Melissa Johnson is one of the newest genealogists to become board-certified. She tells Judy Russell, “I wanted to know that I was working to standards. . . . I also thought it was important, as a younger genealogist, to have a credential that would make people take me and my work more seriously.” Read more: http://bcgcertification.org/blog/2015/03/welcome-melissa-johnson-cg/ Harold Henderson, CG midwestroots.net *Finding Ancestors in Fort Wayne: The Genealogist's Unofficial One-Stop Guide to the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center * http://www.midwestroots.net/ <http://www.midwestroots.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ACPLGC-April-2013.pdf> Certified Genealogist (SM) No. 1029 Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® used by the Board to identify its program of genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board’s associates.

Connie, Perhaps some resources at the Society of American Archivists could be of help. There are guidelines and standards for reappraisal and deaccessioning: http://www2.archivists.org/standards/code-of-ethics-for-archivists Traci Thompson, MLIS, CG Local History/Genealogy Librarian Braswell Memorial Library 727 N Grace St Rocky Mount, NC 27804 252-442-1951 ext 247(voice) Opinions expressed are my own. CG and Certified Genealogist are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and are used under license by Board-certified genealogists after periodic genealogical competency evaluations. The Board name is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 11:06:05 -0700 From: Connie Sheets <[email protected]> Subject: [TGF] Projecting Library Shelf Space Needs To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am a relatively new board member for a non-profit organization that has developed a large, private genealogical library operated entirely by volunteers. Most of the volunteers are not librarians or archivists, and the genealogical expertise of the Board and library volunteers varies. For many years, the person primarily responsible for the library made every effort to make space for most materials that came her way. She has retired and we have come to the point where available space does not allow us to continue on that course. On that we all agree. Where we disagree is in the specifics of what constitutes a valuable genealogical resource that needs to continue to be made available, and what we need to find another home for. I may be posting later about one or two specific types of resources, but this is a more basic question. I am being told it is impossible to project, even in a general "guesstimate" way, the amount of linear shelf space we will need each year for new acquisitions because we cannot project the books, etc. that will be donated. We also have a limited purchasing program. We are in the process of developing written criteria for what we will accept as donations, what we will deaccession, etc. but I'm feeling like a voice in the wilderness advocating that those criteria need to be developed before the "decluttering" proceeds further. To my untrained eye, we have sufficient shelf space for a year or two at least. Surely, others deal with this issue all the time and have developed some method for figuring it out mathematically? Am I being unreasonable to suggest that it does not make sense to eliminate all school yearbooks and a significant portion of our periodical collection, how-to books, etc. without first having some objective idea of when we will actually need the shelf space? Connie Sheets Phoenix

Always cite the most original source. The information in the email is a derivative (Mary had to type it) and a such has inherent possible errors. I like to think of citations as identifying where it lives first, and then how it came to my attention. That way the reader is informed on where they can see the original but also the steps involved in getting it to me. Those steps can dilute the information if identified as a database or other transcription and the reader needs to know that. -- Elissa Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL www.PowellGenealogy.com www.GRIPitt.org 28 June-3 July 2015 and 19-24 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. The board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathie Fortner via Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 1:30 PM To: Michael Hait Cc: Patricia Hobbs; TGF List Subject: [SPAM-Med] Re: [TGF] Citation The copy of the newspaper obit was obtained by a friend, Mary, for her own use and when she realized we were researching the same line, she sent me a copy. I am wondering if I should only cite the email from Mary, because that is where I saw the obit, or whether I should also cite the attachments since the information is present in the email. Kathie On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Michael Hait <[email protected]> wrote: > Why is the email relevant at all to the citation of the newspaper? If > the sender was functioning as an agent to obtain a publicly available > record from the society library's microfilm collection, for example, > then you would cite the repository information, but not the agent who obtained it. > > Michael Hait, CG(sm) > [email protected] > http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com > Author of *Online State Resources for Genealogy* ebook More > information at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/onlineStates.htm > > CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board > certificants after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name > is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. > -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Hobbs via > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 12:58 PM > To: Kathie Fortner > Cc: TGF List > Subject: Re: [TGF] Citation > > > Kathie, I'm not sure how you contacted the person (via Ancestry > message > board) is material if you corresponded directly through email to get > the document(s). > > I'd refer to the attachment directly as you normally would for that > kind of document (newspaper if it's an obituary with identifying > information). Then after the semi-colon, you'd refer to the avenue of > receipt as being sent by email from the sender which would then cite > the origin of the obituary as being the Elgin County Genealogical Society. > > Patti > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Kathie Fortner via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to cite an email with attachments. The attachments are >> identified by the sender. Am I on the right track with this? >> >> ​[Name of Sender], Via Ancestry Message Boards {senders email} To >> Kathie Fortner, Email with attachments, 14 Aug 2014, "Hannah Bellowes >> Fortner Obituary"; Attachments from "The St Thomas Evening Journal " >> 29 Aug 1908, >> 1 >> Sep 1908, Elgin County Gealogical Society, -- >> >> * >> Kathie Fortner* >> * <[email protected]>* >> >> *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>* >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > -- * Kathie Fortner* * <[email protected]>* *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The copy of the newspaper obit was obtained by a friend, Mary, for her own use and when she realized we were researching the same line, she sent me a copy. I am wondering if I should only cite the email from Mary, because that is where I saw the obit, or whether I should also cite the attachments since the information is present in the email. Kathie On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Michael Hait <[email protected]> wrote: > Why is the email relevant at all to the citation of the newspaper? If the > sender was functioning as an agent to obtain a publicly available record > from the society library's microfilm collection, for example, then you > would cite the repository information, but not the agent who obtained it. > > Michael Hait, CG(sm) > [email protected] > http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com > Author of *Online State Resources for Genealogy* ebook > More information at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/onlineStates.htm > > CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants > after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in > the US Patent & Trademark Office. > -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Hobbs via > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 12:58 PM > To: Kathie Fortner > Cc: TGF List > Subject: Re: [TGF] Citation > > > Kathie, I'm not sure how you contacted the person (via Ancestry message > board) is material if you corresponded directly through email to get the > document(s). > > I'd refer to the attachment directly as you normally would for that kind of > document (newspaper if it's an obituary with identifying information). Then > after the semi-colon, you'd refer to the avenue of receipt as being sent by > email from the sender which would then cite the origin of the obituary as > being the Elgin County Genealogical Society. > > Patti > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Kathie Fortner via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to cite an email with attachments. The attachments are >> identified by the sender. Am I on the right track with this? >> >> ​[Name of Sender], Via Ancestry Message Boards {senders email} To Kathie >> Fortner, Email with attachments, 14 Aug 2014, "Hannah Bellowes Fortner >> Obituary"; Attachments from "The St Thomas Evening Journal " 29 Aug 1908, >> 1 >> Sep 1908, Elgin County Gealogical Society, -- >> >> * >> Kathie Fortner* >> * <[email protected]>* >> >> *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>* >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- * Kathie Fortner* * <[email protected]>* *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>*

Why is the email relevant at all to the citation of the newspaper? If the sender was functioning as an agent to obtain a publicly available record from the society library's microfilm collection, for example, then you would cite the repository information, but not the agent who obtained it. Michael Hait, CG(sm) [email protected] http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com Author of *Online State Resources for Genealogy* ebook More information at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/onlineStates.htm CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Hobbs via Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 12:58 PM To: Kathie Fortner Cc: TGF List Subject: Re: [TGF] Citation Kathie, I'm not sure how you contacted the person (via Ancestry message board) is material if you corresponded directly through email to get the document(s). I'd refer to the attachment directly as you normally would for that kind of document (newspaper if it's an obituary with identifying information). Then after the semi-colon, you'd refer to the avenue of receipt as being sent by email from the sender which would then cite the origin of the obituary as being the Elgin County Genealogical Society. Patti On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Kathie Fortner via < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to cite an email with attachments. The attachments are > identified by the sender. Am I on the right track with this? > > ​[Name of Sender], Via Ancestry Message Boards {senders email} To Kathie > Fortner, Email with attachments, 14 Aug 2014, "Hannah Bellowes Fortner > Obituary"; Attachments from "The St Thomas Evening Journal " 29 Aug 1908, > 1 > Sep 1908, Elgin County Gealogical Society, -- > > * > Kathie Fortner* > * <[email protected]>* > > *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm trying to cite an email with attachments. The attachments are identified by the sender. Am I on the right track with this? ​[Name of Sender], Via Ancestry Message Boards {senders email} To Kathie Fortner, Email with attachments, 14 Aug 2014, "Hannah Bellowes Fortner Obituary"; Attachments from "The St Thomas Evening Journal " 29 Aug 1908, 1 Sep 1908, Elgin County Gealogical Society, -- * Kathie Fortner* * <[email protected]>* *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>*

I purchased a View Sonic PJD5133 a couple years ago based on a previous discussion on this list (I think). I'm happy with the View Sonic. There is a newer model available on Amazon as well. Here's a link for my model: http://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-PJD5133-SVGA-DLP-Projector/dp/B005EV1R8Y Good luck in your search! Regards, Michelle Goodrum > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 20:34:37 -0500 > From: C L Bence <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TGF] Projectors > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <CACdEbjifkvD0EDWL681cs= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Another vote for the Epson EX7220 projector. I recently purchased this > model for use at the public library where I work. It connects and > recognizes both new (HDMI) and older equipment (VGA and S-video) > automatically. It's easy to focus and square the projected image. It's > quiet and bright which is useful for giving presentations in a room with > the lights on. > > -Cathy Bence > Parker Memorial Library > Dracut, MA > > >

Speaking as a librarian--before you do ANYTHING, establish your collection policy: what you collect, what your criteria for donations are, what you DON'T collect. Write it down, have your board approve it, and make it public on your website or elsewhere. That will make it much easier to justify anything you do afterwards, and will also make it easier to make decisions about individual items. In addition, don't base your decisions too heavily on what is available at other libraries. They get rid of things, too. If it is a (relatively rare) valuable resource for your community, I would keep it. Another thing to consider is keeping some basic statistics about what gets used and what doesn't. Martha Grenzeback Omaha Public Library On Mar 5, 2015, at 5:35 AM, J.O.S. N. via <[email protected]> wrote: > Protect the school yearbooks. > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Elissa Scalise Powell via < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Connie, >> I hear you when you say that you don't want to purge until you need the >> space. However since the committee is in the mode now, it might be good to >> evaluate items that have already been digitized or are available at a >> nearby >> library or archive and remove those. This also means that when you do want >> to take in a collection the committee doesn't have to go into "panic mode" >> to purge at that time to make space. Haste is how things do get pitched >> without thought. Bravo on trying to get the thoughts down on paper as to >> the >> limits and conditions of the comings and goings of the collection. >> >> Best wishes, >> Elissa >> >> Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL >> www.PowellGenealogy.com >> www.GRIPitt.org 28 June-3 July 2015 and 19-24 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA >> CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are >> service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under >> license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. The board name is >> a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Connie Sheets via >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 1:06 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [TGF] Projecting Library Shelf Space Needs >> >> I am a >> relatively new board member for a non-profit organization that has >> developed >> a large, private genealogical library operated entirely by volunteers. Most >> of the volunteers are not librarians or archivists, and the genealogical >> expertise of the Board and library volunteers varies. For many years, the >> person primarily responsible for the library made every effort to make >> space >> for most materials that came her way. She has retired and we have come to >> the point where available space does not allow us to continue on that >> course. On that we all agree. Where we disagree is in the specifics of what >> constitutes a valuable genealogical resource that needs to continue to be >> made available, and what we need to find another home for. I may be >> posting >> later about one or two specific types of resources, but this is a more >> basic >> question. >> >> I am being told it >> is impossible to project, even in a general "guesstimate" way, the amount >> of >> linear shelf space we will need each year for new acquisitions because we >> cannot project the books, etc. that will be donated. We also have a >> limited >> purchasing program. >> >> We are in >> the process of developing written criteria for what we will accept as >> donations, what we will deaccession, etc. but I'm feeling like a voice in >> the wilderness advocating that those criteria need to be developed before >> the "decluttering" proceeds further. To my untrained eye, we have >> sufficient shelf space for a year or two at least. >> >> Surely, >> others deal with this issue all the time and have developed some method >> for figuring it out mathematically? Am I being unreasonable to suggest >> that it does not make sense to eliminate all school yearbooks and a >> significant portion of our periodical collection, how-to books, etc. >> without first having some objective idea of when we will actually need the >> shelf space? >> >> >> Connie Sheets >> Phoenix >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kathie, I'm not sure how you contacted the person (via Ancestry message board) is material if you corresponded directly through email to get the document(s). I'd refer to the attachment directly as you normally would for that kind of document (newspaper if it's an obituary with identifying information). Then after the semi-colon, you'd refer to the avenue of receipt as being sent by email from the sender which would then cite the origin of the obituary as being the Elgin County Genealogical Society. Patti On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Kathie Fortner via < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to cite an email with attachments. The attachments are > identified by the sender. Am I on the right track with this? > > ​[Name of Sender], Via Ancestry Message Boards {senders email} To Kathie > Fortner, Email with attachments, 14 Aug 2014, "Hannah Bellowes Fortner > Obituary"; Attachments from "The St Thomas Evening Journal " 29 Aug 1908, 1 > Sep 1908, Elgin County Gealogical Society, -- > > * > Kathie Fortner* > * <[email protected]>* > > *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A new title that may be of interest: Citizenship in Cold War America : the national security state and the possibilities of dissent / Andrea Friedman University of Massachusetts Press, 2014 ISBN: 9781625340672 http://www.amazon.com/Citizenship-Cold-War-America-Possibilities/dp/1625340672/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425570902&sr=1-1 Publisher's description: In the wake of 9/11, many Americans have deplored the dangers to liberty posed by a growing surveillance state. In this book, Andrea Friedman moves beyond the standard security/liberty dichotomy, weaving together often forgotten episodes of early Cold War history to reveal how the obsession with national security enabled dissent and fostered new imaginings of democracy. Friedman traverses immigration law and loyalty boards, popular culture and theoretical treatises, U.S. courtrooms and Puerto Rican jails, to demonstrate how Cold War repression made visible in new ways the unevenness and limitations of American citizenship. Highlighting the ways that race and gender shaped critiques and defenses of the national security regime, she offers new insight into the contradictions of Cold War political culture. Tony L.

Protect the school yearbooks. On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Elissa Scalise Powell via < [email protected]> wrote: > Connie, > I hear you when you say that you don't want to purge until you need the > space. However since the committee is in the mode now, it might be good to > evaluate items that have already been digitized or are available at a > nearby > library or archive and remove those. This also means that when you do want > to take in a collection the committee doesn't have to go into "panic mode" > to purge at that time to make space. Haste is how things do get pitched > without thought. Bravo on trying to get the thoughts down on paper as to > the > limits and conditions of the comings and goings of the collection. > > Best wishes, > Elissa > > Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL > www.PowellGenealogy.com > www.GRIPitt.org 28 June-3 July 2015 and 19-24 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA > CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are > service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under > license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. The board name is > a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Connie Sheets via > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 1:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TGF] Projecting Library Shelf Space Needs > > I am a > relatively new board member for a non-profit organization that has > developed > a large, private genealogical library operated entirely by volunteers. Most > of the volunteers are not librarians or archivists, and the genealogical > expertise of the Board and library volunteers varies. For many years, the > person primarily responsible for the library made every effort to make > space > for most materials that came her way. She has retired and we have come to > the point where available space does not allow us to continue on that > course. On that we all agree. Where we disagree is in the specifics of what > constitutes a valuable genealogical resource that needs to continue to be > made available, and what we need to find another home for. I may be > posting > later about one or two specific types of resources, but this is a more > basic > question. > > I am being told it > is impossible to project, even in a general "guesstimate" way, the amount > of > linear shelf space we will need each year for new acquisitions because we > cannot project the books, etc. that will be donated. We also have a > limited > purchasing program. > > We are in > the process of developing written criteria for what we will accept as > donations, what we will deaccession, etc. but I'm feeling like a voice in > the wilderness advocating that those criteria need to be developed before > the "decluttering" proceeds further. To my untrained eye, we have > sufficient shelf space for a year or two at least. > > Surely, > others deal with this issue all the time and have developed some method > for figuring it out mathematically? Am I being unreasonable to suggest > that it does not make sense to eliminate all school yearbooks and a > significant portion of our periodical collection, how-to books, etc. > without first having some objective idea of when we will actually need the > shelf space? > > > Connie Sheets > Phoenix > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Connie, I hear you when you say that you don't want to purge until you need the space. However since the committee is in the mode now, it might be good to evaluate items that have already been digitized or are available at a nearby library or archive and remove those. This also means that when you do want to take in a collection the committee doesn't have to go into "panic mode" to purge at that time to make space. Haste is how things do get pitched without thought. Bravo on trying to get the thoughts down on paper as to the limits and conditions of the comings and goings of the collection. Best wishes, Elissa Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL www.PowellGenealogy.com www.GRIPitt.org 28 June-3 July 2015 and 19-24 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. The board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Connie Sheets via Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 1:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TGF] Projecting Library Shelf Space Needs I am a relatively new board member for a non-profit organization that has developed a large, private genealogical library operated entirely by volunteers. Most of the volunteers are not librarians or archivists, and the genealogical expertise of the Board and library volunteers varies. For many years, the person primarily responsible for the library made every effort to make space for most materials that came her way. She has retired and we have come to the point where available space does not allow us to continue on that course. On that we all agree. Where we disagree is in the specifics of what constitutes a valuable genealogical resource that needs to continue to be made available, and what we need to find another home for. I may be posting later about one or two specific types of resources, but this is a more basic question. I am being told it is impossible to project, even in a general "guesstimate" way, the amount of linear shelf space we will need each year for new acquisitions because we cannot project the books, etc. that will be donated. We also have a limited purchasing program. We are in the process of developing written criteria for what we will accept as donations, what we will deaccession, etc. but I'm feeling like a voice in the wilderness advocating that those criteria need to be developed before the "decluttering" proceeds further. To my untrained eye, we have sufficient shelf space for a year or two at least. Surely, others deal with this issue all the time and have developed some method for figuring it out mathematically? Am I being unreasonable to suggest that it does not make sense to eliminate all school yearbooks and a significant portion of our periodical collection, how-to books, etc. without first having some objective idea of when we will actually need the shelf space? Connie Sheets Phoenix ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Another vote for the Epson EX7220 projector. I recently purchased this model for use at the public library where I work. It connects and recognizes both new (HDMI) and older equipment (VGA and S-video) automatically. It's easy to focus and square the projected image. It's quiet and bright which is useful for giving presentations in a room with the lights on. -Cathy Bence Parker Memorial Library Dracut, MA

Good Evening Annette-- Have you checked the archives for the list? I know that this topic has come up multiple times and I think the last one wasn't too long ago, so the advice should still be of use. Good luck! --Debra ______________________________ Debra A. Hoffman Hoffman Genealogical Services PO Box 755 New Windsor, Maryland 21776 410.913.4170 [email protected] Blog: http://ancestralleaves.blogspot.com/ APG Directory: http://www.apgen.org/directory/search_detail.html?mbr_id=3780 Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/debra-a-hoffman/65/b99/358 Twitter: @DebraAHoffman *Attend the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy from January 10th through the 15th, 2016 and experience a great opportunity to further your genealogy education! For more information: **http://www.infouga.org/ <http://www.infouga.org/>.* On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Heritage Detective via < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, all. I'm beginning to get some local speaker gigs and I need to > purchase > a digital projector. I'd appreciate any advice you could give me about what > brands and models might be best. > > Thanks! > > Annette > Annette Burke Lyttle > HERITAGE DETECTIVE, LLC > Westminster, Colorado > 303-217-3452 > [email protected] > http://heritagedetective.com > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have an Epson EX7220 It has ports: USBA, USBB, Computer, HDMI I really like it, small, lightweight, powerful. Pat Dunford | -----Original Message----- | From: [email protected] | [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf | Of Heritage Detective via | Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 11:20 AM | To: [email protected] | Subject: [TGF] Projectors | | | Hi, all. I'm beginning to get some local speaker gigs and I need to purchase a | digital projector. I'd appreciate any advice you could give me about what | brands and models might be best. | | Thanks! | | Annette | Annette Burke Lyttle | HERITAGE DETECTIVE, LLC | Westminster, Colorado | 303-217-3452 | [email protected] | http://heritagedetective.com | | | | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL- | [email protected] with the word | 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's sad. HQ copies  were much better on many things.  Ann L. Wells From: Fredric Z. Saunders via <[email protected]> To: 'Transitional Genealogists' <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 9:17 AM Subject: [TGF] Heritage Quest Just a heads-up for anyone else. I occasionally used HQ images when they were better than those from Ancestry.  The HQ pages have said that "upgrades" were coming this week. It appears that those are to use Ancestry's, search system, indexes and images. I just checked on an image I recently copied from HQ because it was clear- Ancestry's was virtually too faint to read. The HQ image is now Ancestry's, meaning the readable image from HQ is gone. Rick Saunders ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Rick, That's not a good thing. I use Heritage Quest through our Tennessee Electronic Library because being a Tennssee resident it is free. I have found the same thing, if I find an image on Ancestry that is not that great I can usually get a better image from Heritage Quest. Why do they insist on messing with things that are working just as they are? But then again they didn't ask me, LOL! Melissa Barker Certified Archivist Houston County, TN. Archivist/Records Manager P.O. Box 366 Erin, TN. 37061 E-Mail: [email protected] Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Erin-Tennessee/321018623510#!/groups/190560887647081/ > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 08:17:58 -0700 > Subject: [TGF] Heritage Quest > From: [email protected] > > Just a heads-up for anyone else. I occasionally used HQ images when they > were better than those from Ancestry. The HQ pages have said that > "upgrades" were coming this week. It appears that those are to use > Ancestry's, search system, indexes and images. > > I just checked on an image I recently copied from HQ because it was clear- > Ancestry's was virtually too faint to read. The HQ image is now Ancestry's, > meaning the readable image from HQ is gone. > > Rick Saunders > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, all. I'm beginning to get some local speaker gigs and I need to purchase a digital projector. I'd appreciate any advice you could give me about what brands and models might be best. Thanks! Annette Annette Burke Lyttle HERITAGE DETECTIVE, LLC Westminster, Colorado 303-217-3452 [email protected] http://heritagedetective.com

I am a relatively new board member for a non-profit organization that has developed a large, private genealogical library operated entirely by volunteers. Most of the volunteers are not librarians or archivists, and the genealogical expertise of the Board and library volunteers varies. For many years, the person primarily responsible for the library made every effort to make space for most materials that came her way. She has retired and we have come to the point where available space does not allow us to continue on that course. On that we all agree. Where we disagree is in the specifics of what constitutes a valuable genealogical resource that needs to continue to be made available, and what we need to find another home for. I may be posting later about one or two specific types of resources, but this is a more basic question. I am being told it is impossible to project, even in a general "guesstimate" way, the amount of linear shelf space we will need each year for new acquisitions because we cannot project the books, etc. that will be donated. We also have a limited purchasing program. We are in the process of developing written criteria for what we will accept as donations, what we will deaccession, etc. but I'm feeling like a voice in the wilderness advocating that those criteria need to be developed before the "decluttering" proceeds further. To my untrained eye, we have sufficient shelf space for a year or two at least. Surely, others deal with this issue all the time and have developed some method for figuring it out mathematically? Am I being unreasonable to suggest that it does not make sense to eliminate all school yearbooks and a significant portion of our periodical collection, how-to books, etc. without first having some objective idea of when we will actually need the shelf space? Connie Sheets Phoenix