From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jun 29 08:13:17 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 k5TEDHjb002554; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:13:17 -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 k5TEDEWS026271 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:13:14 -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 k5TBaMFI014419 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:36:22 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5TBaMYj014418 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:36:22 -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 k5TBFBFI014308 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:15:11 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5TDpqE7009333 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:51:52 -0600 X-Envelope-From: omchodoy@gmail.com Thu Jun 29 07:51:52 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 k5TDppjb009322 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:51:51 -0600 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5TDpiox010529 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:51:46 -0600 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so355774uge for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:51:45 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=dt3aOL3pfq6PxOcblci2NJBW/6RZsH9Ymmk6Uuw5kghTJ3d9L0BuvwF4+fwR7API9fdEqNAyx/nntEJV/a7mYlufxAQYymTPrzSLl9h+c16VqDuPlNfZ6rKkMJ0x6uzj2rFQJ/c0bBl+3r6RfNzIx9tqYnjTc0Fusz71mPj2wFA= Received: by 10.67.93.6 with SMTP id v6mr1910025ugl; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:51:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.220.16 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:51:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:51:45 -0700 From: Colleen To: "Carol Botteron" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Preserving a Flag? Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed References: <200606281042.k5SAgSuP025612@lists5.rootsweb.com> 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 http://www.heritagepreservation.org/NEWS/flag.htm A google search for "Storing American Flag" came up with this on the second entry :). On 6/28/06, Carol Botteron wrote: > > How would you preserve an old flag? I've heard something about > rolling it onto an acid-free tube and storing it inside another > tube. This would have the advantage of not folding the flag. > Would this be the best way? Would you put something (cloth or > paper) on the flag so the layers don't touch? Where could I get > the tubes? (Light Impressions doesn't seem to have tubes.) > > I assume that trying to clean it would be out of the question, > since I don't know whether the dye would run etc. > > My flag was made during World War I by my German-born great- > great-grandmother. As I understand it, immigrants from Germany > were well advised to show patriotism to the US. > > Just in case -- she was Margaret SPOERL, born in 1832 in > Hiltpoltstein, Bavaria. Her husband was Christian VOLZ, born > about 1830 in Wuerttemberg. They lived in Alton, Illinois, > across the river from St. Louis. Their son George married Anna > Margaret BOHN. Anyone else researching this family? > > Thanks for suggestions! > Carol Botteron (that's French Swiss) > > -- Colleen www.omchodoy.blogspot.com www.onlyingenealogy.blogspot.com