Sunday, April 30, 2017
Hazel Dickens - A Few Old Memories
The wonderful Hazel Dickens tune - A Few Old Memories
Fitting song for anyone working on genealogy or writing their family history.
Dick Henthorn
30 Apr 2017
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Search Box
Added a Search box to the right hand sidebar of my Mr. Dickie's Links blog. This will be useful as I add more links to the blog.
Dick Henthorn
23 Apr 2017
Dick Henthorn
23 Apr 2017
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Downloads
I have a folder named Downloads on my computer. By default this was where any file I downloaded to my computer was stored. Overtime this hasn't worked out too well. The folder filled with hundreds of files making it difficult to find things when I needed them.
My browser is Google Chrome. That's where the path name to the Downloads folder was stored. After investigation I discovered that, in Google Chrome, under the place where I specified the path name to my download folder, there is a box where you can set a switch that tells the browser to ask for the name of the download folder each time you download a file. This area of the browser controls is accessed via Settings.
I wanted another download folder where I could store genealogy files. I created a sub-folder, under Downloads, for the storage of genealogy articles and clippings that I named, Clippings. BTW, I think that Google Chrome remembers the name of the last folder used for downloading. That is to say, if I download to the Clippings folder and want the next download to go to the Downloads folder it will be necessary to tell the browser where to do the next download.
The path name to the new sub-folder looks like this:
C:\Users\Richard\Favorites\Downloads\Clippings
Using the two folder names, I'll store routine files downloads in Downloads and the genealogy file downloads will be stored in Clippings. Using this path name arrangement it would be easy to create other sub-folders, under Downloads, if I wanted other folder categories besides Clippings.
Here's why understanding how to control where files download was of interest to me. I follow several genealogy Groups on Facebook. Visitors to the Groups often post digital images of articles and newspaper clippings that are of interest to me. Some days more files are shared than I have time to process. Creating a folder for the specific purpose of storing these files makes it easier to locate the genealogy files when I am ready to work with the shared information.
Dick Henthorn
22 Apr 2017
My browser is Google Chrome. That's where the path name to the Downloads folder was stored. After investigation I discovered that, in Google Chrome, under the place where I specified the path name to my download folder, there is a box where you can set a switch that tells the browser to ask for the name of the download folder each time you download a file. This area of the browser controls is accessed via Settings.
I wanted another download folder where I could store genealogy files. I created a sub-folder, under Downloads, for the storage of genealogy articles and clippings that I named, Clippings. BTW, I think that Google Chrome remembers the name of the last folder used for downloading. That is to say, if I download to the Clippings folder and want the next download to go to the Downloads folder it will be necessary to tell the browser where to do the next download.
The path name to the new sub-folder looks like this:
C:\Users\Richard\Favorites\Downloads\Clippings
Using the two folder names, I'll store routine files downloads in Downloads and the genealogy file downloads will be stored in Clippings. Using this path name arrangement it would be easy to create other sub-folders, under Downloads, if I wanted other folder categories besides Clippings.
Here's why understanding how to control where files download was of interest to me. I follow several genealogy Groups on Facebook. Visitors to the Groups often post digital images of articles and newspaper clippings that are of interest to me. Some days more files are shared than I have time to process. Creating a folder for the specific purpose of storing these files makes it easier to locate the genealogy files when I am ready to work with the shared information.
Dick Henthorn
22 Apr 2017
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Thinking About Posting Updates
Over the years I shared many genealogy reports on the Internet. They are stored all over the place. That happened because I was curious about how different storage methods would work. You can use the sidebar links on this blog to find much of what I shared.
The quality of the report formats varies because, over time, the genealogy report capabilities improved.
This morning I've been thinking about the effort it would take to create updated versions of these reports and upload them again. This thought came to mind because I found a report created by another researcher in January 2000. I'm certain that this person is still working on genealogy because I find more current information posted on FindAGrave.
I didn't come to any conclusion about whether I want to address my own issue of reports created long ago. There is never a shortage of genealogy projects to undertake.
Dick Henthorn
15 Apr 2017
The quality of the report formats varies because, over time, the genealogy report capabilities improved.
This morning I've been thinking about the effort it would take to create updated versions of these reports and upload them again. This thought came to mind because I found a report created by another researcher in January 2000. I'm certain that this person is still working on genealogy because I find more current information posted on FindAGrave.
I didn't come to any conclusion about whether I want to address my own issue of reports created long ago. There is never a shortage of genealogy projects to undertake.
Dick Henthorn
15 Apr 2017
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Zachariah Prickett
Yesterday I uploaded a 147-page descendant report about the family of Zachariah Prickett to my Box account. Access is by invitation or request only.
Prickett's Fort State Park
Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation
Dick Henthorn
12 Apr 2017
Prickett's Fort State Park
Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation
Dick Henthorn
12 Apr 2017
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Mr. Dickie's Links: OCR Option of MS OneNote and Google Drive
Mr. Dickie's Links: OCR Option of MS OneNote and Google Drive:
Some YouTube videos about how to use the OCR option of MS OneNote and Google Drive to convert digital images of newspaper clip...
Dick Henthorn
5 Apr 2017
Some YouTube videos about how to use the OCR option of MS OneNote and Google Drive to convert digital images of newspaper clip...
Dick Henthorn
5 Apr 2017
Mr. Dickie's Links
Did you know there are several ways to find my new blog, Mr. Dickie's Links?
5 Apr 2017
- There is a a hot link in my Facebook About page
- You can use Google search to search for "mrdickieslinks"
- You can bookmark the link after you visit the first time
- You can key in the URL: mrdickieslinks.blogspot.com
5 Apr 2017
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