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October is Family History Month

In 2003 the United States Senate officially recognized October as National Family History Month, a time "to encourage family history research, education, and the sharing of knowledge."

President George W. Bush, in signing a Proclamation in support of Family History Month in 2003, said, "Lessons in family lineage are often lessons in courage, endurance, and love. While tracing our roots can be challenging, the rewards can be great - affirming our pride in our history and keeping us… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 11, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

This has definitely been our year to brag

Two weeks ago we took yet another award, this one an ISES Crystal Icon Award for Best Videography. ISES is the International Society for Special Events and the Icon awards are recognized for top achievement within the special events industry.

It's such an honor to win all these awards and we really appreciate the opportunity to have our work judged by our peers. It's satisfying and gives us acknowledgment that indeed we are producing some great stuff over here. But truly, our biggest… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 11, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

Transferring 8mm & 16mm film to DVD

We get a lot old format film transferred to DVD work and I wanted to take the time to discuss this and our perspective on it.

Lots of you have boxes of old film laying around in the closets. Some of you have projectors but most of you don’t and therefore haven’t viewed the film in many years. Some of you may be reconciling the estate of a parent and didn’t realize how much footage they actually had.

Regardless of the circumstances and whether you have the projector or not,… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 5, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

The Human Family Tree – National Geographic Channel – Tues. Sept 1

I’ve got my DVR cued for tomorrow night’s airing of The National Geographic Channel’s ground-breaking show “The Human Family Tree.” I missed the original showing on Friday and am thrilled it will be repeated on Tuesday night. The episode takes a neighborhood in Queens, N.Y. and through DNA sampling of a couple hundred of the residents of this neighborhood, traces everyone’s origin… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 31, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

"Remembering...Life Story Triggers and Memory Essays," a new book by Hella Buchheim

"Remembering...Life Story Triggers and Memory Essays," a new book by Hella Buchheim, can help anyone starting a life memoir or life story. Originally designed as a monthly newsletter to stimulate thoughts and writing opportunities, the essays have now been compiled into a book. Each story and list of triggers helps elicit memories of events not thought of in years. The book is a perfect way for baby boomers… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 26, 2009 at 5:12pm — No Comments

In early July the Library of Congress put historic U.S. newspapers online

Library of Congress puts historic U.S. newspapers online to see how media covered history as it was made. I want to repost the link:

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 23, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in Houston Texas

Yesterday I was visiting with Susan Kaufman, the Manager at the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in Houston. I have been meaning to get down to the Clayton Library and talk with Susan for some time and we finally made it happen yesterday. If you’re involved in researching your family tree and you are not familiar with the Clayton Library, you should be!

This two story building located in the Museum District close to downtown Houston houses the extensive U.S., states,… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 12, 2009 at 6:50pm — 2 Comments

The Symbolism of Passing Something from One Generation to Another

If any of you are into collecting watches, you know that watch prices can run from a few dollars for a drugstore watch that serves merely as a timekeeper to hundreds of thousands for jewel and precious metal combinations valued for their craftsmanship and aesthetic appeal. While purchasing and collecting watches is a hobby for many people, the gifting of a watch has come to hold a great deal of symbolism depending upon the occasion and the relationship between the giver and… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 3, 2009 at 12:43pm — 1 Comment

I have to admit that I don’t find the History Channel very interesting.

My husband watches it constantly and aside from something that occasionally catches my eye, I find most discussions of political, military and social history rather boring. I am horrible at remembering dates and while I can recount the presidents since I was born, prior to that, I don’t know my Adamses from my Tafts or even remotely where they fall in the historical timeline. It just doesn’t really interest me or capture my attention.

Now YOUR history, or your story, that’s a… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on August 1, 2009 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

talkingroots: Those new-fangled devices

Sometimes after fiddling with new technology, I am reminded of a story about my grandmother Hunt (Anne “Annie” Elizabeth Fears “Mamaw” Hunt). I have a new cell phone which not only lets me make and receive phone calls but send and receive text messages (a la my computer but a bit slower). And, if my way bigger than the buttons fingers happen to accidentally strike a certain key, I am logged on and can surf the web. (I think. I haven’t done anything yet but panic and turn off the phone.) Mamaw… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 30, 2009 at 8:42am — No Comments

talkingroots: Riding to school

I never rode a school bus to school. I know as this is written, most children (and even parents) might wonder why. The rule was school buses only ran outside of the city limits. The rest of us got to school the best way we could. No excuses were accepted for lack of ride, rain, etc. My own children (Michael and Emily) also never rode a school bus to school. Where we lived in Lake Jackson, Texas was within two miles of their schools: A. P. Beutel Elementary, Lake Jackson Intermediate School, and… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 24, 2009 at 9:56am — No Comments

talkingroots: Remembering great grandpa’s firearm

I’m not a hunter. I’ve never fired anything more serious than a BB-gun at any living creature (and I never hit anything alive). One of my prized possessions, however, is a 19th Century black powder rifle.

I came into possession of this firearm sometime after my Dad, also Deason Hunt, died back in the early 1980’s. Mother saw that I got it because it is a Hunt family relic. It belonged to my great grandfather, William “Billy” Marshall Hunt and has been in the family from the time he… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 22, 2009 at 7:13am — No Comments

talkingroots: My heroes

May 15, 2009

My Heroes

I don’t guess it would surprise many people that among the top ten heroes of my life several were teachers.

Like everyone, I suppose, the nature of my heroes changed as I got older. In the 1940’s there was Roy Rogers. That hero worship would later turn to admiration as I followed his life while I was an adult. The “King of the Cowboys” first fascinated us in the movie theater and then on early television. Since I was a child during the last… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 20, 2009 at 6:54pm — No Comments

talkingroots: Memories too precious to lose

Following a recent local genealogical society meeting, I was thinking about what is lost forever when a person dies. I feel fine, but I wanted to get down some things of which I am likely the last keeper. Otherwise, when I go, they go.

The first was a memory of my Dad and namesake, Deason Hunt. As we walked among the tombstones of Hunt Cemetery in eastern Rusk County, Texas, he was telling some of his memories. At the stone of his Aunt Lou Vicey Hunt Ables (1846-1922), Dad recalled… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 18, 2009 at 5:57pm — 2 Comments

talkingroots: No ancestor left unremembered

No ancestor left behind! That’s it after 32 years of researching.

I started my trek in genealogy in the late 1970s (my earliest correspondence files dated 1977) after receiving one of those “fill-in-your-family-tree” books for Christmas. I was like most starters just facing an empty 5-generation chart with little more data than my generation and that of my parents. Filling the blanks was the goal that motivated me at first with who and when. Over the years, my goals changed as I got… Continue

Added by Deason Hunt on July 14, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments