tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post840001572912570035..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Dear Randy: What Can I Do With My Husband's Step-Father's Genealogy Files?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-10190797240846553132017-07-14T15:07:12.648-07:002017-07-14T15:07:12.648-07:00About three years ago Oklahoma State Genealogical ...About three years ago Oklahoma State Genealogical Society in Oklahoma City, OK announced in their quarterly that they would take any genealogical research whether it had anything to do with Oklahoma or not.<br /><br />It's always worth checking with them.<br /><br />Carol Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563901937385113136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-67248450307547150662017-07-14T05:35:14.310-07:002017-07-14T05:35:14.310-07:00This seems like a daunting project for someone who...This seems like a daunting project for someone who is not even related to the step-father. Linda may well run out of enthusiasm before she get into the material very far. I would suggest two things:<br />1. Scan everything and throw out any paper that is not an original document worth keeping. Inputting information can be done using the scanned pages. Sorting of it by family or individual may also be easier on the computer than in piles or drawers.<br />2. See if there is a local genealogical society or group of genealogists who might want to take on the digitizing and inputting of the family information, as a community service and perhaps as a training exercise for want-to-be family historians. The finished project might be something an archives would be interested in having.Discover Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751791688359495496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-81562740314350921692017-07-14T04:53:28.244-07:002017-07-14T04:53:28.244-07:00Another option would be to find a genealogist who...Another option would be to find a genealogist who is already working on these families who might be interested in receiving and going through the materials. The advantage is that it is much easier to determine the importance of the items to advancing research for those families when you are already familiar with the existing research. Another option, rather than starting a family tree from scratch in local software, is to compare to a public online tree (for example: familysearch, wikitree) and add information not already there. Much of the information so laboriously found and compiled in pre-internet days, is easily done today and already has been documented on these sites. Some of the nuggets to look for would be correspondence or interviews with people whose knowledge, insights, and words are not recorded elsewhere, as well as, of course, photographs, Bible records, letters and other things that may be unique items. <br />Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748611738142059278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-64208946042342206502017-07-14T00:08:17.430-07:002017-07-14T00:08:17.430-07:00Linda deserves applause.
Her first move should be...Linda deserves applause.<br /><br />Her first move should be at least a rough inventory of what is there. This will help her decide whether offers of material to one or more organizations might be worthwhile. It will also help her determine how to describe the material if she decides to seek hired assistance.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.com