Can't purchase LDS film any more?

Read what Dick Eastman says about LDS microform

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/12/familysearchs-conversion-from-microfilm-to-digital-images.html#more

Some exerpts below:

After 31 Dec. 2011, FamilySearch will no longer sell microfilm ... as in the end of this week ... LDS will continue to lend microfilm to its local Family History Centers but no one will be able to purchase microfilm, including individuals, libraries, local historical / genealogy groups ... it is the end of the road ...

Dick continues ...

"Let's face a few facts. First, microfilm is disappearing worldwide and for very good reasons. Few companies manufacture microfilm cameras any more. Even new, unexposed microfilm is disappearing. Only a couple of small companies still manufacture microfilm, and they have already notified FamilySearch and their few other remaining customers that they will be shutting down their manufacturing facilities soon. Where do you expect FamilySearch or anyone else to purchase microfilm five years from now when nobody manufactures it anymore?

Only a few companies still manufacture microfilm viewers, and they, too, are planning to shut down their facilities for lack of customers. In fact, the hottest selling microfilm viewers these days are the ones that have built-in scanners and are used to convert microfilms to digital images."

Jane

Northeast Document Conservation Center

Every now and then we get a phone call or a patron asking about how to preserve photos or newspapers. The Northeast Document Conservation Center has a lot of information on their website. Some of the information is geared toward institutions and some toward the individual.

Ashley

Birds of a Feather: Genealogy for Our Children

Many times we talk among ourselves about how to get children interested in genealogy. It takes time and ingenuity to devise a technique that will keep their interest. Martha Stewart, yes the maven of all things pretty and tasty in the home, has found the way.


Birds of a Feather provides a template to make a tree and put it on the wall of the home, school, or church. She also provides templates of birds on which the child can write family names to place on the tree. This provides a way for the child to learn more about their family by placing the birds in family groups.

I wish Birds of a Feather had been around when my children were growing up!

Below is the site information to find the many family trees that Martha Stewart has devised. Many are quite clever.

http://www.marthastewart.com/ or google Martha Stewart Family Trees.

skp