Hi All, I very much appreciate everyone's input, comments, and information, that they've been giving. This 'thread' is getting huge! I think I'll do a quick re-cap of What my project is and Why I'm doing it. I am looking to Scan and Digitally Archive the fractional remains of my Elderly Grandmother's Photographs so they can be distributed -at a minimum- to each of her 10 kids (9 boys and 1 girl!). Why I am doing it is mainly because as a Capital 'P' Photographer the Visual History of my Family is incredibly important to me, but it's not the main reason. The main motivation is that upwards of 90% of Grandma's Photographs were Wilfully Sent To The City Dump by her 'Current Husband'. The Destroyed Images and Related Memorabilia actually represented about 99% of the most important images because my wonderful Aunt had went to great lengths a few years ago to organize the photo's into albums devoted to specific siblings and by generation and the like. The 'box' I posess is almost entirely the most recent images and was the 'dumping' ground my aunt used for the plethora of 'bad' landscape, travel, and plant life photos my Gardening Loving Grandmother shot with glee. I am estimating there are at most 500 images in there with any redeeming family or genealogical value. My Grandmother was an awful photographer, but an assiduous documenter of vacations, holidays, and birthdays, as well as her kid's lives in general. These images are essentially GONE. The zillion school pictures from a plethora of relatives is GONE. All of the images of earlier generations and their events are GONE. The ENTIRE quantity of Memorabilia she had and that which her children entrusted her with - clippings, badges, trophies, books, etc- is ALL GONE. This box I temporarily have only exist because my Aunt happened to spot it atop the trash can at the curb when she dropped by unannounced. Unannounced visits are mostly the only way to see my Grandma because 'HE' finds ways to prevent or delay most visits. Yes, Grandma is in a Strong Cognitive Decline, but 'HE' has never knowingly 'Physically Harmed' her. The cognitive decline is the only way he was able to destroy her precious photograph collection. Absent physical or fiscal abuse the families ability to step in is severely limited.
Sigh. With this project, I am looking to be able to prevent the remaining images from ever being able to be removed from existence by the acts of one Bastard or the tribulations of any single disaster or event. I am trying to prevent a 'negative'. Equally precious to me is to create the 'positive' of bringing the images to life across the current generation of relatives. This project also serves to fill my time, my mind, and my life with good works as I struggle with current illnesses and injuries which have taken away my ability to gainfully support myself. It is a way to payback the support and help and LOVE of my Family in this difficult time. :-) When I say Thank You to the Community in this Forum it is in a much different context than fixing an OS issue or getting a CPU or a Program up and running again. I am thanking you for helping with the protection and saving of my families history. What is missing, now, of that history is completely priceless, but you are helping to anchor what remains against the winds of time. Thank You. Richard Ward --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
