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Jul
12
Sat
2014
Second Saturday: Photography & Preservation Workshop @ Kentucky Historical Society
Jul 12 @ 10:30 am – 1:30 pm
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Luke_Kennedy_ambrotype_portraitThe Kentucky Genealogical Society joins the Kentucky Historical Society with a series of free family history workshops each month at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

This July, join us in welcoming guest speakers, William Marshall and Jennifer Duplaga, as they teach us about photography and the basics of preserving your documents and photos.

Session 1: Lineage of the Photograph

Learn about the various stages of photograph production over the past century and a half as author and former UK Archivist, William Marshall, takes you on a fascinating tour of image based research.

Session 2: Preserving the History in Your Hands

Learn how to preserve your historic family treasures. KHS Archivist, Jennifer Duplaga, will discuss techniques for the handling and storage of photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and printed materials. She will also take a look at using digitization as a preservation tool.

About the speakers: 

William Marshall, Canadian native, naturalized U.S. Citizen. Served in the U.S. Army (Germany and Vietnam). Former Director of Special Collections and Archives at the University of Kentucky Libraries (1976-2004); taught Archives and Manuscripts Management Course in the UK School of Library and Information Science (1976-2008) including segments on historic photographs and oral history.  Authored book Baseball’s Pivotal Era, 1945-1951 (University Press of Kentucky, 1999) which won the 2000 Seymour Award given by the Society of American Baseball Research.  Retired–with a wonderful spouse and four grandchildren to visit.

Jennifer Duplaga has a B. A. in German Literature and a B. A. in History from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH. She received a Master of Library Science and a Master of Arts in History from Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. She joined the staff of the Kentucky Historical Society in 2005, where she now works as the Special Collections Administrator caring for the manuscript and photographic collections.

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by an hour break for lunch. Second session runs from 12:30-1:30 p.m. A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

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Oct
8
Sat
2016
Second Saturday: Personal Digital Archiving @ Kentucky Historical Society
Oct 8 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
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10841949_10152968101446215_200967576621198884_oThe Kentucky Genealogical Society joins the Kentucky Historical Society in hosting a series of free genealogy workshops each month at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

This month, KGS & KHS welcomes Mark S. Middleton as he helps us organize and preserve our growing digital collection.

  • Why should a Genealogist digitally archive?

What happens if a Genealogist has a fire or flood in their home? What if a genealogist comes across a great collection of photos, but the relative doesn’t want to give them away? There are many reasons why genealogists need to create and work with digital files. This presentation covers the complete spectrum of capturing media – photos, books, home movies, and audio recordings – then creating computer files from the captured digital material. Files should be created with the best possible equipment.

Mr. Middleton will discuss the hardware capture standards genealogists should use, scanner options, digital cameras, file types, video and audio formats. He will then cover best practices – the step-by-step process  – for each type of capture, backing up and storage options. Archiving involves selecting the material to digitize, capturing, creating the metadata, and creating the back up/archival material. Back-up locations include web sites, CD, DVDs, Hard drives, and new BluRay technology; all are reviewed to compare their benefits and disadvantages.

About the Speaker: Mark S. Middleton holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master’s in Information Systems. He is a certified Project Management Professional and has been been employed in the Information Technology industry for more than 20 years. He is a retired US Army major. Mark actively works with his family on genealogy. Memberships include Ohio Genealogical Society (Life Member), Genealogy Speakers Guild, Project Management Institute, Society of Civil War Families of Ohio, and Settlers and Builders of Ohio Society.

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by a 30 minute break (brown bag lunches welcome.) Second session runs from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. Please pre-register by calling the KHS Refdesk at 502-564-1792 x.4460 or by e-mailing us at: khsrefdesk@ky.gov 

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