From rainforest treasure to luscious treat—immerse yourself in the story of chocolate. A gift for the gods. A symbol of wealth and luxury. An economic livelihood. Bonbons. Hot fudge. Candy bars. For thousands of years humans have been fascinated with the delicious phenomenon that we call “chocolate.” Journey through history to get the complete story behind the tasty treat that we crave in Chocolate, an exciting new exhibition developed by The Field Museum. To learn more about the exhibit, Visit the Field Museum website.

Cellulose acetate film and nitrate film share some patterns of deterioration, such as brittle quality, bubbles, chemical by-products and an odor. Unlike nitrate, safety film is not a fire hazard. There are several considerations when storing negatives. First is the environment. Negative deterioration is slowed when the material is stored at a constant temperature and humidity. The second consideration is that negatives range in size.  Each size needs to be stored separately so that the weight is evenly distributed. As with all photographic material, wear non-latex ...

10 Years Ago I.. Hand coded my first website.Received my Master's in Library Science with a Specialization in Archives Management.Began my job as Assistant Corporate Archivist / Image Researcher at American Girl.Turned thirty. Married the love of my life. Five Things on Today's To-Do List Wake up my kids, make them breakfast and pack lunches for them, walk with them to the bus stop.Shower, make myself breakfast, pack my lunch, and catch the city bus to my day job.While waiting for the bus, call my Mom to figure out what we're doing about Thanksgiving since the usual family ...

What a great expo we had here is Arizona. Congratulation to the Family History Expos team on another successful event. Day 1 Recap Keynote Lisa Louise Cook started off the Expo with a great keynote encouraging us Ol’ Genealogy Dogs to learn some new tricks. Lisa started podcasting her Genealogy Gems when she felt the need to share what she was learning with others. It didn’t matter that she had no idea how to create a podcast, she learned. One of the new tricks she encouraged us to learn is how to cite our sources. Thanks Lisa! Autosomal DNA This was the first of 3 ...

Wow, I cannot belive that another year has passed and it is time to see my friends at the Family History Expo. The speakers and exhibitors are so friendly and approachable. Here is the details of the conference: Main Conference link http://events.r...lr=mtf5sodab Where Mesa Convention Center 263 North Center Street Mesa, AZ 85201 Registration/Check-in Friday, January 21, 2011 at 7 am Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 7:30 am Keynote “Ol’ Dogs Can Learn New Tricks: Looking to the Past for the ...

I am excited to announce what might be the very first genealogy app for the soon-to-be released Windows Phone 7. It is a graphical cousin calculator that can determine the relationship between two individuals by knowing the relationship of each to their closest common ancestor. With just a few taps and drags, you can determine the relationship of any two people. The application is in final development. Please provide feedback.

Here we continue our analysis (see part 1 ) of this photo from the Boy Scouts of America: I had a good feeling that we could find out more about this photo, because of the following clues: Clue #4 – Richard H. Pugh Realtor Clue #5 – 325 Garde Building Clue #6 – Building Tenants [G or C]M KRINSKY, MD – NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY JOSEPH BECKER, MD – DISEASES OF THE SKIN DR JOSEPH D. GIT[LIN], DENTIST GREENES, LAW HELLER What surprised me is how quickly our readers figured out the location of this photo. Here is how it unfolded. I posted the original ...