PUBLIC DOMAIN (November 2012)
Each month
my webmaster sends me a list of the number of “openings” on my newsletter. October was the largest ever and I am amazed
that there are so many people who are interested. I know that I have a large extended family
but there was one day when there were 45 “hits.” That only tells me that the old photos I had
published were of interest to more than just my extended family. I am acquainted with one person that is using
them but I want to repeat what I have said before. My research was done a long time ago prior to computers and before many of the wonderful programs of today, especially Ancestry.com. I try very hard to recheck my material before I publish it but it is all done with a caveat. If those of you who are following my newsletters find some material that is either not correct or you have new material, all I ask is that you please send me an email at [email protected]. I would appreciate it so much.
Along the way, there have been many who have helped me and were so willing to give of their research, which I know because of my experience took not only a lot of time but a lot of money. However, in the early days, applying to sources was easier and cheaper than it is now. Although I am not doing much research, I know that it is less complicated today but a lot more expensive and one has to be a member of the family to get the records. This makes research more constricting and confining for some peripheral work. I would like to give credit publicly to those who helped me but without their permission I hesitate to mention names. There was one, Geraldine McKone, in particular, who helped tremendously with the Free family but she is gone now and although her records and pictures remain, I can no longer recheck anything in question with her. The November issue gives kudos to Nancy Jackson, one who is always willing to share.
Allow me to reiterate. Everything I publish is in the public domain and that includes these old, old tintypes and ambrotypes which are being copied from my newsletters. I think I have identified them correctly but I have not added my family tree to Ancestry.com nor have I transferred my records to their Family Tree Maker program so when they appear, it is because of their having being seen in my newsletters. My sources are available for corroboration but after 50 years, they are a bit dated.
Along the way, there have been many who have helped me and were so willing to give of their research, which I know because of my experience took not only a lot of time but a lot of money. However, in the early days, applying to sources was easier and cheaper than it is now. Although I am not doing much research, I know that it is less complicated today but a lot more expensive and one has to be a member of the family to get the records. This makes research more constricting and confining for some peripheral work. I would like to give credit publicly to those who helped me but without their permission I hesitate to mention names. There was one, Geraldine McKone, in particular, who helped tremendously with the Free family but she is gone now and although her records and pictures remain, I can no longer recheck anything in question with her. The November issue gives kudos to Nancy Jackson, one who is always willing to share.
Allow me to reiterate. Everything I publish is in the public domain and that includes these old, old tintypes and ambrotypes which are being copied from my newsletters. I think I have identified them correctly but I have not added my family tree to Ancestry.com nor have I transferred my records to their Family Tree Maker program so when they appear, it is because of their having being seen in my newsletters. My sources are available for corroboration but after 50 years, they are a bit dated.