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Tech Tuesday: A Chance Encounter and a Photo Mystery Solved
Years ago I bought an interesting image at a photo show. It was completely unidentified--no name and no photographer's markings. I'd never gotten around to researching the image. Last summer I...
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Wedding Wednesday: Decorated with Flowers
Collection of the author A. M.Estrella of Fall River, Massachusetts took this photograph in the first decade of the twentieth century. There is something really charming about the enhancements on this...
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Tech Tuesday: Atlas of the Rhode Island Book Trade
It's fascinating how online tools can expand our knowledge of a period/topic and how easy it is to share those discoveries. My little state of Rhode Island has a long history of...
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Wedding Wednesday: Mother and Daughter
Collection of author This unidentified bride and her mother posed circa 1914. The shawl collars on both of their dresses help place them in a time frame. So do the flowers. Edwardian era bouquets were...
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Holiday Bargains
There are a lot of deals out there this week. Here are a few of my favorites. They are listed here because I actually use these companies/products. BitDefender They are offering 60% off their most...
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Colored Pencils Galore
Color matching pencils to the actual nineteenth century engravings was no chore. I loved every minute of it. When I walked into my local Blick's with those Victorian fashion magazines, the staff...
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Fall in Love with Find My Past
I think the organizers of RootsTech need to offer prizes for the prettiest booths. This year Find My Past may have won. At the conference they announced their U.S. Marriage Record Collection. The...
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More New Products at RootsTech: ShotBox
At RootsTech 2015, a company called ShotBox debuted a prototype of a portable photo studio. At the time they were in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to make their dream a reality. Of course, once...
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