(from Kimberrly Powell’s About Genealogy 9-1-2015) When we think of tracing our family tree, we often envision following our family surname back thousands of years to the first bearer of the name. In our neat and tidy scenario, each successive generation bears the same surname – spelled exactly the same way in each and every […]

(from Dick Eastman · July 6, 2015) Archivists using the latest conservation technology are racing to digitize 300 years of newspapers before they crumble to dust – and that’s just for starters. The Guardian has published a fascinating story about a huge project by a team from the British Library that is preserving newspapers. The […]

(from Dick Eastman’s Daily Newsletter · July 1, 2015) The following article was written by editor Pam Cerutti. NOTE: Pam Cerutti is the editor of this newsletter, but her professional background suits this review well. After teaching high school English, she went on to a career in computer education, where she developed many courses on […]