September 28^th 2009

Haiku

TECHNOLOGY BRINGS,

NOT A CHERRY BLOSSOM SPRING,

BUT COMPUTER THINGS.

Sharing Your History on Video

Most families have at least one video-phile. That’s the person who always has a video camera at family gatherings. My two oldest sons captured all our family outings. Their tapes were carefully stored on their closet shelves. Maybe their family members would see them. Would your family love to have these in a video history? Here is how I shared important parts of these videos.

I viewed all of them and copied all the segments containing their deceased mother speaking. In my storage, I had an old 8 mm silent film my dad took of our wedding, thirty-eight years before. I sent that film to a firm to get it transferred to video. Next, I spent hours repeatedly watching the wedding video. As I watched I recorded a tape for a voice-over. I identified people in each frame so future generations would know whom they were seeing and get a better understanding of their relationship. The movie included footage of their Mom preparing for our wedding. My book on sharing your family history has much more complete details on how to do the voice-over.

That's all floks for a couple of weeks. My wife Kathy retires Oct. 2nd, and our children bought a cruse to Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, so hasta la vista.

God bless you, Ed