From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Apr 27 07:31:34 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3RDVYjb021101; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:31:34 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3RDV6v4032304 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:31:06 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3RAvxFI024875 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:57:59 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3RAvx1s024874 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:57:59 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3R074FI023335 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:07:05 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3R2dxLw021558 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:39:59 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mputman@gohighspeed.com Wed Apr 26 20:39:59 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3R2dxjb021514 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:39:59 -0600 Received: from mail.my180.net (mail.my180.net [216.229.188.250]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3R2dw60015279 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:39:58 -0600 Received: (qmail 2878 invoked by uid 110); 27 Apr 2006 02:41:12 -0000 Received: from 64-35-129-195.gohighspeed.com (HELO eozfaqvf) (64.35.129.195) by mail.my180.net with SMTP; 27 Apr 2006 02:41:12 -0000 Message-ID: <042501c669a2$9765fde0$d7822340@eozfaqvf> From: "Mary Putman" To: Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:30:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Old Snapshoits and Godfrey Library I had 4 photograph albums which were falling apart, dating back to the 1920's. I very carefully removed the snapshots (no vintage photos) from the albums. Most of them had the the black paper still clinging to the backs. All I did was take them one by one, placed paper towels on the table and very gently and carefully, lightly sponged (did not rub) the backs with dampened cotton balls. I used a small pocketknife and a dull razor blade to scrape off the black paper. I then placed them on the paper towels with doubled paper towels on top of them, placed a lightweight book on top of that, and let them dry. All came out flat and ruined only the first one I did in the process. Luckily, I had 4 more prints of the same picture. It took almost two weeks working sparetime to do this, and all but the one came out perfectly! There were over 800 photos from the 4 albums. Not the archival way, but it worked with much time and patience. I searched the Godfrey Library site several times 2-3 years ago, but never could find out if they had any information for Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, or Iowa. I wrote 3 e-mails to them with no answer. Needless to say, I never did join, but have been a subscriber to Ancestry.com for 6 years. Mary P. in Washington