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Happy New Year!
RootsTech 2011 Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers
Future-Proof Your Data Archive
Momma, Don't Take My Kodachrome Away
Skype Video Chat for the iPod Touch and iPhone
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Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 5 new articles

Happy New Year!

I would like to wish you a Happy New Year. I hope that 2011 will reveal several new ancestors for you.

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RootsTech 2011 Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch:

SALT LAKE CITY—The RootsTech 2011 Conference announced its keynote speakers today. The national speakers reflect the conference's focus on creating a forum where genealogy technology users can discover exciting new research tools and technology creators can learn the latest development techniques from industry leaders and pioneers. The conference will be held February 10–12, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Shane Robison,...

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Future-Proof Your Data Archive

Writing in CNET.com, Dennis O'Reilly has published an article about preserving your files for a long, long time. He writes, "It's easier than ever to make sure copies of your most important records, documents, photos, videos, and other personal data will be readable/viewable/playable long after the hardware and software used to create the files have bitten the dust.

However, I found the article to be a mix of great information and some that was not-so-great. For instance,...

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Momma, Don't Take My Kodachrome Away

I hope you managed to get all your old rolls of Kodachrome film developed. As I mentioned last July at http://goo.gl/7uf5x, processing for the film is ending. The last processing machine, located at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, is being shut down and sold for scrap at the end of business today. There are no other Kodachrome processing plants left in operation.

At the peak, there were about 25 labs worldwide that processed Kodachrome, but the last Kodak-run facility in the United...

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Skype Video Chat for the iPod Touch and iPhone

I have written numerous times (at http://goo.gl/QQs5S) about Skype, a great method of making both voice and 2-way video calls across the Internet, using either your computer or external hardware. I have also written (at http://goo.gl/y04Z6 and at http://goo.gl/mS6jC) about FREE 2-way video conferencing where you may talk with and see your grandchildren or other friends or relatives by using your computer or an ASUS videophone. Now Skype is expanding again by making video calling available to...