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Protecting Your Photographs and Other Things

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|Date: Sun, Feb 26, 2017
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Protecting Your Photographs and Other Things

In homes across America where it rains and has humidity, there lives a pest whose infestation is nearly i ...

In homes across America where it rains and has humidity, there lives a pest whose infestation is nearly impossible to get rid of. You may rarely see them, since they thrive in dark places, but if you ...

Sun, Feb 26, 2017
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How My Great-Grandfather Trolled Me

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|Date: Fri, May 20, 2016
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How My Great-Grandfather Trolled Me

I have two primary folders. One for my paternal relations. One for my maternal relations. I'm actually pr ...

I have two primary folders. One for my paternal relations. One for my maternal relations. I'm actually pretty lucky that I don't have any cross-overs. Yet. I haven't touched either folder set in a lon ...

Fri, May 20, 2016
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The Value of Pictures

Posted by Kevin Ralston
|Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2014
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The Value of Pictures

You can say that a picture is worth 1,000 words, but I disagree. I survived college, I beg to differ on t ...

You can say that a picture is worth 1,000 words, but I disagree. I survived college, I beg to differ on that. It's more like 5 to 8 pages, double spaced, 10 or 11 point font, MLA format, full length ( ...

Wed, Apr 30, 2014
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Missing Family Pictures

Posted by Kevin Ralston
|Date: Fri, Nov 02, 2012
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Missing Family Pictures

I’m going to write about something which I am intensely passionate about. This is such a hot button topic ...

I’m going to write about something which I am intensely passionate about. This is such a hot button topic with me that sometimes it’s hard to keep cool at the thought of what people have done. I can’t ...

Fri, Nov 02, 2012
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Another Example of High-Res vs Low-Res Scans

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|Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2012
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Another Example of High-Res vs Low-Res Scans

I want to make this point one more time about scanning pictures at a high resolution. So here is a much m ...

I want to make this point one more time about scanning pictures at a high resolution. So here is a much more clear example of why you'd want to. Here is a sample from a picture that was taken in 1906. ...

Wed, Oct 10, 2012
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12 Reasons Why You Should Scan All Your Pictures

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|Date: Sun, Oct 07, 2012
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12 Reasons Why You Should Scan All Your Pictures

There are a number of reasons why you should have all of your pictures scanned. It doesn't matter if they ...

There are a number of reasons why you should have all of your pictures scanned. It doesn't matter if they were from the 1860's or the 1960's, scanning those pictures is not only a time consuming proje ...

Sun, Oct 07, 2012
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How To Scan Your Old Photos

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|Date: Sat, Oct 06, 2012
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How To Scan Your Old Photos

In the past I've encountered some people who thought they were doing a great service by scanning all of t ...

In the past I've encountered some people who thought they were doing a great service by scanning all of the old family pictures they had. This is very true. However, they were also scanning them so sm ...

Sat, Oct 06, 2012
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Displaying and Storing Your Photographs

Posted by Kevin Ralston
|Date: Sun, Sep 30, 2012
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Displaying and Storing Your Photographs

I loved the many great ideas and example from the article here from StyleBluePrint.com where they talk ab ...

I loved the many great ideas and example from the article here from StyleBluePrint.com where they talk about how to display your family photographs. To anyone that knows me, they know that I have a de ...

Sun, Sep 30, 2012
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Discovering Old Pictures Again

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|Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2012
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Discovering Old Pictures Again

In every family there are things of great value, but cannot be bought with money. For example, your herit ...

In every family there are things of great value, but cannot be bought with money. For example, your heritage, your lineage, your name, and your old photographs. I remembered a box I keep stored in my ...

Tue, Sep 25, 2012
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Photographs

Posted by Kevin Ralston
|Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2010
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Photographs

One of the most interesting things that I have noticed during this endeavor is that once in awhile when I ...

One of the most interesting things that I have noticed during this endeavor is that once in awhile when I am fortunate enough to find a cousin that has and is willing to share photos, there is usually ...

Wed, Jan 20, 2010
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Protecting Your Photographs and Other Things

How My Great-Grandfather Trolled Me

The Value of Pictures

Missing Family Pictures

Another Example of High-Res vs Low-Res Scans

12 Reasons Why You Should Scan All Your Pictures

How To Scan Your Old Photos

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Protecting Your Photographs and Other Things

How My Great-Grandfather Trolled Me

The Value of Pictures

Missing Family Pictures

Another Example of High-Res vs Low-Res Scans

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Protecting Your Photographs and Other Things

How My Great-Grandfather Trolled Me

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Missing Family Pictures

Another Example of High-Res vs Low-Res Scans

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How To Scan Your Old Photos