Comments on: Space: The Final Frontier https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:13:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Kerry Patterson https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5783 Tue, 02 May 2017 01:42:31 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5783 Good for you!

]]> By: Kerry Patterson https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5782 Tue, 02 May 2017 01:41:36 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5782 In reply to Carin Bigrigg.

I’ve hired a local shop to digitize nearly 2,000 slides. That eliminated a tremendous amount of work.

]]> By: Kerry Patterson https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5781 Tue, 02 May 2017 01:40:07 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5781 In reply to Neil.

Good ideas. Thanks.

]]> By: Kerry Patterson https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5780 Tue, 02 May 2017 01:37:54 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5780 In reply to Sharon Campbell.

I’m doing my best to provide labels and stories. The good news is that other relatives can add so much. Much more than I thought.

]]> By: Maria Giraud Crawford https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5779 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:07:55 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5779 You might look into places like Ancestry.com; this generation may not be interested but future generations will possibly thank you! I know I have inherited three different sets of pictures from three different branches of the family and one from a very good friend who left no descendants, I can only identify a small minority of the people and places; it hurts to have lost all that family history! I plan on entering those I know into ancestry.com once I’m retired or get the family home emptied whichever comes first!

]]> By: Carin Bigrigg https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5778 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:06:17 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5778 I’ve been digitizing old photos for a couple of years and can recommend DigMyPics, if you’re willing to let someone else do them. They do good work, and my photos never leave the US. Plus they can archive the originals for you. As you noted, digital is made for sharing. Some of my family use Nixplay frames to share, and I love waking up to new pictures from my stepmom! Good luck.

]]> By: Cynthia https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5777 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:43:51 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5777 I always love Mr. Patterson’s stories and this one really resonated with me as I’ve been working on the same project. Unfortunately, only a fraction of photos had labels- and I have trunks and suitcases full of them!. As much as I’ve enjoyed the sleuthing trying to determine who’s who (I am a problem solver after all), Sharon is correct- label everything! Please! I love the idea of adding stories to the jpeg file, thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Barb Chapman https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5776 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 03:41:52 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5776 As a genealogical researcher for almost 30 years, I thoroughly enjoyed your stories and ideas for preserving them and your photos. Don’t give up on the next generation, however. When confronted with their own mortality, or perhaps when family medical history is needed, at least one person in each generation will become interested in genealogy. Hopefully, this will happen in your family before the ones who can tell the stories pass on. In the meantime, as you digitize your photographs, consider saving the originals in scrapbooks. Many genealogical societies welcome donations from local families. I have used family compilations in my own research.

]]> By: Neil https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5775 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:25:23 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5775 Nice ideas for keeping history alive. Ever thought about Q & A? Like “Who is the lady in the blue dress? Gran Dot, gran Marv or gran Mary?” Add a positive reward – 10 correct answers gets you a piece of grans chocolate cake! I’m sure that you have a “book full” of personal motivational ideas that have been used over the years to motivate employees
Keep it coming

]]> By: Pamela Dykstra https://cruciallearning.com/blog/space-the-final-frontier/#comment-5774 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:29:37 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=6970#comment-5774 Kerry, what town in Western Iowa did young Billy walk to? That’s my neighborhood!! I am curious. Pam Dykstra (maybe I’ll have to contact you directly)

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