A phrase coined, I believe, by The Practical Archivist to reference the photo albums where the photos are sandwiched between a cover sheet and sticky chemicals that really aren't great for the photos.
Transylvania, Holland, Alsace, Poland, England, Germany, Lithuania and Texas all contain soil upon which ancestors dwelt; Farmers, beekeepers, shepherds, tailors, blacksmiths, salesmen, clergy, judges, and doctors.
As I research ancestral lines I discover some ancestors celebrated Hanuka, others Christmas, and still others the Green Corn Ceremony; Jewish, Methodist Episcopalian, Puritan, Christian Scientist, Mennonite, Choctaw, and Cherokee.
I shall never find the records for my distant ancestors who either came to this continent by crossing the Land Bridge, or originally emerged from the Nanih Waiya in Mississippi.
I delve through obituaries, microfilm depositories, internet databases; I interview relatives, and rummage through attics.
What I find doesn't alter who I am; It illuminates the divergent, yet still intersecting paths of my ancestors.
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what is the "chemical sandwich of doom?" lol
Janice
A phrase coined, I believe, by The Practical Archivist to reference the photo albums where the photos are sandwiched between a cover sheet and sticky chemicals that really aren't great for the photos.
Good one! I like it!
This is my favorite so far of all the "funny business" going on in genea-blogger-land!
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