Greetings from the Adirondacks where the fall foliage is just starting to turn colors and peak should be reached in the next couple of weeks. The weather has been dry and sunny, but highs only in the 50s and we reached a low of 26 last night.
Here are just a few suggested reads for this weekend . . .
1. If you have not yet seen or heard, the USPS released a new Forever stamp celebrating the arrival of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harber in 1620. The new stamp became available as of two days ago. You can see an image of the stamp and learn more about its launch here.
2. And speaking of the Adirondacks, I recently became aware of what is probably a little known possible resource for genealogy research. There are 46 peaks in the Adirondacks that are said to be over 4,000 ft. above sealevel. Since 1948 there has been a formally incorporated club known as the Adirondack Forty-Sixers. It is comprised of those who have documented completion of climbs of all of the 46 designated peaks. In March 1990 the Forty-Sixers established the New York State Library as the official repository of its records. Those records are extensive and include applications for membership with documentation of the applicants' climbs as well as correspondence to and from the club secretary. If you think you have an ancestor or relative who lived in the Adirondacks or visited there reglarly and was an avid hiker/climber, then you might be able to find information about them and their climbs in the Forty-Sixer archives at the library. Learn more about this lesser known resource here.
3. With devastating and heartbreaking calamities of wildfires, floods, and hurricane damage in the news for the past several weeks, the subject of rescuing and preserving genealogy artifacts, data, and research sources has become an important and timely topic. Linda Stufflebean, of Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog, shares her advice for preserving precious family history items here.
4. The Legal Genealogist, Judy Russell, posted this week about Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, an online collection of 17,013,539 pages from 3,263 American newpapers going back to the 1780s . . . and all available FOR FREE! Read more about this exciting research source here.
5. And finally, imagine the luck of discovering your 3rd great grandmother's photograph resides in a major photography museum collection. Elizabeth Handler, of From Maine to Kentucky blog, was recently informed of this discovery. Read more and see the photograph in question here.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Copyright 2020, John D. Tew
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you for including my preservation suggestions on your list this week. Much appreciated!
ReplyDelete