Wordless Wednesday – 09/30/09

Heading to SLC!

It’s an exciting time for me as I embark on my first trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  My friend Carol (Illuminated Ancestries) and I are taking an NGS research trip for a whole week of genealogy research.  I have a long to-do list and can’t wait to get started!!

The Funeral/Memorial Card for Clarence Cahill

The topic for the October 2009 edition of the Graveyard Rabbits Carnival is funeral cards.  Here’s one from my small collection, for Clarence M CAHILL, who is my first cousin three times removed. 

Clarence was born on 31 May 1900 in Kane County, Illinois, a son of John F CAHILL and Anna GLYNN Cahill.  He died on 7 December 1964 in Cook County, Illinois (likely Chicago). 

According to his obituary, visitation was at Williams Funeral Home in Oak Park.  There was a mass at St. Lucy Church, followed by the burial at Holy Sepulcher Catholic Cemetery in Alsip, Cook, Illinois.

Wordless Wednesday – 09/23/09

Wordless Wednesday – 09/16/09

Where’s Julie Been?

I just wanted to write a quick post to my blog followers explaining where I’ve been lately and why there have not been many posts lately.

First, in early August, I switched medications in order to better manage my fibromyalgia.  Since then, I have been dealing with the adjustments of coming off one med, getting on the new med, and fibro flares, among other issues.  I am slowly getting back to normal, but it’s an uphill battle.

In addition to that, I have started my final class (toward my Digital Media certificate), which is taking up a lot of my time.  I also started ProGen Study Group 5, so I’ve been busy with this too.  

As if all of this wasn’t enough, I have also been dealing with the death of a friend that occurred on 8/24.

And finally, I’ve been trying to prepare for my research trip to Salt Lake City at the end of the month.

I’m hoping that once I get back from SLC things will be a little less chaotic and I’ll be back to posting more regularly.

Wordless Wednesday – 09/09/09

Wordless Wednesday – 09/02/09

Preserving the American Historical Record Act (US)

Show your support for the Preserving the American Historical Record Act (H.R. 2256) by writing your congressmen asking them to sign this bill.  In short, this bill will help to provide federal funding to our states to aid in record preservation.

According to the fact sheet: 

The Preserving the American Historical Record Act will provide formula-based funding to states, territories, and the District of Columbia for statewide projects and redistribution to local governments, historical societies, library historical collections, universities, and other organizations to ensure essential care of and improve access to documents and historical records in many forms, from paper to electronic media.

• States would establish strategic funding priorities reflecting local needs for projects in the following areas:
• Creating access tools, including archival finding aids, documentary editions, indexes, and images of key records online;
• Preservation actions, such as digitization projects, electronic records archives, and collections assessment;
• Disaster preparedness and recovery initiatives for essential records;
• Educational initiatives to use historical records in creative ways, including development of teaching materials for K-12, college students, new immigrant populations, and lifelong learners;
• Programs to provide education and training to archivists and others who care for historical records, in particular to ensure that they are prepared both to manage the electronic records being created and to provide online access for public use.

The complete bill can be viewed here.  Additional information, including draft letters, can be found here.