ROOTS-L Resources: Miscellaneous

    A regular potpourri -- information about preserving photographs, the ISO Country Codes, poetry -- stuff I'm baffled so far as to where it logically belongs. :-)
  • faq.photos: Scanning your photos, preserving your negatives, labeling your pictures, and related tips.
  • genealog.oldphoto: Eastman Kodak's 800 number for getting advice on saving and/or restoring old photgraphs. (I rummaged around on the Kodak homepage and didn't find anything pertinent there, at least, not during one superficial pass.)
  • faq.resource: A bit of a mixed bag: addresses and dues for various organizations and publications with an interest in computerized genealogy; a nice bibliography of related resources; a tip on how to find your local Family History Center, and some information on dealing with the Library of Congress by mail or telephone.
  • genealog.country1: A table of the two and three letter Country Codes developed by the International Organization for Standardization. This copy is current through January of 1991. The abbreviations used in the Roots Surname List are available in family.abbrev.
  • genealog.cpafugf: A listing of the files available in July 1992 from the CPAFUG BBS in Columbia, Maryland. Are they still there now?
  • genealog.fed-loc1: Information about Federal Locator, an organization with a database of federal employees, past and present, military and civilian, who have registered with them.
  • genealog.genelaws:
    Ahem... I thought that I would never see
    A poem describing genealogy...
    But I was wrong -- this file contains just that, a poem titled Laws of Genealogy.
  • genealog.gposter: As long as we're being a tad bit, um, goofy, how about an "Are You a Genealogist" Poster? It's ASCII art, so you don't need any special viewers. (It comes up OK under my web browser, for instance, and probably even works under lynx.)
  • genealog.i-am-usa: An inspirational essay sent around the Amateur Radio packet net for the 4th of July in 1993: "I was born on July 4, 1776 ... I am 250 million living souls ... I am Nathan Hale and Paul Revere..." Well, you get the drift. The title? I Am the United States.
  • Booklists from the Library of Congress: Some books in the Library of Congress on-line catalog that mention genealogy. See Library of Congress files for help on how to use the information referenced in the following series.
    • genealog.lc-orgs: Books found under the heading "organizations".
    • genealog.lc-famhs: Books whose titles mention family history.
    • genealog.lc-genea: Books whose titles mention genealogy.
  • genealog.lostper: Info on how the United States Social Security Administration will forward letters to persons whose address you don't know.

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