Comments on: I Thought So

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:06:59 +0000

Most of the records for the Swiss roots of my family were in bound ledgers in churches and town halls, so there was zero chance, even if a copier had been available, of putting one of those flat on the copier. The cousin who did most of the work used up a lot of film photographing things, when it was permitted.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:03:20 +0000

In most cases you get to read records in an office with an official staring at you to ensure that you don’t mar anything. that's about how it was described to me. People have no idea how rare copy machines are in some European countries, even today. you can count me among the clueless on this one, i have no idea either, and would have thought copiers to be ubiquitous had i been asked. i've also been told that the bright light associated with copying ages already fragile old documents and that you couldn't xerox a lot of things even if a copier were available. .-= last blog ..My inner cryptobiologist lol'd at this one =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:17:49 +0000

In most cases you get to read records in an office with an official staring at you to ensure that you don’t mar anything. People have no idea how rare copy machines are in some European countries, even today.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:52:37 +0000

just ask anyone who needed records from other countries for their thesis, or those doing family genealogies – yep, i've got a cousin who traveled to the land of some distant ancestor's origin in order to work on the family genealogy. .-= last blog ..My inner cryptobiologist lol'd at this one =-.