labeled on the back, but I’m willing to wager that this scene on a swingset is from the same park:

Photo 21