Years ago, I found two old rolls of uncut black and white film negatives in one of my dad’s old shoe boxes. The negatives were rolled around a thin sheet of paper in the Kodak box they came in. They must have been for the 40s or the 50s. Holding them up to the light,…
Tag: Genealogy Meme
How I Did It: Translating Foreign Language Documents When All I Know is English
You may be surprised to learn that I can read foreign language genealogy records…in five languages, no less, despite the fact that I don’t know any foreign languages. How was I supposed to know back in the 1980s when I declined to take a foreign language elective in high school that it would come back…
SNGF: Ancestors Geneameme
Tonight’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posted by Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings is to fill out the The Ancestors’ Geneameme posted by Geniaus Blog. I promise that is the last time you’ll see posted twice in the same sentence. 😉 This is the list and instructions: The Ancestors’ Geneameme The list should be annotated in…