For many Americans, Memorial Day is the start of summer vacations, barbecues and outings. It’s the capstone of a three-day holiday weekend. Memorial Day, however, is much more than that for millions of Americans who remember those who died in service to the country.
Memorial Day is not just a great time to get the family together for a barbecue, but also to share stories and remembrances of those who have...
Since 1987, May has been recognized as National Photo Month. That’s when the U.S. Congress officially commemorated May as the month dedicated to celebrating life’s special moments and records world history in the click of a button.
Of the 12 months of the year, what makes May stand out for this honor?
As an early spring month, May is the doorway to the fun to come for the summer season. Flowers begin to...
1. Find photos to tell a story. (Don't worry about getting everything... a few photos will do.) Examples include:
a. Life’s Journey.
b. An important event: Birth, Graduation, Marriage, etc.
c. Career / Retirement through the years.
Example: Celebrate Life Montage Video
2. Scan the photos.
a. The Flip-Pal mobile scanner is an easy-to-use flatbed scanner for photos, large and fragile documents, and cherished...
1. Find photos to tell a story. (Don't worry about getting everything... a few photos will do.) Examples include:
a. Life’s Journey.
b. An important event: Birth, Graduation, Marriage, etc.
c. Career / Retirement through the years. (more…)
We believe that the first award in the Libraries and Archives Category deserves to be awarded to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Library. Since its founding in 1896, the DAR Library has grown into a specialized collection of American genealogical and historical manuscripts and publications, as well as powerful on-site databases.The DAR Library collection contains over 225,000 books, 10,000 research files, thousands of manuscript items, and special collections of...
This category is defined as a genealogical society, an historical society, a lineage society, or a heritage society.
The Genealogical Society of Linn County, Iowa has been working aggressively on digitizing county voter registration records and making them accessible online. When the county needed space they turned to the genealogical society, with whom they had a strong relationship, and donated the large boxes of records. We often tell people not...
This category is defined as a person over the age of 21 years of age who has been involved in digitizing, indexing, or otherwise electronically making previously unavailable genealogical materials accessible to other people.
Jim Powell, Jr.
There are tens of thousands of people digitizing, indexing, and preserving images of the past, whether they be document images, photographs, postcards, newspapers, and so many diverse records. New materials are literally discovered everyday. It takes the efforts...
This category is defined as a person under the age of 21 years of age who has been involved in digitizing, indexing, or otherwise electronically making previously unavailable genealogical materials available to other people.
The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix are aware of the desire of genealogical and historical societies to attract new members, and particularly younger people. Many approaches are being used to get younger people involved in learning about their ancestry, and the earlier...
Vivid-Pix awarded second patent – brings faded photos back to life
Vivid-Pix RESTORE software adds document restoration
Alpharetta, Ga. - Vivid-Pix, the inventor of easy-to-use, image-improvement software, will reveal the latest improvements to Vivid-Pix RESTORE software for Mac and for Windows at RootsTech, Feb. 27 – March 2, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Vivid-Pix RESTORE now improves the color and contrast of scanned records, letters and...
1. Look through photo albums for photo(s) that will delight loved one(s).
a. Did your parents send out Holiday Cards? – Mine did…
b. Here’s one of my sister and me from around 50 years ago.
c. I’m able to create an inexpensive – but highly treasured – gift for mom and sister!
2. Scan the photo.
a. Your office All-In-One printer will do a fine...
