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June 2008 Blog Posts (6)

Real Photo Postcards Preserving Their History

I started collecting Fossils when I was a small child. We would spend days searching for a gathering fossils. What a thrill it was when we came across a large fossil bed, it was as if we were gold miners who had just hit the motherload. It wasn't until many years later I learned I was disturbing the continuity of history. That fossil had gone untouched for millions of years until we came by and scooped it up. I did not realize the valuable information that was lost by not spending the extra… Continue

Added by Kyle Boyd-Robertson on June 27, 2008 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Ephemera, A Window To Your Past

My incurable obsession with ephemera has been an invaluable tool in constructing a more complete picture of my past. I have been involved in researching my families genealogy for 12 years now and the photos, postcards, old newspapers, bills, books and all things paper have been a great help in filling in the gaps and gaining information that otherwise would have been lost forever. While constucting our family tree I not only search for names and dates but also for anything that can tell me more… Continue

Added by Kyle Boyd-Robertson on June 24, 2008 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Member to Member linking..

Gary Roberts wrote in a post recently:

One of the better ways to manipulate search engines, and in particular Google, is to foster links both within a site and between sites. That's the core of one of the Google programs... the more links to a site, the more important it must be.

I could not agree more.. and as a result I have gone ahead and made a link to everyone in the Ephemera Network who indicated a website in their profile. As new members join, I'll add them as… Continue

Added by Tom Murphy on June 13, 2008 at 11:32pm — 5 Comments

Toolemera Blog

I am going to try, as time permits, to introduce my readers to the blogs of some other member of T.E.N.

Today I introduced Gary Roberts. I have found his blog as well as his website quite interesting and informative...and I wanted my readers to share in his insight as well. I hope I did Gary justice with my comments.

You can read my blog on Toolemera here.

Tom

Added by Tom Murphy on June 8, 2008 at 1:27pm — 5 Comments

Hoping to help build interest in The Ephemera Network

I'm trying to do my share of growing this wonderful network.

I have written an article on my ephemera blog that will hopefully draw us some new members. While my blog is not viewed by tens of thousands each day (how I wish!) there are a number of ephemera collectors who do stop by. Let's hope some of them will visit us here.. and join!

Tom

Added by Tom Murphy on June 7, 2008 at 10:26am — 12 Comments

Welcome to the dinner party! (a borrowed analogy)

This networking site is like a dinner party. It’s held at my house and I have done my best to prepare. The space is adequate, I hope, and the food well prepared. I may even have some nice wine on the table. But the heart of the party, the breath and the life of the party is out of my hands. A party, if it is a party and not an entertainment, is its guests.

I can do my best to introduce the guests to each other and strike up a conversation here and there. I can make the… Continue

Added by Mike Ferguson on June 6, 2008 at 12:38am — 3 Comments