on 12/4/00 10:30 PM, Christopher J Penning at [email protected] wrote: > I've spent a few days recently in the Joint Archives (Hope College, Holland) > looking through their photograph collection, and it got me to thinking about > all the old photographs that still exist, stuffed away in attics and > closets, that may some day end up in garage sales, or worse, in the trash. > > Before that happens, I would encourage everyone to find as many photos as > they can and make copies. With the holidays coming up, this is the perfect > time to ask around, to find out who has what. > > Have a local photographer make up a new negative, get laser copies made, > scan the images and save them to disk, or at the very least run them through > the photocopier. (I'm told one or two passes in the copier won't damage the > photo.) Laser copies only cost about $1 per 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, and they > look great. > > Even if you can't identify a person or place in the photo, make a copy. The > world's getting smaller all the time, and some day you just might find > someone who CAN identify them. > > The internet can be a big help in this. I'm not aware of any websites > devoted to old photographs of Ottawa County (if one exists, please let me > know), so I thought I'd start something. I've opened up a Freepages account > on Rootsweb. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penning/ > > At the moment, it's not much to look at - just a few tombstone photos and > some old snapshots of my great-grandfather. But, I'm presently scanning > about 200 photos from a relative's collection. With her permission, I'll > post some of them on the site. Surnames include: Nederveld, De Vree, > Wyngaarden, Hiemenga, Glas, Van Noord, Renzelaar, Kregel, Karsten... > > I have no idea if this will work, but I'd love to accept photo contributions > on anything dealing with Ottawa County: family groups, individuals, schools, > sports teams, city views, etc. Copyrights are an issue, so please be > certain your submissions are not copyrighted. > > If interested, contact me at [email protected] > > Regards, > Chris Penning > > > ==== MIOTTAWA Mailing List ==== > This genealogy mailing-list is AUTOMATICALLY SET so that your address may have > ONLY FOUR (4) BOUNCES before your address is removed!!! > What a cool idea Chris! I have tons of photos. Peggy