Summer cleaning genealogy

    Well, hello there! Long time no see. It's summer time and I'm sure you all have been as busy as I have been. It's a rainy Sunday morning here in Maine, so I am taking the opportunity to update my blog.  I've recently have been doing some belated "Spring Cleaning". At this point, I think we'll call it summer cleaning. I came across some library related magazines that were at least 5 years old, some even older. Remember when the last installment of Harry Potter was being written? Yup, some were that old! Well, to get on with my story, I had a stack of magazines almost a mile high that I went through, saving some that had articles in it that I want to read later.

Let's see, what else should I talk about? I could talk about genealogy research, but really, is this the right place for it. I will share a little bit of information though. If you don't know this already, there is an app called Family Search-Tree that can be downloaded on Apple devices. You can take a look here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/familysearch-tree/id885982973?mt=8

That's it for now. I hope to see you all sooner than later.

Book binding

   I've been thinking...when has book binding become a lost art? These days, libraries (at least in Maine) send their books that need repair off to the binary. Why is that? I have not gotten an answer yet, but I am doing research on the subject. Maybe librarians ( or their staff) just don't have time or the skills to do it. Why not offer a class on it in a degree program? It would be a very useful skill to have. Not only in the library, but also at home. Maybe you'd like your text book in one piece again or you'd like to repair your daughter's book that split in two.

Japanese Bookbinding Tutorial: 4-Hole. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-r6c_trSxY