Comments for Alberta Family Histories Society Blog http://afhs.ab.ca/blog Genealogy News, Special Events, Our Library Holdings and More Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Quick Reference “QR” Codes – A great way to share more information in tiny spaces by Dawn Kirkpatrick http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/quick-reference-qr-codes/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Dawn Kirkpatrick Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:32:51 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=1025#comment-2163 Robb, that's a very good point. Thanks for your input. Thomas, looking forward to hearing the recording! Robb, that’s a very good point. Thanks for your input. Thomas, looking forward to hearing the recording!

]]> Comment on Quick Reference “QR” Codes – A great way to share more information in tiny spaces by Thomas MacEntee http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/quick-reference-qr-codes/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 Thomas MacEntee Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:36:18 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=1025#comment-2162 Thanks for the shout out. RootsTech did record my session about QR Codes and I will let you know when that recording is available. Cheers Thanks for the shout out. RootsTech did record my session about QR Codes and I will let you know when that recording is available.

Cheers

]]> Comment on Quick Reference “QR” Codes – A great way to share more information in tiny spaces by Robb Beggs http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/quick-reference-qr-codes/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 Robb Beggs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:44 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=1025#comment-2161 I love QR codes. Heck, I even had one for my Facebook profile pic for a while. Unfortunately there's a problem with them. Normally when you click on a link, you can see where it will take you before you click. Not so with QR Codes. It's a blind jump, trusting whomever created the code. Maybe it takes you where it says it will. Maybe it takes you to a malicious website. Once someone come up with a tool to validate QR codes, I think that they're going to be brilliant. Until then, be aware of the risks I love QR codes. Heck, I even had one for my Facebook profile pic for a while. Unfortunately there’s a problem with them. Normally when you click on a link, you can see where it will take you before you click. Not so with QR Codes. It’s a blind jump, trusting whomever created the code. Maybe it takes you where it says it will. Maybe it takes you to a malicious website.

Once someone come up with a tool to validate QR codes, I think that they’re going to be brilliant. Until then, be aware of the risks

]]> Comment on Quick Reference “QR” Codes – A great way to share more information in tiny spaces by Dawn Kirkpatrick http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/quick-reference-qr-codes/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 Dawn Kirkpatrick Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:17:30 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=1025#comment-2160 Thanks for this, Laura. That's gotta be one of the speediest comments yet, being that I just posted the article! Glad it was helpful to you. :) Thanks for this, Laura. That’s gotta be one of the speediest comments yet, being that I just posted the article! Glad it was helpful to you. :)

]]> Comment on Quick Reference “QR” Codes – A great way to share more information in tiny spaces by Laura http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/resources/quick-reference-qr-codes/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Laura Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:07:03 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=1025#comment-2159 Thank you for this! I keep seeing those things all over the place and could not imagine what purpose they would have. I can now understand how very valuable they could be. Laura Thank you for this! I keep seeing those things all over the place and could not imagine what purpose they would have. I can now understand how very valuable they could be.
Laura

]]> Comment on GPS Replacing Tombstones in Calgary? by Aleta http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/gps-replacing-tombstones-in-calgary/comment-page-1/#comment-2124 Aleta Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:09:39 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=455#comment-2124 This really a cool idea! And, no one said that it would be a replacement for tramping through a cemetery and looking at the markers. I think it is fabulous as an additional option. When I look for grave markers for "Find A Grave," I can't tell you how problematic it can be sometimes. I've had instances where the person that I was looking for was buried in a plot purchased by a non-related party and to this day, there hasn't been a marker. Some older markers are deteriorated beyond belief and burial records can be lost. I have a friend who can't locate his family member in a cemetery even though the funeral records say he is there and someone has a marker previously. The records are lost and no one living has specific information. What if some graves could be marked to lead other family members to their loved one? This really a cool idea! And, no one said that it would be a replacement for tramping through a cemetery and looking at the markers. I think it is fabulous as an additional option. When I look for grave markers for “Find A Grave,” I can’t tell you how problematic it can be sometimes. I’ve had instances where the person that I was looking for was buried in a plot purchased by a non-related party and to this day, there hasn’t been a marker. Some older markers are deteriorated beyond belief and burial records can be lost. I have a friend who can’t locate his family member in a cemetery even though the funeral records say he is there and someone has a marker previously. The records are lost and no one living has specific information. What if some graves could be marked to lead other family members to their loved one?

]]> Comment on Remembering Olive Carlin by Heather Begg http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/remembering/remembering-olive-carlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 Heather Begg Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:58:04 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=887#comment-1807 I will miss your helpful e-mails connecting us as third cousins. I will miss your helpful e-mails connecting us as third cousins.

]]> Comment on AFHS Chinook News by Alexander Inglis http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/afhs-chinook-news/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Alexander Inglis Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:49:32 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=920#comment-1534 Schwerdfeger, Swerdfeger, Barclay and other descendents of Rev Samuel Schwerdfeger (1731-1798). Schwerdfeger, founder of the Lutheran Church in Eastern Ontario, was born in Burgbernheim, Germany but emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1753, later settling near Albany, New York. After the 1790, the family moved near Williamsburg, Ontario. In the early 1800s, parts of the clan returned to the US and began the spread across Canada. Other variations include Swortfiguer, Swartfigure, Swardfager ... I have compiled a tree with over 4,000 directly connected folks. In the 1930s, one branch on the Canadian Prairies adopted the last name Barclay. Schwerdfeger, Swerdfeger, Barclay and other descendents of Rev Samuel Schwerdfeger (1731-1798). Schwerdfeger, founder of the Lutheran Church in Eastern Ontario, was born in Burgbernheim, Germany but emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1753, later settling near Albany, New York. After the 1790, the family moved near Williamsburg, Ontario. In the early 1800s, parts of the clan returned to the US and began the spread across Canada. Other variations include Swortfiguer, Swartfigure, Swardfager … I have compiled a tree with over 4,000 directly connected folks. In the 1930s, one branch on the Canadian Prairies adopted the last name Barclay.

]]> Comment on Remembering Olive Carlin by Marion Peterson http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/remembering/remembering-olive-carlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 Marion Peterson Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:46:13 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=887#comment-1301 Olive was especially helpful with Scottish research. In June, I mentioned my one and only Scottish ancestor. Within a few days, she had done some research for me and gave me the number of a microfilm to order from the Family History Library. I didn't know her for long, but her kind, helpful nature will be remembered. Olive was especially helpful with Scottish research. In June, I mentioned my one and only Scottish ancestor. Within a few days, she had done some research for me and gave me the number of a microfilm to order from the Family History Library. I didn’t know her for long, but her kind, helpful nature will be remembered.

]]> Comment on Remembering Heather Jaremko by Bev Jaremko http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/news/remembering-heather-jaremko/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 Bev Jaremko Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:47:32 +0000 http://afhs.ab.ca/blog/?p=870#comment-1137 Thank you for the society's recognition of my sister's life, her contributions to your group and thank you for so many of you attending her funeral. She loved working with you. Thank you for the society’s recognition of my sister’s life, her contributions to your group and thank you for so many of you attending her funeral.
She loved working with you.

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