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Family Photos and Keepsakes
Dead Fred: The Original Genealogy Photo Archive Digital Cameras and Genealogy Heirlooms Lost Scanning Tips
deadfred.com
Search through more than 15,000 records to find your old family photos. If you find a photo from Dead Fred's collection and can prove it belongs in your family, you can get it for the cost of postage. You can also download the digital version directly into your computer. The archive currently holds photos for 5,500 surnames.
www.rideau-info.com/genealogy/digital
Resources on this site explain how to choose a digital camera, use a camera to digitize old photos and store your electronic images. An article on planning and executing a digital genealogy project discusses file formats, image formats, image-editing software and HTML files.
heirloomslost.com
You can find family Bibles, wills and even household receipts among the 1,600 heirlooms seeking families on this site. The items up for sale represent 4,400 surnames. Search for an ancestral object by surname,
state or type of record, then click on the seller's e-mail address
for more information.
scantips.com
Digital-imaging novices and veterans can pick up a few pointers from Wayne Fulton's Scanning 101—the Basics. This primer demystifies dpi, resolution and resampling. It also shows menu settings for several popular image-editing software programs. Scanning 201 offers useful tips on restoring old genealogy photos and color-correcting faded slides.
Read readers' tips for identifying their families' historical photos in the August 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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