In case you missed it, Henry Louis Gates' hour-long first episode of "Faces of America" will re-air on UNC-TV at 3AM, followed by two half-hour episodes of "A Biography of America starting at 4AM. The first deals with slavery, the second deals with the start of the Civil War. "Faces of America" continues next week. Do check your local listings. Nerissa On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at 05:10PM, "Nerissa Williams" <nerissawilliams1@me.com> wrote: >Henry Louis Gates' special on gen'y of famous Americans is on PBS right now. >Enjoy, >Nerissa > > > >On Monday, February 01, 2010, at 06:55PM, <HubbellGen@aol.com> wrote: >>Bebe, >> >>The contents of the NC Room (minus a piece or two that needed to be housed >>elsewhere) are now in the second floor genealogy/history area of the new >>Orange County Public Library. The director of the library came to a D-OGS >>meeting last fall, showing us the floor plans with the genealogy section in >>the far corner of the second floor and talked about her plans for the >>section. The library is now open, and thanks to the efforts of all the local D-OGS >>members who worked hard to bring this about, we are going to have the >>February D-OGS meeting in the library this Wednesday night and have a tour of >>the new facility. This couldn't have happened without lots of folks getting >>out there and putting the case for the library before the public. >> >>One of the things we might be thinking about at this stage is digitizing a >>number of materials such as yours that could be put on CDs, or reside on >>library computers. Therefore they would not be the only copies, but would be >>in the County or region where they were first brought to life. This is an >>important feature of local history and genealogy, for when someone comes to >>visit from across the country and realizes they can find stories and >>photos that are relevant to their ancestry, it can make the entire trip >>worthwhile. These materials should be made widely accessible so that they are not >>only in a journal of one Society, but can be shared on a number of levels >>with people who live nowhere near the place where their ancestors spent >>their lives. This kind of material is what local history and genealogy centers >>are made of. >> >>Digitized materials can be shared far and wide, but only if they are made >>accessible to the library and treated appropriately. I think that the >>sharing of your materials could probably best be accomplished through scanning >>and digitization, and then archiving in the most suitable place. That may be >>a place like the NC Archives, or the UNC Southern Historical Collection. >>But that should be decided by professionals. We in Old Orange County have not >>yet gotten organized well enough yet to make firm recommendations about >>collections like yours, yet we are aware that there are materials like yours >>out there that should be part of the core collection of the OCPL. We have >>long lamented that the NC Room has been treated as a step-child, but we have >>not developed a plan to go forward because we were putting all our energy >>into saving the collection. Now it is time for us to begin to look ahead >>and solicit collections like yours, with the guidance of experts who can help >>us gather and protect this material in the most appropriate format. >>Funding is obviously an issue, but a web site that is well structured and >>maintained could be a very useful way of sharing these materials. But as many >>genealogists have commented, they have seen historical materials online, but >>when they actually went to the community where their forbears lived, they had >>an entirely different experience in seeing the materials in their context. >>An experience not to be duplicated. >> >>So our work is cut out for us, and years of neglect must be overcome. >>Materials like yours should be an incentive to us to find a way to provide >>growth for the room Nat Clark worked so hard to protect and promote. >>I hope you will strongly consider working with us to find the best way to >>protect and share your materials. >> >>Carol >>************************* >> Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ >> >>To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. 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