Happy Friday!

There was a bit of controversy over my article, yesterday, on the difference in sourcing genealogy versus family history (1 comment, 3 emails – all very nice and friendly!). I’d like to point out that the sourcing I was referring to was dealing with third party facts, such as you’d find on the Internet, not family stories/lore. Myself, being little old anal me, I still try to prove, (even source!) family stories the best I can. I’ve been able to prove, and disprove, a few of the stories in my family and am in the process of trying to do the same with more of them. I’m not content with sleeping dogs, and have to have as much viable proof as I can manage. However, the point of yesterdays article was to stress the need for sourcing information found on the internet, not family stories. I stand by that.

I’ve been getting quite a few photos sent to me to consider for examples in the book on photo restoration I’m writing. I’m still looking for more, so please keep sending! I’ll also be needing, at some point in the future, some volunteers to work through the tutorials I write and give me feedback. I’ll be looking for people of different skill levels and software preferences, (Photoshop CS4, CS3, Elements 7.0, 6.0…maybe even some other editing programs) to help me determine just how “useable” the techniques really are and the results achieved. If you’re interested, drop me a line. I’m not at the testing stage, yet. Just looking to be prepared!

There’s a little over a week left to get yourself entered in the Mpix print contest! Two massive 20×30 prints of your photos are nothing to sneeze at! That’s totally in the “Good Stuff” category! Simply leave a comment, answering one of the questions posted in the article for a chance to win! Don’t rely on answers posted by others, though! They could very well be wrong! Good luck to all who enter!

Have a marvelous weekend!

Tags: Fribble Friday, Genealogy, Good Stuff, Restoration