Tech Tuesday ~ Do Something Digital With Those Photos!

Over the past couple of Tuesdays I've shared how my family digitized our slides, photos and jpegs and how we organized all those lovely images. Today I have two posts for you ~ one here at Scandia Musings "Do Something Digital With Those Photos!"; and one over at The Keough Corner "Do Something Traditional With Those Photos!" You have worked hard to preserve, protect and organize your images, but unless you do something with them no one else will be able to enjoy them. And that is what it's all about! Please check out both posts as some of our ideas might give you some ideas ~ above all, do something with your own photos.

Now back to our story . . .

I maintain both a Family Media Library (all the images from our slide and print scan project as well as the more recent images received from my parents, siblings and extended family members) and a Personal Media Library (all my images relating to my travel and genealogy research) with Memory Manager.  How I organize my Personal Media Library is a story for another day/blog.

• As a result of organizing in Memory Manger, I can quickly find, use and share our family images for digital projects.  Some recent examples include
• framed prints/posters of family photographs as wall art
• digital photo albums (now that we have scanned our photos we are making our scrapbooks digitally; we are working on an updated family recipe/history book)
• 2012 calendar that includes family photos and birthdays/anniversaries

The following examples are all using the digital software – StoryBook Creator

Like many families, we have members who live in all over the country.  Digital sharing through social media and software programs has vastly improved in the past 5 years what with online photo sharing, emailing presentations and slideshows, and remotely collaborating on digital projects (wall art, albums, calendars, and posters).

This is StoryBook Creator’s Welcome screen – note open projects are 

listed along the bottom of the screen – albums, calendars, posters and cards; 

news & tips are listed at the right column.

This is StoryBook Creator's Workspace - note the page elements on the left, 
the workspace in the center where photos and captions are added the page being worked on,
and the album pages and selection of paper and embellishments on the right

Wall Art

To make these framed posters out of old family photos, we chose jpegs from our Memory Manager Media Library of both my mother’s and father’s side of the family and started a project in StoryBook Creator.  We then chose the background color by copying the texture and color of the trim on my parents’ drapes and adding it as a background page for each poster, edited the jpegs by shadowing them for a 3D effect, selected a font style and color to complement the background chosen (the software uses any font on your computer), added names, dates and places to the poster to identify the family members (see the close up example below).  We had the posters printed through Creative Memories and purchased ready made frames and the vinyl wall art from a local craft store.  

One of the framed posters shows my mother’s Norwegian and Swedish ancestors

(that’s my mother as a child with her parents)

A close up showing the shadowed photos on the textured background and script font

(this is a print on photo quality paper)

Photos of my great grandfather’s farm (taken in color and edited to black & white)

again using ready made frames

A framed photo of Crater Lake that my father took which we had printed 

It was professionally framed  

Our 2012 Calendar

This is an example of putting together our 2012 family calendar in StoryBook Creator – October is the month shown.  I included jpegs (simply drag and drop) of various family members dressed up for Halloween (from the event sort box) as well as the three family members whose birthdays are in October (from the birthdays sort box).  We added birthdays and anniversaries in the calendar section (at the bottom of the page).  Note the background for the calendar section is another Halloween jpeg.  On this 2012 calendar - the top (photo) pages are 12x12 and the bottom (calendar) pages are 6x12 – on photo quality paper.  Once the year is done, the monthly pages could be used for a “year in review” family scrapbook.  

A larger view of October 2012 calendar page

A larger view of December 2012 calendar page

And just for fun (and to make sure our projects have our signature on them) we made 3 inch decals to attach to them.  Use your imagination, lots of color and have some fun!  Ours read:

Another Exceptional Endeavor by Those Sensational Snappy Sisters

(we know who we are and we love alliteration)

I know that there is a variety of excellent photo organizing software available.  Many people use online or dedicated photo editing software (Google’s Picasa or Adobe’s Photoshop), or the photo software that came with their computers (Windows Live Photo Gallery for PCs and iPhoto for Macs).   However, I started using Memory Manager and StoryBook Creator in 2008, I like working with them, and the updates have been excellent.  

Creative Memories has been in business since 1987 and they focus exclusively on preserving photos and providing excellent products (both traditional and digital) to share those photos.  The integration of Memory Manager with Storybook Creator (their digital scrapbook software program that we used to make the above projects) is also excellent.  I think their software is reasonably priced and they have a free trial period so you can play around with it and see if it works for you.

Creative Memories’ website lists their products as well as several video tutorials and pdfs (for those who like to read and watch how to do something) that clearly explain step by step how to do a variety of things (backing up media, editing photos, organizing and printing & sharing your photos).  Check out their pdfs here. I think these are great whether you use their products or apply the lessons to your own software program. 

Whatever you do, USE & SHARE THOSE PHOTOS!  I would love to hear about and see what you do with your photos, so please share with the rest of us. Cheers.

Tech Tuesday ~ Do Something Digital With Those Photos!

Tech Tuesday ~ Keeping Those Images Together

And now back to the story of how our family scanned and organized years of slides, photographs and jpegs.

So, now that our images were preserved, protected, published and brought into the 21st century – where did we go from there?

I looked at the photo organizing software available on my PC as well as “for purchase” software.  I also read online reviews of the various programs.  I played around with the program installed on my PC – first Windows Photo Gallery (in Vista) now Windows Live Photo Gallery (in Windows 7).  The earlier iteration (when I started using it) was not as robust as the current iteration and I found the identification and tagging processes clunky.

My sister Karen is a Creative Memories consultant and after playing around with the software I decided to use their photo organizing software program Memory Manager (both for the family images as well as my genealogy) because

• I find the layout intuitive for the beginner and the advanced user
• I like their organizing system (customizable for organizing and viewing)
• I like their editing, captioning, saving and backup capabilities
• I can easily upload images, audio file and video files to the software
• I can easily upload my finished images to online social networking sites and photo sites
• It works with their traditional and digital scrapbook program, Storybook Creator – as a result we are actually using our images!

Disclosure – I have no connection to Creative Memories and purchased both software programs through Karen Keough because hey, she is my sister and I always know where to find a responsive and helpful consultant to answer any questions I have.  I am simply a very satisfied customer and think their products are extremely high quality.   

We uploaded all the jpegs to Memory Manager, the software we maintain on an external hard drive and back up on a separate external hard drive.  In case you think this is overkill, keep in mind that we are constantly adding and editing images in the software and this program contains our most up-to-date images (and metadata).

A screenshot of the Welcome Screen in my Memory Manger

Note it always shows if there is an update and provides the latest news,

similar to my Legacy Family Tree software

A little preplanning at this stage goes a long way to doing it once and doing it efficiently.  I am a big believer in reading, listening, watching and learning about a project before jumping in – my motto is “work smarter, not harder.”  As a result, I save time and effort, make fewer mistakes, and am happier with the results.  I suggest that you check out how others organize their images and watch online tutorials and YouTube videos (whether or not you end up using any particular software).  The key is to set up a system that is simple, that you understand, and that you will actually use!

• We organized our family’s media library images by setting up sort boxes including
• event
• family
• extended family
• friends
• holidays
• household
• memorabilia
• places & trips

• Our event sort box contains the following folders
• anniversaries
• baptisms
• birthdays
• confirmations
• family gatherings
• first communions
• graduations
• school days
• weddings

• Our family sort box contains the following boxes
• Keough family, including folders for 
• all individuals named (my father, my mother, all my siblings, their spouses, and their children by name)
• Keough family extended, including folders for
• my grandparents, and my aunts & uncles’ families

• Our holidays sort box contains the following folders 
• Christmas
• Easter
• Halloween
• New Year’s
• Thanksgiving

•  My suggestion on sort boxes (or whatever organizing system you use) is to make enough folders to easily find particular images but not so many that you have to drill down too far to find them.  Don’t make this so involved that filing images becomes a chore.  The examples shown above are only a portion of my sorting/filing system.

An example of the organizer (left hand column) shown in greater detail

and the timeline (lower center column)

Our Family Media Library in Memory Manager open with left, center and right work areas – 

Note the sort boxes & folders, the images & timelines, and the properties & work area

The center column shows images that are linked to School Days (176 items) and that 

imgscan_01104 has a date of Jun 1928 and 5 stars

My Grandmother Antonia’s graduation jpeg – note the name (imgscan #), the reference

 that it has been edited, and to what folders the jpeg has been linked

In the “Tell the story” section I wrote that this is my grandmother’s high school 

graduation photo as well as when and from where she graduated; 

you can also change the date (currently the import date); and rate the image – 

this is after I have corrected the image (see below). 

This is an example of resizing the image in order to make corrections 

(see the toggle in the lower left hand corner); 

possible correction might be to clone the curtain area to remove the line 

(fixed in the jpeg shown above).

• When each image is displayed – the item properties include the following (all of which can be individually or batch edited)
• name – from your camera’s naming system, scan software, or image importing software
• date – from your camera’s system or scan software 
• rating – from 1 to 5 stars; useful as images can be filtered
• Suggestion – delete poor images or rate them a 1 – then be sure to filter them (for images you want to use) so you don’t work with poor images.
• tell the story – you can write up information about the image
• folders – you assign the image to various folders (people, places, events) but it is saved as one image then linked to the various folders

• Additional reasons I like Memory Manager software (and things to look for in whatever software you choose):

• work area – allows me to save edited images in a folder and send to my desktop (for my blogs, email, or screensavers), to another program (PowerPoint slides), to social media sites, or to StoryBook Creator for a project. 
• backup and print track systems (management functionalities) - I am assured of and prompted to maintain a backup and a shadow copy.  The software keeps track of which images I print either through Creative Memories, on my own printer, or through a local printer (e.g., Costco, Target, Walgreens, Walmart, etc.).
• metadata - on closing the software, all new metadata is written and saved with no further prompting on my part
• version support - which keeps my original jpeg plus all edited versions layered together
• layout of the main screen is easy to work with
• the sort box & folder organization system on the left hand side
• the media library layout and timeline in the center
• the item properties and work area in the right hand side
• help and support provided by Creative Memories – whatever software you decide upon, make sure there is a good support system and someone who can answer questions and provide assistance.  This could be a users’ forum, a blog, a Facebook page, a YouTube channel, an email system, or face-to-face assistance (phone calls and perhaps even a Google+ Hangout!).

• Having uploaded all the images into Memory Manager and organized them by person, place and/or event – and the key here is one image linked to various folders - I have the option of adding the story if and when I have the time to work on it and/or I visit a family member who is better able to “tell the story.”

• Suggestion:  4 key points 
• maintain a standard naming system (similar to a RIN), 
• identify people, events and places,
• rate your image (and then filter and focus on images starred 3 – 5), and
• assign a date to your images.  

After that you can do as much or as little as you choose to continue organizing your images.

I have found the following additional resources useful to help learn more about scanning and organizing photos.

Scanning Basics 101 - A Few Scanning Tips by Wayne Fulton (a wealth of information!)
Photo Editing Software at FamilySearch TechTips
How to Scan Genealogy Photos for Archiving at ProGenealogists
Labeling Digital Photos at All About Digital Photos
Copying Family Photos at All About Digital Photos
The Importance of Metadata and Keywords  by Michael Clark
Heritage Collector Suite  from LifeStory Productions, Inc. (I know others enjoy using this software, however I did not find it as intuitive as Creative Memories’ products, but check it out to see if it works for you)

I like having complete control of my photos on an external hard drive, with a shadow copy (backup) constantly made by the software.  I do upload my jpegs to Picasa for my blogs and my Google+ photography project.  However, I simply am not there yet with keeping all my family’s jpegs and my genealogy jpegs and pdfs in the cloud! However, with the constant changes we see in free and paid cloud storage, I might be tempted to change my mind or at least save in an additional place. Today Google Drive with 5 GB free cloud storage went online and Microsoft SkyDrive with 25 GB free for current users and 7 GB for new users is also available. I think more and more of us will combine offline and online storage in the future.

Next week ~ now that you have all those images together, what are you going to do with them?

Tech Tuesday ~ Keeping Those Images Together

Tech Tuesday ~ Slides, Photos & Images, Oh My!

For the past 50 years, my father has been our extended family’s photographer. Most of his early work was slides and my father amassed 85 slide carousels. At some point he switched to prints and amassed several envelopes of prints and negatives. About 10 years ago he switched over to a digital camera and had several jpegs on his hard drive but did not set up any method to backup or share the digital photographs (except the occasional email). As other members of our family got into photography (once they had children) we found that while we all had jpegs on our hard drives, many of us were not backing up, organizing and/or sharing our jpegs with other family members.

When my parents downsized their home a few years back, my mother asked my brothers and sisters what, if anything, any of us wanted. My sister Susan mentioned that she wanted the slides and my other siblings chimed in that they wanted them as well (I have 7 siblings). We all had fond childhood memories of “watching slides” against the living room wall (later on a projector screen) at family gatherings. More recently the grandchildren loved to see their parents as children – perhaps to mock our clothing and hairstyle choices! My father was not too keen on losing his slides and prints so we played around with the idea of scanning the slides and prints ourselves.  We quickly determined that the time and effort required to scan all the slides and prints would be daunting and let the matter drop.

Our Before Photo System - Projector and 2 of the 85 carousels

At the time I read some online posts about scanning tips and tricks and how others organized their photo collections.  I noticed that various companies provided scanning services and checked out a few of them. Knowing that my father would not be interested in having his slides shipped away (certainly not out of the country)I decided to check out some services closer to home.  While my parents were out of town on holiday, we looked up scanning services and found a local company.  We met with the owner of the Pixmonix and discussed how to proceed if we decided to scan all the slides and photographs to DVD.

After meeting with the technicians and having them scan a sample batch of slides, we hired Pixmonix to clean, scan and correct (ICE, cropping, rotating and color balance checks) our slides and photographs.

•  Pixmonix scanned each image using both the TIFF and JPEG format. 
•  The scan properties were slides at 2,000dpi and prints at 600dpi.
•  We set up a naming system – slscan_00001 or imgscan_00001 depending on whether the scan was a slide or a print.  The scans were numbered consecutively. Suggestion – a naming system is similar to a record identification number (RIN) in that it is a number that identifies your source and can be easily found with an index. Determine where your images are from (your camera, slides, prints, albums, cell phones, other people’s cameras, online databases, etc.) and identify them accordingly. Don’t rename images or set up too many image types – this number is simply used to find your digital images – especially if you have made or will make copies for others.
•  We made a conscious decision not to sort the slides and prints prior to scanning.  We determined it would involve too much effort that would then be duplicated once we uploaded the images to a photo organizing software program.  With over 13,000 scans this was clearly the right decision.
•  We reviewed the scanned images online and were able to approve each batch (or ask for additional correction) before they were burned to DVD.
•  We ordered archival quality binder coversets and slide storage pages as well as storage boxes for the prints. 
•  Pixmonix filed the slides in 8 binders
•  Pixmonix burned and filed the DVDs and printed contact sheets (thumbnail views of the slides and prints) in 1 binder
•  We gave the prints to interested siblings and filed older family prints (my grandmother’s photos) in 2 boxes.

Our After Photo System - 9 Volume Keough Family Album
(More compact indeed than 85 carousels!)

Slides are in consecutive numerical order
sorted in archival quality protective sheets

Gold Quality DVDs of TIFFs & JPEGs and Contact Sheets

Contact Sheets (with thumbnail views showing
consecutive scanned image numbers

• My sister and I burned the jpegs to DVD (a 4 volume set) and made a set for my parents as well as each of our siblings – this was a family Christmas present in 2008 and we now have plenty of backups spread around the country!

Our 4 Volume Keough Family Slides - Through the Years
(Notice the Bow on the DVD & Christmas Red Covers)

Next Tuesday - The Next Step

Tech Tuesday ~ Slides, Photos & Images, Oh My!

SNGF ~ My Maternal Grandfather’s Paternal Line

This week’s challenge is to try to find a potential candidate for a Y-DNA test in your matrilineal line – There are three steps on this train ride.

Photo by Simon Howden at
FreeDigitalPhotos.net ~ Thanks

·         What was your mother’s father’s name?

o   Ernest William Lidman (1903–1967) was born in Lake Mary, Minnesota.  At a little over one year old, he moved with his parents to Washington.  He had one brother Milton Theodore Lidman (1905-1936).  Ernest's mother died soon after Milton’s birth and their father left the baby with his wife’s sister Mattie and returned to Minnesota with my grandfather.  Although Milton married he did not have any children and he died at an early age.

·         What is your mother’s father’s patrilineal line? (That is, his father’s father’s father’s ... back to the most distant male ancestor in that line.)

o   Ernest’s father was Louis Lidman (1860-1926) christened Lars Elofsson and born in Fastnäs, Norra Ny, Värmlands län, Sweden.  He was an only son (he had four sisters).  Louis came to the USA with his parents and sisters and lived in Minnesota.  He married in Minnesota, but soon moved with his wife to Washington.  Upon her untimely death, Louis moved himself and his oldest son (my grandfather) back to Minnesota, and finally homesteaded in North Dakota, where he lived with his son and father until his death.

o   Louis’ father was Elof Lidman 1833-1922) christened Elof Larsson and born in Fastnäs, Norra Ny, Värmlands län, Sweden.  He was also an only son (he had two sisters, 2 half sisters and 1 half brother – different father). Elof came to the USA with his family and settled in Minnesota.  He later moved to North Dakota to live with his son and grandson.  Upon his death his body was returned to Minnesota to be buried with his wife at Hylunda Cemetery in Wright County, Minnesota.

o   Elof’s father Lars Elofsson (1806-1838) was born and lived his life in Fastnäs, Norra Ny, Värmlands län, Sweden as a tenant farmer.  Lars was one of four sons, his three brothers were:

§  Anders Elofsson (1786-1795) died as a child 

§  Per Elofsson (1789-1838) – he married and had seven sons

§  Lars Elofsson (1797-??) he never married or had children

o   Lars’ father Elof Persson (1761-1827) was born and lived his life in Fastnäs, Norra Ny, Värmlands län, Sweden.  Elof was one of three sons, his two brothers were:

§  Pehr Persson (1752-)

§  Jöns Persson (1757-1829) who had three sons

o   Elof’s father Pehr Elofsson (1720-1791) was born and lived his life in Nedre Värnäs, Norra Ny, Värmlands län, Sweden.  Pehr was one of two sons, his brother was:

§  Lars Elofsson (1725-??) I have not found a marriage or any children to-date.

o   Pehr’s father Elof Gudmundsson (1692-1754) was born and lived his life in Nedre Värnäs, Norra Ny, Värmlands län, Sweden.  He was the only child (I have found to-date) of Gudmund Elofsson.

·         Can you identify male sibling(s) of your mother's father, and any living male descendants from those male sibling(s)? If so, you have a candidate to do a Y-DNA test on that patrilineal line. If not, you may have to find male siblings, and their descendants, of the next generation back, or even further.

o   It appears from this exercise that my best choices come from Pehr Elofsson or Jöns Persson (to-date it appears this Persson family remained in Sweden and I don’t have the research done on them yet).

o   Pehr Elofsson’s sons were:

§  Elof Persson (1819-??)

§  Pehr Persson (1821-??)

§  Anders Persson (1824-??)

§  Lars Persson (1826-1911) He was born in Fastnäs, Norra Ny, Värmlands län, Sweden, married in Sweden in 1856 and came to the USA in 1869.  He had two sons:

·         Per Larsson (1860-1929)

·         Lars Persson (1845-??) who did not marry or have children

§  Jon Persson (1831-??)

§  Jöns Persson (1835-??)

§  Halfvard Persson (1836-1925)

o   Per Larsson had 3 sons (and two daughters):

§  Oscar Ludwig Larson (1892-1964) who did not marry or have children

§  Frederick Wilhem Larson (1894-1981) who married in 1937 but I don’t have any other information – waiting on the 1940 US Census

§  August Julius Larson (1896-1971) who had two sons both of whom are alive. 

·         Male Larson – living, did not marry or have children

·         Male Larson – living who married and has one son

o   Male Larson – living who married and has two sons and one daughter.

§  Male Larson

§  Male Larson

·         Is this is correct?  Randy since this is Swedish research I think my head will explode!  But, if this is correct, I wrote a post about My Very Best Genealogy Adventure (my summertime serendipity).  I actually met both these boys and their great uncle while cemetery sleuthing in Wright County, Minnesota.  And now I know who would be great candidates for that Y-DNA test for my mother’s maiden name.  Please check my work and let me know if I took the right train and am on the right track.  Thanks Randy.

SNGF ~ My Maternal Grandfather’s Paternal Line

Free Offline Genealogy Tools ~ Week 4 of 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy

Week 4 – Free Offline Genealogy Tools: For which free offline genealogy tool are you most grateful? How did you find this tool and how has it benefited your genealogy? Describe to others how to access this tool and spread the genealogy love.

I am most grateful for Libraries and Archives ~ and most grateful to the librarians and archivists who devote themselves to assisting knowledge seekers.  Everyone should use their libraries and archives, cherish them, and support them!  The ones listed below are my "winners."

Art by Salvatore Vuono
at FreeDigitalPhotos.net ~ Thanks

I am most grateful for Libraries

Bronze Medal – the Public Library in Longview, Washington with an amazing genealogy alcove that houses a wealth of materials provided by the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society.

Silver Medal – the Minnesota Historical Society Library housed in an amazing building, and has wonderful Archivists and Volunteers, newspapers on microfilm, death certificates on microfilm, birth certificates (okay they are online but I looked at them on the computers at the Library), books galore, maps galore, county records and histories.  The Library holds an overwhelming amount of records, first timers can get a personal guided tour, the work areas are comfortable, the views from the windows are stunning, and the Library offers several programs.  If you can’t find it there, they help you figure out where you can find it!  Minnesotans – you have an amazing facility – cherish it, use it, tell others about it! 

Gold Medal – our National Library of Congress which never ceases to inspire awe and pride in anyone who walks through the doors to this facility (really three facilities, the Adams, Jefferson, and Madison buildings).  The Geography & Map Reading Room is a definite must use as is the Local History & Genealogy Reading Room.

I am also most grateful for Archives

Bronze Medal - the Wright County Historical Society’s Archive in Buffalo, Minnesota is a treasure.  Special mention must be made of the employees and volunteers who enthusiastically assist all researchers.  This Archive has an amazing amount of material for Wright County researchers and lucky me I found all kinds of records relating to my Swedish American relations here!

Silver Medal - the Provisional Archives of Newfoundland & Labrador in St. John's is in one word STUNNING!  I would happily be locked in this facility for a month to do my research and make a return trip.  The purpose built facility has beautiful work areas with lovely artwork, comfortable reading areas, wonderful materials, helpful staff, surprising finds, and a lovely city waiting just outside to be explored when you finish your research for the day.  This is one of my favorite places.

Gold Medal –our National Archives in Washington, D.C. (as well as the regional facilities) is another facility that inspires awe.  This is one of those places where there is so much material that you will want to make many return visits.  Be sure to check out Leaflet 71 (online) to help plan your visit.  The history contained in the many documents housed at the National Archives combined with our national government housed nearby in the White House, Capitol, and Supreme Court all make for an amazing visit.

Free Offline Genealogy Tools ~ Week 4 of 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy

I'll Show You Mine. Why Don't You Show Me Yours ~ Tuesday's Tip

Digital Art by Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net 

I love reading genealogy blogs because there are so many great writers out there who freely share their knowledge of history, geography, research resources, how to tips and tricks, and process resources (all that tech-related stuff), not to mention all those great personal family stories.  Many Geneabloggers share by writing individual posts (with great detail and photos).  Many more, after a great webinar presented by and with a little additional gentle prodding from Thomas MacEntee, have put together Research Toolboxes that list their favorite websites with links.

Are you a Geneablogger?  Do you have a Research Toolbox on your blog?  If so, do you keep it up to date?  Does your Toolbox address a particular niche in genealogy or is it's scope wide-ranging?  Why not share the link to your Toolbox page with the rest of us, either on Google+ or by directing us to your blog?   Have you found a particular Toolbox especially useful?  If so, why not share that with us as well.  These Toolboxes are great additions to our genealogy arsenal - why not check them out.

Here are five to get you started:

• Destination: Austin Family (Thomas got the Toolbox ball rolling for me ~ check out his Research Toolbox)
• Ancestrally Challenged (an amazing blog with great pages including My Research Toolbox page)
• Genealogy for Novices (a terrific blog with great resources for Swedish research via Links page)
• Greta's Genealogy Bog (no that's not a typo - check out My Genealogy Toolbox page)
• I'll Be Seeing You (from a new blog, check out the Genealogy page for website and offline resources)

Here at Scandia Musings & More, I have a Favorite Websites  page that lists my go to resources.  It is a work in progress.  Right now I have a number of Swedish, Norwegian, and Minnesota websites. If you are looking for your Swedish or Norwegian ancestors, check out my Favorite Websites  page.  Do you have any websites you would add?  If so, why not drop me a line (at Google+, comment here or send me an email).  Thanks so much.

I'll Show You Mine. Why Don't You Show Me Yours ~ Tuesday's Tip