Digitization – John Michael Dewees

Genealogical Records Sets Revisited

In February I wrote a blog post about a 2020 goal to digitize record sets held by my organization that would be useful to those engaged in genealogical research and that would be unlikely to be in the digital collections of large-scale genealogical databases such as Ancestry or FamilySearch. Despite the ongoing pandemic that workContinue reading “Genealogical Records Sets Revisited”

My Home Office Reaches Its Final Form

My work from home has been going really swimmingly and I’ve continued to tweak and add to my setup and finally got the last piece of the puzzle delivered today so I thought I’d provide an updated post. I don’t really think this is of interest to anyone but writing about this just makes meContinue reading “My Home Office Reaches Its Final Form”

My Setup for Working from Home

I had the good fortune of getting all the various pieces and parts of my home office settled just before the novel coronavirus pandemic began really impacting life in the U.S., so while this situation is horrifying for so very many reasons, I was at least well positioned to continue trying to accomplish my digitization/digitalContinue reading “My Setup for Working from Home”

2020 Goals: Genealogical Record Sets

Some staffing changes at my local library mean that the amount of time I have available off the reference desk has shrunk pretty considerably, a change that has made me rethink how exactly I’m able to continue digitizing resources when I am not able sustainably work with the bulk of our digitization equipment. To addressContinue reading “2020 Goals: Genealogical Record Sets”