I'm sorry to hear of your medical status. We barely avoided that bullet recently on a relative's 4th bout with the Big-C. I know exactly how tired you are.
So, believe me when I suggest you're trying to bite off more than you can chew alone. If you belong to a religious group of any flavor, ask your youth counselor for help, or get some Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts involved! NOW! You need one to scan or photograph the pictures. Any old order, and probably a number is better at this stage (Photo_0001.jpg for instance) because it allows clarity. Carefully print that number on the back of each photo as it's taken. You need one to run a cam-corder of some variety, even his/her smartphone, while you talk about each photo after it has been copied. Be sure you turn the photo toward the camera at least once while you're talking about it. Meanwhile, perhaps an adult can work with you to get the data into Legacy and attach the images and media. If you're still up to it, now you can or someone can for you transcribe those oral memories to be printed with each photo. Actually, if they've used their smartphone, you could simply burn the talks and the images onto a DVD to be given your heirs and one to the local Historical Society. (Who might, BTW, be willing to transcribe the talks?). As for the details of the divorce hearings? I would simply say they divorced and say when and where. The fact that you gave the when and where should be clue enough to the interested to pursue it (g) without being in-yer-face to their children's descendants. IMO. Remember to rest lots and EAT! Especially if you're not hungry. Cheryl Paulette Martinez wrote: > I have inherited from my sister a box of old unmarked family > pictures going back to 1900. I am the elder of the family > and the only one left with the undocumented memories. I > know I should scan the pictures, but right now I am looking > for a fast and easy way to organize the pictures, labels > them with name, years, place, and to write what I knew and > remember about my ancestors and their families while using > Legacy. I need to do it right the first time. I cannot > spend a lot of time learning software because, I can > learn...but I can forget very fast also. I am 80, on > palliative care for cancer, so time is an issue. Is there a > miracle way to do it? > Right now I have sorted the pictures by year/grand-parents > lines and am writing in the back of each picture (in pencil > 02). I will then put them in archival photo albums with > intercalary typed pages of my memories/knowledge, > researches finds, in addition to the habitual facts (birth, > marriage, etc...). I am thinking of typing the insert in > the notes of each marriage/individuals of Legacy and then > print only the notes. Am I going in the right direction or > is there a better way. > If there is time left I will scan the pictures and make a CD > to share my genealogy with my children, grand-children, > nephews and nieces. Right now I want to preserve the > pictures and the memories. > I am hoping I am not hors-subject. I know you are all so > knowledgeable. Thank you for sharing. > Paulette > One more question :). What do you do with facts such "they > divorced and witnesses testified having seen her with other > men" (divorce judgment in 1907). Hide the fact in > consideration of the descendants feelings? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
