An interesting story that will interest many of use who own old (and deteriorated) daguerreotype photographs: Techniques developed by researchers from Western University to create images from old, badly tarnished photographs could also be used to study other historic artifacts and fossils and prevent corrosion on modern materials. Chemistry professor T.K. Sham Chemistry professor Tson-Kong (T.K.) Sham and …
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Will DNA Submitted to Genealogy Sites Also Finally Catch the Zodiac Killer?
A scant hope of catching the Zodiac Killer perhaps lies on the back of a postage stamp, licked by the murderer 50 years ago. The arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, the man law enforcement believes is the East Area Rapist, has sparked myriad questions about the use of genealogy websites to revive long-cold cases. After …
Webinar: “Fancy Fraktur: Brocade Paper in Pennsylvania German Folk Art?
The following is an announcement from the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Fraktur, or the iconic German American “fractured” manuscript and print folk art style, has historically been lauded as an emblematic regional style in North America. This talk highlights instead the global implications of the oeuvre of a specific scrivener, Friedrich Krebs. Krebs, a former Hessian …