Excuse my ignorance......but what is 'biro'? Hope to get at a ton of photos marked if I get some spare time??? Thanks, Nancy Sutherland Greig..... In a finally hot and sunny Ontario! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny MacKay" <jabol@wn.com.au> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > If you are going to write on the backs of your photographs, please don't use > biro. There are special photo labelling pencils to use that are a very soft > lead and do not indent or harm your photos. Ink has been known to leak > through and destroy the very faces we have tried to preserve. > > I'm a Creative Memories consultant here in Western Australia and I hold > classes and workshops on teaching people how to preserve their precious > memories. I'm sure there are consultants out there in the UK and elsewhere > who would be only too willing to teach you too. > > Kind regards > > Jenny MacKay > Geraldton West Australia > > ---------------- > > > A lesson here for today! We should all ensure we do write on the back of > > photographs when sending them to friends and relatives. > > I also have photographs of family weddings etc where I can only recognise > my > > own immediate family, granny, etc. I often look at these trying to guess > who > > is who. > > > > Christine > > Northamptonshire, England > > www.highlandhearts.com > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > email rhemusaig@tiscali.co.uk > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > To check out previous messages > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > ============================== > 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 >

Sorry this is a brand name for a ball point pen used by many folk to describe any ball point Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Greig <nancy.brian@sympatico.ca> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > Excuse my ignorance......but what is 'biro'? Hope to get at a ton of photos > marked if I get some spare time??? > > Thanks, > > Nancy Sutherland Greig..... In a finally hot and sunny Ontario! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jenny MacKay" <jabol@wn.com.au> > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:08 AM > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > If you are going to write on the backs of your photographs, please don't > use > > biro. There are special photo labelling pencils to use that are a very > soft > > lead and do not indent or harm your photos. Ink has been known to leak > > through and destroy the very faces we have tried to preserve. > > > > I'm a Creative Memories consultant here in Western Australia and I hold > > classes and workshops on teaching people how to preserve their precious > > memories. I'm sure there are consultants out there in the UK and elsewhere > > who would be only too willing to teach you too. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Jenny MacKay > > Geraldton West Australia > > > > ---------------- > > > > > A lesson here for today! We should all ensure we do write on the back > of > > > photographs when sending them to friends and relatives. > > > I also have photographs of family weddings etc where I can only > recognise > > my > > > own immediate family, granny, etc. I often look at these trying to guess > > who > > > is who. > > > > > > Christine > > > Northamptonshire, England > > > www.highlandhearts.com > > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > email rhemusaig@tiscali.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > To check out previous messages > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > 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 > >

It was invented by a Hungarian chap called Biro! (chap = bloke, guy, fellow) Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain Sutherland" <iain_sutherland@totalise.co.uk> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > Sorry this is a brand name for a ball point pen used by many folk to > describe any ball point > Iain > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nancy Greig <nancy.brian@sympatico.ca> > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:45 PM > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > Excuse my ignorance......but what is 'biro'? Hope to get at a ton of > photos > > marked if I get some spare time??? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nancy Sutherland Greig..... In a finally hot and sunny Ontario! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jenny MacKay" <jabol@wn.com.au> > > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > > > > If you are going to write on the backs of your photographs, please don't > > use > > > biro. There are special photo labelling pencils to use that are a very > > soft > > > lead and do not indent or harm your photos. Ink has been known to leak > > > through and destroy the very faces we have tried to preserve. > > > > > > I'm a Creative Memories consultant here in Western Australia and I hold > > > classes and workshops on teaching people how to preserve their precious > > > memories. I'm sure there are consultants out there in the UK and > elsewhere > > > who would be only too willing to teach you too. > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > Jenny MacKay > > > Geraldton West Australia > > > > > > ---------------- > > > > > > > A lesson here for today! We should all ensure we do write on the back > > of > > > > photographs when sending them to friends and relatives. > > > > I also have photographs of family weddings etc where I can only > > recognise > > > my > > > > own immediate family, granny, etc. I often look at these trying to > guess > > > who > > > > is who. > > > > > > > > Christine > > > > Northamptonshire, England > > > > www.highlandhearts.com > > > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > email rhemusaig@tiscali.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > > To check out previous messages > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hi Nancy, funny how one is suprised when a word that is in common usuage in one's own country isn't known everywhere else! "Biro" is a ball-point pen - I think it known thus because this was the brandname of the first ones here. Goodluck with your photos - but dont use ink! ChristineR Vic Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Greig <nancy.brian@sympatico.ca> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 1:45 AM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > Excuse my ignorance......but what is 'biro'? Hope to get at a ton of photos > marked if I get some spare time??? > > Thanks, > > Nancy Sutherland Greig..... In a finally hot and sunny Ontario! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jenny MacKay" <jabol@wn.com.au> > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:08 AM > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > If you are going to write on the backs of your photographs, please don't > use > > biro. There are special photo labelling pencils to use that are a very > soft > > lead and do not indent or harm your photos. Ink has been known to leak > > through and destroy the very faces we have tried to preserve. > > > > I'm a Creative Memories consultant here in Western Australia and I hold > > classes and workshops on teaching people how to preserve their precious > > memories. I'm sure there are consultants out there in the UK and elsewhere > > who would be only too willing to teach you too. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Jenny MacKay > > Geraldton West Australia > > > > ---------------- > > > > > A lesson here for today! We should all ensure we do write on the back > of > > > photographs when sending them to friends and relatives. > > > I also have photographs of family weddings etc where I can only > recognise > > my > > > own immediate family, granny, etc. I often look at these trying to guess > > who > > > is who. > > > > > > Christine > > > Northamptonshire, England > > > www.highlandhearts.com > > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > email rhemusaig@tiscali.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > To check out previous messages > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > 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 >