From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jun 29 17:27:37 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 k5TNRbjb015104; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:27:37 -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 k5TNRXUZ003886 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:27:33 -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 k5TKoeFI015528 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:50:40 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5TKoeoY015527 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:50:40 -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 k5TF4AFI014891 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:04:10 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5THepB2007671 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:40:51 -0600 X-Envelope-From: juanita2@cox.net Thu Jun 29 11:40:51 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 k5THepjb007662 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:40:51 -0600 Received: from centrmmtao05.cox.net (centrmmtao05.cox.net [70.168.83.79]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5THel42006686 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:40:48 -0600 Received: from DH433L51 ([24.255.150.191]) by centrmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060629174042.XEVB8328.centrmmtao05.cox.net@DH433L51>; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:40:42 -0400 From: "juanita" To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com, Elizabeth Cunningham Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:40:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Preserving a Flag? Message-ID: <44A3CA53.16068.256A3954@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <44A3F59A.6000201@netreach.net> References: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body 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 You could also ask your local VFW about preserving the old flag. juanita > Check with your nearest museum. They should be able to give you > advice or tell you where to ask. > > Elizabeth C > > 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) > > > > > > >