From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 10 09:17:53 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 k5AFHrjb009000; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:17:53 -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 k5AFHQML015099 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:17:26 -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 k5ACffFI021008 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:41:41 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5ACffTq021007 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:41:41 -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 k5AANHFI020639 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:23:17 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5ACwpE3024353 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:58:51 -0600 X-Envelope-From: PBRAY2@triad.rr.com Sat Jun 10 06:58:51 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 k5ACwpjb024342 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:58:51 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.102]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5ACwnQX012221 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:58:50 -0600 Received: from MAIN (cpe-071-071-010-122.triad.res.rr.com [71.71.10.122]) by ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5ACwm62028466 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:58:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000c01c68c8d$a0208140$6501a8c0@MAIN> From: "Pamela Bray" To: Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:58:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 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] Oral History Of Father I don't usually post, but I have just started something that may be helpful to others who are not computer savy. I wanted a way to record an oral history from my father, who is now 90 years old. I found a very easy and inexspensive program for $24.95 that allowed me to record in wav. or MP3 files. I set up my laptop with a microphone and started looking at old pictures of the family. It was wonderful to capture not only the stories about my father's life, but to hear it in his words. I don't consider myself very knowleable about computers, so if I can do this, anyone can. With the recent disasters, I was afraid to just get it in writing. This way I can make several copies and also share with my brother, who lives several states away. I hope others are also doing this. This may not be new to anyone else, but it is a great experience for me. Thanks, Pam