This is interesting! Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "dick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:51 PM Subject: Photography Service for Genealogists > > > > > The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy > Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is > re-published here with the permission of the author. > > > Thanks > > Dick Schweiss > (List Admin. for) > Brown County, MN Mail List ... [email protected] > > > Researching surnames: SCHWEISS .. MEIER .. SCHMITT/SCHMIDT .. > STADTHER(R) .. MEHLTRATER > My Genealogy Site: > http://www.harbornet.com/folks/dick/SchweissFamilyHistory.htm > > > ============================================================== > > - Photography Service for Genealogists > > Would you like to obtain a digital photo of a tombstone, a house, > or some other feature of your family's history? Pixelminers is a > service that may be useful to you. > > Pixelminers is a unique service for those needing a digital > photograph of anything, anywhere -- as long as it's legal and can > be safely photographed. For the genealogist, this means things > like photos of gravestones, an old farmhouse or other family > address from years ago, the small European town you're descended > from. You can add these pictures to any modern genealogy program > or to the family photo album. > > Pixelminers is an association of more than 1,000 photographers > around the world who take pictures for a fee. The photographers > take the digital photos and send them via the Internet, receiving > their payment electronically. The nice thing about this service is > that anyone can place an order from the comfort of their home. > Many clients want or need a photo or research but are unable or > unwilling to bear the expense of transportation, lodging, and > other considerations that travel involves. Sometimes this involves > going to a country where they do not speak or read the native > language. Clients use Pixelminers for genealogical documentation > and research, personal interest, and curiosity, preparation for > travel, general interest and educational research, documentation, > and many other reasons, including replacing that lost, missed, or > damaged vacation photo. > > You can check them out at http://www.pixelminers.com. > > > > > > > ==== MNBROWN Mailing List ==== > . If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing > list receives it, just send it to [email protected] It > will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode. > You don't need to send it explicitly to both. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >