These may not be that important to everyone. It just the fact that they are that old. There are a lot of ad, fashion and such. Felt like a woman did most of it. It is a large room. I think all the kids slept in this room. I haven't by any means been able to read too many of them. One ad was for a bust cream to enhance or decrease.LOL! There are a lot of articles. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlyine" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Historical Papers - JESSEE > Just a thought, I'd first make sure the newspapers aren't already > preserved and/or on film and already accessible to everyone. Sometimes > the newspaper has been around long enough to still have originals of all > the newspapers. Other times a local college or public library will have a > collection. As for museums, in most cases there will be a county museum > and here in my country in Oregon there are specialists at the museum who > are intensely interested in collecting photographs and other historical > items. For instance, if you have an old photo and you can't identify > what's pictures, they may be able to identiy everything/everybody in the > picture for you. Or you may do the same for them! If it's a photo of > something they want to keep on file, they'll make arrangements with you > which was satisfying to you. They'll have people on staff who are expert > in preserving just about anything of historical value. I wouldn't be > surprised if they'd want to come to your building and examine it in > person. Almost everybody has a digital camera to borrow if you don't have > one yourself. I think if it were me, I'd want to do that in addition to > whatever else I might do. In the meantime, congratulations of finding > something so special, and being smart enough to think about preserving it. > God bless. And let us all know how it turns out, okay? > Carlyine > In Russell Co., my family is my grandfather, Alexander Robt Preston JESSEE > (1849-1933) s/o William JESSEE (1801-1867) s/o Archer s/o of John & > Frances. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy Crouse McNew" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM > Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Historical Papers > > >> Have them photographed with a good (7MP or better digital camera, use >> diffuse light (reflected off something like white board) >> to prevent bright reflections. Then post the images on Rootsweb or the >> Russell County site. >> >> If you cannot do it, I would volunteer to photograph them. >> >> As far as preserving the papers themselves, >> >> Randy Crouse McNew >> Huntsville, AL >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.7/1581 - Release > Date: 7/30/2008 6:56 AM > >