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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- Family Home Movies and Videotapes

1)   What home movies and/or videotapes of your families do you have - either passed down from earlier generations or your own? 2)  What have you done with them?  Are they still on reels, or have they been digitized?  Have you put them on a website, or in the cloud?   3)  If you haven't, what do you plan to do with them?  Will you digitize them?  Who will you pass them on to? My maternal grandmother has many home videos of me and my siblings as babies. I couldn't even tell you how she has because it is an enormous number.  I told my mom if her mom had films of her as a child, but she said: "as a teenager, but not a child". I don't think my dad's mother has videos him at all, but I'll have to ask him.  Fingers cross that him he has a few! 😃  My granny has cassette tape recorders from many years ago. She has a collection of them. My family doesn't have a lot of home videos, but my mother did film me and my si...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun- Date Your Grandfather was Born

1)   What day of the week was your Grandfather born (either one)? Tell us how you found out. 2) What has happened in recorded history on your Grandfather's birth date (day  and   month )? Tell us how you found out, and list five events. 3)  What famous people have been born on your Grandfather's birth date?  Tell us how you found out, and list five of them. I have chosen my paternal grandfather, Fletcher Pearson. He was born on April 21, 1919, in Calhoun City, MS-on a Monday. Hey-his birthday is tomorrow! Five historical events that happened on April 21st  (Source:  OnThisDay ) 1739- Spain & Naples-Austria sign a peace accord 1836-Texas wins independence from Mexico 1855- the first train crosses the MS River 1st bridge 1924- Clarence DeMar won the 28th Boston Marathon 1972- John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon Famous People born on April 21st (Source Wikipedia ) : John Muir (died 1914) Elizabeth II (Living) E...