Jim... The only tip I would give...and I haven't read all of the others...is simple...always....always take the pictures at the highest image on your camera. Yes, you have fewer pictures, but you can enhance or crop and get great results. Also, in Saturday's Lubbock Paper is an obituary for a Giddens...here is the contents...may be one of your cuz... Thanx, Jess Bill Giddens Funeral Services for Bill Giddens, 77, of Levelland will be 2 p.m. Monday, May 14, 2007, at First Christian Church, with Pastor Jay Macha officiating. Burial will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery under direction of George Price Funeral Home. Family will receive friends at the funeral home today, May 13, 2007, from 4-6 p.m. He died Friday, May 11, 2007, at Garrison Center, in Lubbock. Bill was born to Charles and Loma Giddens in Farmerville, La. on Feb. 3, 1930. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving both in World War II and the Korean War and was a member of the VFW. He was an oilfield foreman for Haliburton Co. for many years until his retirement. Following retirement, he formed B & E Tool Co., which he operated for ten years in Levelland. He was a member of First Christian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Elsie J. Giddens; and a son, Chuck Giddens. He is survived by wife, Patricia Giddens; daughter, Keitha Carroll and husband Lynn of Levelland; son, Rick Baskin of Levelland; two brothers, Jesse Giddens and Wayne Giddens, both of Farmerville, La.; and one sister, Fern Nelson of Levelland. He is also survived by his eight grandchildren, Billy, Benjie, and Carson Baskin and Missy, Brandi, Clif, Lynce, and Kristin Carroll. Jess Headley 4507 21st Street Lubbock, Texas 79407 806 791-3408 U-Joints, Inc. 6310 Genoa Suite D Lubbock, Texas 79424 806 794-6742 Fax 806 794-6646 -----Original Message----- From: txredriv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txredriv-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Giddens Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:24 PM To: txredriv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Finally went digital (not genealogy I have got several good tips and advise about digital camera use, some via the list and some direct. More would be welcome. I hope some others beside just me are benefiting from these. Sally, I tried to reply direct to you but it bounced back to me. Something about my host (or your host, or Rootsweb host) being blacklisted by "underscore.com". Jim Giddens Paris (Reno), Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ruthimp@aol.com> To: <txredriv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Finally went digital (not genealogy > Sounds like Mike has some sound advice for you, but I read in a photography > magazine that it takes an 8 Pixel Camera to take a photo as good as a 35 MM > Camera. I have personally taken photo's with my first digi camera that had less > than 3 Pixels and worked at them on my computer and made very successful > enlargements of 8 X 10 portraits. That was using the Best for the setting. > Actually, I think mine had stars, the more stars the best picture and less > number of pictures it would take. If you take a photo and try to enlarge it too > much, it will start breaking up into little squares, weird looking and not > printable. Again, remember you can load them onto a disk and print them later or > not at all, just store them. You can even label each photo at the bottom, > this does not have to be printed on the photo, just for later reference. This > is very time consuming. Your camera will have software with it to load onto > your computer that will be very helpful. > Melba > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com 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 TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jess, Thanks for sending the Giddens obit. Yes that is a distant cousin. It is a little strange that I only met him one time, and that was this past March at his aunt's funeral in Bogata. I had read her obit in the Paris News, did not know her but read that her maiden name was Giddens. I went and learned of and met the 3 brothers, Jesse, Bill and John Wayne Giddens of Farmersville, La. I knew there were several (many) Giddens in Louisiana but I did not know any of my Giddens line were there. Bill's father, Charlie Porter Giddens Jr, had moved for Annona, Tx when the boys were very small. The Sr. C.P. Giddens was post master of Annona in 1914 and is buried south of Annona in the Russell Cemetery. I hand never learned of Charles P. Giddens Jr. or anything about him or his family. This was a very big plug into a gap I had in my Giddens line. When I got your e-mail from you "Jess", you can see why I was a little confused. I thought it was Jesse Giddens at first thought, I was wondering why he was on the Rootsweb list. I have exchange several e-mails with the brothers and a nephew since the funeral in March. The passing of Bill is sad, after I just discovered him, but on the other hand, it is a blessing that I met him and his brothers at all. One of my cousins that is deep (and smart) in Giddens genealogy had hit a stump in searching for this Giddens branch, because she was looking in Farmersville, Tx instead of Louisiana. C.P. G. Sr. was a son of John Giddens. John died and buried in Aberdeen, Miss as a Confederate soldier. in 1862. John's wife was a daughter of John Stiles, she is buried at English. I have now heard from one of Bill's nephews about the death of Bill. Thanks again. What a great list this is. Jim Giddens Paris (Reno), Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: "JessHeadley" <jess@ujointsinc.com> To: "'Jim Giddens'" <jimgidd@suddenlink.net>; <txredriv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:28 AM Subject: RE: [TXREDRIV] Finally went digital (not genealogy > Jim...> > Also, in Saturday's Lubbock Paper is an obituary for a Giddens...here is the > contents...may be one of your cuz... > Thanx, Jess > > > Bill Giddens > > > > > > > Funeral Services for Bill Giddens, 77, of Levelland will be 2 p.m. Monday, > May 14, 2007, at First Christian Church, with Pastor Jay Macha officiating. > Burial will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery under direction of > George Price Funeral Home. Family will receive friends at the funeral home > today, May 13, 2007, from 4-6 p.m. He died Friday, May 11, 2007, at Garrison > Center, in Lubbock. > > Bill was born to Charles and Loma Giddens in Farmerville, La. on Feb. 3, > 1930. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving both in World War II and > the Korean War and was a member of the VFW. He was an oilfield foreman for > Haliburton Co. for many years until his retirement. Following retirement, he > formed B & E Tool Co., which he operated for ten years in Levelland. He was > a member of First Christian Church. > > He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Elsie J. Giddens; and a > son, Chuck Giddens. He is survived by wife, Patricia Giddens; daughter, > Keitha Carroll and husband Lynn of Levelland; son, Rick Baskin of Levelland; > two brothers, Jesse Giddens and Wayne Giddens, both of Farmerville, La.; and > one sister, Fern Nelson of Levelland. > > He is also survived by his eight grandchildren, Billy, Benjie, and Carson > Baskin and Missy, Brandi, Clif, Lynce, and Kristin Carroll. > > > > Jess Headley > 4507 21st Street > Lubbock, Texas 79407 > 806 791-3408 > > U-Joints, Inc. > 6310 Genoa > Suite D > Lubbock, Texas 79424 > 806 794-6742 > Fax 806 794-6646 > -----Original Message----- > From: txredriv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txredriv-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Jim Giddens > Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:24 PM > To: txredriv@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Finally went digital (not genealogy > > I have got several good tips and advise about digital camera use, some via > the list and some direct. More would be welcome. I hope some others > beside just me are benefiting from these. > Sally, I tried to reply direct to you but it bounced back to me. > Something about my host (or your host, or Rootsweb host) being blacklisted > by "underscore.com". > > Jim Giddens > Paris (Reno), Tx > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Ruthimp@aol.com> > To: <txredriv@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:29 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Finally went digital (not genealogy > > > > Sounds like Mike has some sound advice for you, but I read in a > photography > > magazine that it takes an 8 Pixel Camera to take a photo as good as a 35 > MM > > Camera. I have personally taken photo's with my first digi camera that had > less > > than 3 Pixels and worked at them on my computer and made very successful > > enlargements of 8 X 10 portraits. That was using the Best for the > setting. > > Actually, I think mine had stars, the more stars the best picture and > less > > number of pictures it would take. If you take a photo and try to enlarge > it too > > much, it will start breaking up into little squares, weird looking and > not > > printable. Again, remember you can load them onto a disk and print them > later or > > not at all, just store them. You can even label each photo at the bottom, > > this does not have to be printed on the photo, just for later reference. > This > > is very time consuming. Your camera will have software with it to load > onto > > your computer that will be very helpful. > > Melba > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com 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 > TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >