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GeneaNet : Community : Genealogy Blog Sunday May 11, 2008   

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17 December 2007

Vidstone Serenity Panel: The electronic tombstone

No one would set a scrapbook filled with pictures and memories on the tombstone of a loved one. But what about a high-tech, weatherproof version, with digital images powered by a solar cell?

The Vidstone Serenity Panel is groundbreaking. Utilizing specially patent-pending technology, this solar-powered panel provides families with the option of viewing a custom-created multimedia tribute at a loved one’s place of rest. This 7″ LCD Panel attaches to most upright or slanted gravesite monuments, including gravestones, mausoleums and columbariums. At the mere touch of a button, a 5 to 8 minute video plays on the screen, recounting the most precious and poignant memories of a loved one.

Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 17 December 2007, 14:09 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment

27 November 2007

BBC: Time for a Family Reunion?

Blast! Films is developing an important documentary series for the BBC following the reunion of a large extended British family.

The series intends to explore the fascinating past and present that all families have at their core, and to rediscover the importance and strength of family bonds and relationships in modern Britain. The reunion will offer one extended family the chance to discover their collective history over the course of an all-expenses paid weekend in Spring 2008.

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 27 November 2007, 15:16 | Multimedia | Permalink | 2 comments

10 October 2007

Carol Vorderman Show In New BBC Fake Row

THE BBC are under fire again after faking scenes in a documentary about Carol Vorderman.

Film makers allegedly persuaded people to lie as they concocted scenes for the ancestry show Who Do You Think You Are?

In the programme, cameras followed Vorderman through north Wales and traced the scene of a photograph.

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 10 October 2007, 10:15 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment

4 October 2007

Scans reveal lost gravestone text

Illegible words on church headstones could be read once more thanks to a scan technology developed in the US.

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are making high resolution 3D scans of tombstones to reveal the carved patterns in the stone.

A computer matches the patterns to a database of signature carvings which reveals the words.

Scientists often find it difficult to distinguish between natural phenomena and man-made art works carved into stone, due to the build-up of algae and surface dirt.

At the moment, archaeologists are forced to do hand-tracing work with plastic sheets and to examine objects first hand in order to decipher obscured writings.

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 4 October 2007, 10:40 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment

12 September 2007

Grave Transcribing—Urban Archaeology At Its Best

You've traced your roots through to great-grandma Edna back to the early 1900s, but that's when the trail suddenly goes cold. Who were her parents? And their parents? Has a seemingly futile search left you wanting to beat your pretty head against a brick wall?

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 12 September 2007, 17:06 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment

4 July 2007

The Mormons, a new documentary series about the LDS Church

American Experience and Frontline, two of PBS' most acclaimed series, join forces to present The Mormons, a new documentary series about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In two, two-hour episodes, filmmaker Helen Whitney explores both the history and the current reality of the Mormon faith.

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 4 July 2007, 17:32 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment

28 June 2007

Channel 4 family history program, Empire's Children

Channel 4 has launched a new website to let viewers interact with its new family history program, Empire's Children.

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 28 June 2007, 10:35 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment

25 June 2007

CBC's Who Do You Think You Are ?

This is a new 13-part series airing this fall on CBC Television. It launches Thursday, October 11 at 7:30pm Thirteen stars are taking part including:

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 25 June 2007, 14:53 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment

12 April 2007

Roots Television Wants You to Share Your Wild Roots for $500 !

Roots Television wants everyone to flaunt their roots! Launched just a few months ago, this first-ever online home for family history programming boasts 20 channels of great shows for the roots-enthusiast – all available 24/7 and almost all for free. And now viewers have the opportunity to submit their own video through the freshly introduced RootsTube channel and win $500!

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Genealoblogued by Jean-Yves BAXTER on 12 April 2007, 11:00 | Multimedia | Permalink | No comment