Sorry for sending this to the list. I forgot to change the address. Peg -----Original Message----- From: pgleich [mailto:pgleich@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:50 PM To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [GenWisc] I need your preservation questions Hi Sally. 1) I have 8 mm. and 16 mm. movies from the 1950's and '60's. They've been in boxes and moved around from state to state, and attic to basement over to years. Of course, now I know better, but.... Someday, they may get transferred to CD/DVD. In the meantime, what is the best way to keep them safe? 2) I keep a Family Tree Maker disc in a small fire proof safe in my closet (and another one off-site) along with several family group sheets on acid-free paper. What are the chances of those surviving a devastating home fire? The safe is the best rated for home fires, how ever they are rated (???). Thank you. Peggy Gleich Janesville WI -----Original Message----- From: Sally J. Jacobs [mailto:sally.j.jacobs@tds.net] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:49 PM To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GenWisc] I need your preservation questions Calling all Genealogists & Family Historians! Do you have questions about: * how long your family letters, photos, and movies will last? * whether damage to photographs can be reversed? * the best way to preserve computer records? I NEED YOUR QUESTIONS for a free monthly newsletter I am creating. Each issue will include an "Ask the Archivist" column, featuring questions from people like you about how to organize, preserve, and share their family history. Please note: I would love to respond to each question, but I cannot promise individual answers. Send your questions to: sally.j.jacobs@tds.net with "Ask the Archivist" in the subject line. To subscribe to my free monthly newsletter, send email to the same address with "subscribe" in the subject line. Many thanks! Sincerely, -Sally ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Sally J. Jacobs, Archivist Email: sally.j.jacobs@tds.net Phone: 608.332.1494 JACOBS ARCHIVAL SERVICES Organize, Preserve & Share Your Family History ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore email: kingsley@aol.com ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore email: kingsley@aol.com

I had some film moved to disk and was so broken hearted to find how bad it had gotten. Saved it with out editing it. now I am ready to have it edited I got a new computer a few weeks ago an am on a mission to get all these boxes of pictures sorted. ( mine , my mothers and my grandmothers. )So sad that these pictures do not have names on them. Sent some copies off to family to see if they can tell me who it is.. Hope every one is trying to get there pictures and treasures marked as some day there will not be some one there to help you find out where it came from or who gave it . I asked my mother to record some stories for me but she never did. Such a lose It would have been so nice to have the answers to some of the questions I am asking now Loretta

Loretta, I have a lot of those boxes - my own old unidentified ones included - of my parents and grandparents. Some are written on, but many are not. My cousin, she knows who she is <g> out there, took some of Nanna's albums last year and made a flip album cd for me and now that my computer is fixed I can go through them. So those are safely taken care of. If only I could get my brain and computer wrapped around the scanner and other items to get the work done on my own things! There is so much work to do and I need to get at it! :-) Happy Holidays everyone! Peg -----Original Message----- From: Loretta Eichmann [mailto:leichmann@iw.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:23 PM To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GenWisc] I need your preservation questions I had some film moved to disk and was so broken hearted to find how bad it had gotten. Saved it with out editing it. now I am ready to have it edited I got a new computer a few weeks ago an am on a mission to get all these boxes of pictures sorted. ( mine , my mothers and my grandmothers. )So sad that these pictures do not have names on them. Sent some copies off to family to see if they can tell me who it is.. Hope every one is trying to get there pictures and treasures marked as some day there will not be some one there to help you find out where it came from or who gave it . I asked my mother to record some stories for me but she never did. Such a lose It would have been so nice to have the answers to some of the questions I am asking now Loretta ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore email: kingsley@aol.com