Comments on Virginia Family Tree Genealogy: Genealogy Travel Kit - What should be included?

I will have to check into the "blue paper&quo...

2011-01-01T22:14:26.791-05:00

I will have to check into the "blue paper" as I have never heard of it...you learn something new every day.

thanks Glen, for this great idea. i always need th...

2010-12-25T10:37:51.239-05:00

thanks Glen, for this great idea. i always need the one thing i forget to take. keeping a kit together should make my frequent trips much easier. i do have a suggestion for the toombstones. use "blue paper" b/c rubbings and chalk can damage the stones. it is the material funeral directors use to match fonts for making new markers for old plots or for adding death dates to existing

Also, take clothing appropr. to avoid ticks, slip ...

2009-06-24T16:12:04.142-04:00

Also, take clothing appropr. to avoid ticks, slip on galoshes for muddy cemeteries, snake bite remedy or kit , wipe on mosquito pads that come in foil tear packets which are flat & very easy to pack. Gallons of water & rags to wash away mud from flat stones for photo taking. Had to do this myself.

I take chalk (for rubbings), gloves (sometimes bus...

2009-06-24T15:40:54.848-04:00

I take chalk (for rubbings), gloves (sometimes bushes with thorns), small
hand size gardening rake (pull dirt away from cemetery markers and also
sometimes can use as short probe, antibacterial wipes or baby wipes (make
clean up on those hot summer days a must).

If I'm fairly local to home, I may also take a longer probe with me. there
are a few

This is a great list, but I would change the flopp...

2009-06-16T09:16:32.225-04:00

This is a great list, but I would change the floppy disk or CD to a flash drive. Holds more info and you can add it to your keychain.

I always carry a USB "thumb" drive with ...

2009-06-14T19:35:37.848-04:00

I always carry a USB "thumb" drive with me - pretty much everywhere I go, regardless if I'm on a research trip or not. Most computers, even the older ones, have a USB port and thumb drives are much easier to carry around than CD or DVD discs.

Thanks, Glen, for this great list! I especially li...

2009-06-14T17:41:24.454-04:00

Thanks, Glen, for this great list! I especially like the business card suggestion. I'm going to be visiting my daughter in Durham the first part of August and have thought that I need to have a way to do some research while there. If I don't take a copy of some of the family lines I'm researching with me when I leave Texas, I know I'll kick myself. My brain is too clogged with