Old script in research

I finally got to start doing research at Genline.com on my Swedish lines. They have copies of the original records, boy that handwriting is hard to read. I have seen some pages that were very nice and easier to read, but so far no such luck for me. I didn't have much to start with, but I did find a couple of things I think are the right people. I definitely found the marriage record for my great grandparents, who were the first to come to live in America, at least as far as I know. I wasn't sure what the names were following each of their names, so posted at the Sweden Genforum asking for help. One nice woman replied right away, she had most of it figured out, and as I was leaving a thank you, she posted the 1880 census which was full of information. I am going to try to decipher the handwriting as best as I can, I hate to ask for help again already. I decided to look online for some help reading the handwriting, most of what I found was German script, but some looked similar and then I stumbled on an old Swedish document for practicing writing, so it should help me. I found some help at Cyndi's List and then looking for fonts to download too. So I have 2 links to share. The font site has many fonts of various types. :)

http://www.cyndislist.com/handwrit.htm

www.fonts101.com

Do you Tweet?

Well I haven't done it yet, but I do go to a few listings for genealogy, etc. It is short so you can get a link and go. I found some info today while doing some research and wanted to share. :)

http://twitter.com/fairangels
genealogy. photography and writing

Then something totally new, I never heard of before, but you can join a group of people with similar interests:

http://www.twibes.com/
twibes twitter groups

A Place To Bark

I found a story about a wonderful woman, her name is Bernie Berlin. She is an artist, and runs a full time dog rescue, which also includes cats. She is having a fund raiser and in these times she is losing money and grants. She needs blankets, food, etc, there is a list on her blog, besides even a dollar. She has a matching grant of $10,000, so every dollar she brings in counts for two. Please consider donating. We sure need more people like her! :)

http://aplacetobark.blogspot.com/2009/03/ten-to-life-place-to-barks-annual.html

Antivirus Programs and a free frame

Well my son kept telling me he would try the Bit Defender Total Security on my computer again, but I wouldn't let him so he put it on his computer, and same thing happened, his computer froze up! So I am not going to get Bit Defender's full package, I will go with Kaspersky again. I heard back from Genline and they told me how to change some settings in Kaspersky so I could use their viewer. I hope to get that fixed by this weekend or the beginning of next week. In the mean time we are going to be busy getting ready and working on some minor remodeling, a new dishwasher (the oold one died a while ago) and replacing a few things in the main bathroom. I will have to put any research on hold until next week. Have a good weekend! :)

Get a free polaroid frame here:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freedownloads/ht/polaroidframe.htm

Digital enhancement, soft fade vignette

I found a couple of tutorials on making a vignette effect to a photo. I have done this a few times, I found it is especially great on old photos, but also great on new photos. I really like the oval fade away that softens the look of your subject. Hope this is useful. :)

http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2009/04/digital-picture-enhancement-tips-cloning-and-vignettes.html


http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/ht/ndvignette.htm

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/ht/apsvignette.htm

Computer Woes!

Once again I have computer issues. My antivirus security program, is getting ready to expire soon, so I have to either renew it or buy something else. When my computer was full of trojans etc, my son downloaded a free version of Bit Defender's anitvirus program and it found what was causing issues on my computer and I was able to remove the trojans. So my son decides I should try a 30 day free trial of their full security program, but I still had my Kaspersky and well to make it short, they didn't like each other! I had constant crashes, even in safe mode. It took hours to get it to stay on long enough to do anything. I finally got it to last so I could restore to an earlier date and with both of us working on it the computer is fine now. I am not sure if my computer will take the full Bit Defender program now or not. This poor computer is bits and pieces from Dell, they made it supposedly for Vista but it wouldn't work even with the Dell printer, which they sent me a new one that also wouldn't work with it. Finally after months or replacements we sent it back for XP to be put on it, but they made us send them all the CDs for all the programs. We received this computer badly dented (we believe they kicked it from the way the box looked) and they would never respond to any calls after that. We only had help to begin with going through the Better Business Bureau, but then some jerk took the next step and just stopped it all! We had to try to bend the computer back into shape and one USB no longer worked and one only worked at times. I will never buy a Dell computer again, nor will others I know who have had problems especially with customer support. We talked to people at the Texas main office and then another office in the US and even with that it is a company who doesn't stand behind their product or care if it is under warranty. Our attorney general is a joke and it was useless to complain there either. Well I hope to return later for some info and links. Have a good day! :)

Genealogy magazine reviews and info

I really enjoy checking out new posts on Dear MYRTLE's new blog, Internet-Genealogy Blog, you should check it out. She writes tips and info about 4 genealogy magazines. The latest post has an article from Discovering Family History, which included a link to get genealogy forms. I really liked a few of them, including a larger eight generation fan shaped family tree chart and a few for making family time lines. You can also get a free issue of Discovering Family History magazine at their site. I enjoy some of the genealogy magazine. Right now I am only getting Family Tree Magazine, but I do purchase a few others at times at a local bookstore. I am still trying to learn more about researching. :)

Links:
http://blog.internet-genealogy.com/
http://discoveringfamilyhistory.com/FreeTrialOffer.htm
http://www.cs.williams.edu/~bailey/genealogy/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=%3C$BlogListID$%3E&utm_campaign=%3C$BlogCycleName$%3E

Perpetual Calendar

This site is so cool! You can enter a date and find the day of the week on which it occurred. I looked up when my parents were born and then a few relatives farther back. I like being able to have the day of the week for my genealogy, and it makes me think of the old nursery rhyme about the days of the week. :)

A Week of Birthdays

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for its living,
But the child that's born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

Enter any month, day year from 0001-9999:
http://www.wiskit.com/calendar.html