November Desktop Calendar Freebie

Designer Victoria Lipp has created this month’s desktop calendar….in 4 sizes.  Please enjoy and leave some love for Victoria.

New Category Added to Our Store–Quick Scraps!

Looking for classy heritage quick pages–we have them!  Check out our collection of Quick Scraps now in our store.  S4O Friendly, too!

Legacy Quick Scrap by Cheryl McCain

Heritage Makers Quick Pages Set 1 by Kay Eflin

Kollage Quick Scrap Set 3 by Kay Eflin

Halloween Sampler by Designer Victoria Lipp

Just in time for your trick or treat layouts…please do not share this link on Yahoo Groups mailing lists.  Enjoy!

Freebie Mini Kit Midnight Obsession by Cheryl McCain

This lovely mini kit is sure to inspire some heritage scrapping with your vintage photos.  Please do not share this link with Yahoo groups….send your friends here for the download.  We’d love to see your layouts using the kit.  You may post to our gallery here.

Midnight Obsession

A Lovely October Desktop Calendar for You

Designer Cheryl McCain has created a lovely October desktop calendar–in two usable sizes.  Just click on the preview to download.  Please do not share this link with Yahoo Groups…Enjoy!

CT Call–Perhaps You are the One!

http://www.snaps2scrap.com

INTERESTED?

email to: Cheryl – cpanther57@comcast.net

Genealogy–Start with You…by Victoria Lipp

It might be overwhelming to think of the many people you are going “encounter” during your adventure into genealogical research.

All of the genealogical professionals that I know repeated state that you should START WITH YOU.

Jim & Terry Willard teach genealogy at our local college. In a recent newspaper article they say,

“With a pencil in hand and a blank sheet of paper in front of you, begin by writing down any and all information you have on your own life events. This includes recording the important pieces of informaiton:

• who was (is) the person involved,
• what was the event,
• where did the event occur,
• when did the event occur, and
• which documents show that the event actually took place.”

“After completing a sheet for yourself, you should then start a similar sheet for each person you are researching. In writing this information down, there are some guidlines you should follow.

When doing the WHO:

• Write the person’s full name, including all middle names and any titles (Rev., Capt., Dr., etc.)
• Also, spelling DOES matter. The name should be spelled exactly as it appears in the source of the information. In doing research, make note of any variations of the family name. This information may prove valuable at a later time.
• Always write a female’s name using her maiden name, as this is how you will locate most information about her. If you only know her married name, then write this in parentheses. i.e., Mary (Jones). This will serve as a visual clue that you need to research further into her identity.
• Finally, make note of any nicknames that your research may uncover and write these in quotation marks. If your Uncle Billy was really named William, you would write this information as William “Billy” Anders Jones.

When doing the WHAT:

• Identify the event as clearly as possible. For example, when listing graduation as an event in a person’s life, specify which level of graduation is being documented.
• Use standard abbreviations for events, such a b for birth or bap for baptism. Consistency in how you present your work is important.

When doing the WHERE:
Record the full name of the place where an event occurred. For a birth, write the name of the hospital, the town or city, the county, the state, and even the country if necessary. In following this procedure, you will have a trail to follow to locate related sources of information.

Remember, in most places of the world, written records (called vital records) of events might exist at any one of the levels listed above. Each record might provide a clue to a further piece of infomation.

It is important to remember that place names, like family names, might have changed over a period of time. Doing genealogical research requires that you lear as much as you can about the history of a community where an event might have occurred.”

I hope you are ready to start your journey. If you have any questions, please ask them and we will try to help you.

September Blog Challenge and Freebie Posting Bonus

A Country Gentleman is proving to be a popular download.  Now designer Victoria Lipp has created a coordinating add-on kit for a posting bonus.  Create a layout using Country Gentleman.  Then post in the Blog Challenge Gallery.  Then enter your layout link in the Forum.

Hope you’ll enjoy playing along with us this month.

Here’s the posting bonus you will receive:

Country Gentleman Add-On

A Country Gentleman FREEBIE Mini Kit

Rummage through your vintage guy photos to create a masculine themed heritage layout with A Country Gentleman from designer Kay Eflin.  Enjoy and please do not share this link on Yahoo Groups. Visit Kay’s Snaps2Scrap Store for more delightful heritage kits.

Vintage Cabinet Cards

If  you are fortunate to have some vintage photos like these in your family collection, chances are you have what are known as Cabinet Cards–a form of photography that first appeared in the U.S. in 1866.  They are named for their sturdy card stock backing and were often displayed in cabinets rather than frames.  Kimberly Powell gives some interesting facts about these popular photos from the past and how to date your collection here.

A little research and you might have some interesting facts to add to your family history and heritage scrapping.  Adding scanned cabinet cards to your layouts makes a wonderful period piece.