Jan & others ~ Great Idea on the videos! For my parent's 50th Wedding anniversary we put together a "collage" of their life together. It was over 200 favorite photo's we had digitized. We had a Specialized video Person put this together either a video cassette(or you can burn it to CD also). He made us all copies for a few dollars, after the original of about 100$. If you want more pictures of course it can run you more. Add a favorite song of the couple's throughout the tape, a few special effects of frames, fading etc and Voila!! You have a person's collage of their life on video or CD. We were thinking of doing this for special milestone Birthdays also in our family. We did it for my Husband's grandmother's 105th birthday! Now that was some video! A woman who had seen it all... from Horse and carriage to Vaudeville to the Space Shuttles! It was wonderful!. I still watch that tape of my parent's together now and then, and it shows their life span together, from young until now, and it still brings a joyful tear to my eye, when I watch it....(laughing) There are lots of love and memories in that Tape. Seriously folks, I agree with Jan, it is a wonderful way to seize the span of a persons short life here on earth. It seems to pass so quickly! We need to Seize the moment in Genealogy and capture it for future generations any way we can. I have seen some great ideas on this subject pop up...any others out there? Keep them coming. Penny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Cortez" <cristian@netonecom.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Suggestion for a new form of tithing - genealogy wise > Videos are an excellent idea. I can't begin to tell you how many times I > wish I had asked my folks about some of these family things before they > passed away. We take so many things for granted. I have been going thru > all my family photos and making sure they are marked on back with who they > are, when taken, where, etc. I have a very large box full of antique photos > and unfortunately, I haven't the faintest idea who they are. It's a shame. > I'd love to see some of my great grandparents, and their siblings, etc. I > have one of a 4th great grandfather and only because his portrait hangs on a > courthouse wall as the first judge of that county, and I have a photo of it. > > Now is the time to begin work on those photos, and keepsakes, etc. and > preserve them for the next generations. > > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clifford Hayes" <cliff.hayes@earthlink.net> > > > I am developing a personal > > time line and plan to do a video of me relating my life and events, I > guess > > what they call an oral history, only with video, for my kids, grandkids > and, > > when they come, great grandkids. I already scanned many photos from way > > back and gave each of the kids a CD with the photos on it. > > > > Any other ideas on what we can do as the ancients for the future > > generations? They will look to us because our ancestors had to work hard > > just to remain alive. It is only since WWII that many of the gains we > have > > achieved have come to fruition: modern homes, good roads, fast cars, TV, > > cheap phone service, computers, air travel, most household electrical > > appliances and the list goes on. > > > > Cliff Hayes > > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with > the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message > to the following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.605 / Virus Database: 385 - Release Date: 3/1/04