Not too long ago, I took possession of my immediate family’s collection of old baby books. The idea was that I’ll get everything from the baby books scanned and saved, before returning them to my siblings. That was a number of months ago and I still haven’t taken the time to digitize the books and [...]
Archive for the ‘Legacy’ Category
Images from a Baby Book, 1956
Posted in Legacy, tagged 1950s, Baby Book on May 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Step by Step Guide to Creating an Audio Podcast
Posted in Legacy, tagged Audio podcast, blogger, Create podcast, iTunes on April 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I wrote in an earlier post about publishing an audio podcast with my daughter Lucy. A couple of people have asked me for the details of how to create and publish an audio podcast, so I thought it worth compiling a step-by-step guide to creating an audio podcast. What is a Podcast? Before going through [...]
The Lucy Show — Preserving Our Voices for Future Generations
Posted in Legacy, tagged Audio History, Creating Podcasts, Family history, Podcast, Preserving Audio, StoryCorps, The Lucy Show on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Out of all of my family history artifacts, the few audio recordings that I have are among my most cherished. My paternal grandfather had an early tape recorder that he carted around to family events in the 1960s. He’d pull out the microphone and create a little variety show, asking various family members to “come [...]
Leaving Artifacts for the Future
Posted in Legacy, tagged artifacts, descendants, Family history, Legacy, memories on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Those of us who are passionate about family history spend a lot of our time looking backwards. Our entire focus is on learning about our family’s history, seeing how far back we can go and how many details we can uncover. But how often do we reverse this, and look forward instead? When was the [...]
