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Sharing Photos through GRANDMA's Window
How to Upload -- Selected Photos from the Collection
A photo-sharing feature has been added to GRANDMA's Window,
here at grandmaonline.org. Our photo-sharing method is organized in cooperation with the
well-known photo-sharing site, Flickr.com. Flickr is free and highly
regarded by all kinds of users for storing and sharing photographs. Consequently, we are letting Flickr
manage the photos for GRANDMA's Window, and GRANDMA's Window will provide the interface.
Here is how it works:
- As a user of GRANDMA's Window, you will load photos related
to GRANDMA records onto Flickr.com (for free).
- You will "tag" each photo with a code that will be explained later.
- When the record for a corresponding individual is opened with
GRANDMA's Window, this web site will take a quick look on Flickr to see
if there are any tagged photos.
If any are found, Flickr will send back a thumbnail of the image
to be displayed with the rest of the individual's information.
- If any GRANDMA's Window user is interested in seeing that photo in
detail, they will click on the thumbnail, and the photo will be shown on
the Flickr site.
For an example, look at the Individual record for
Jacob P. Ratzlaff.
Several photos in which he appears
have been loaded to Flickr and appropriately tagged. As a result their thumbnails appear in the
individual record (a replica is shown at right. Click on that image to see a full size image
or, if you are logged in, click here
to see his record directly.)
In several pictures he appears with others. In that
case, the photo will appear for everyone who was tagged.
If you were to open up Jacob's individual page, you could click
on any thumbnail and see a larger view, displayed on the Flickr site.
For safety reasons, we have imposed a restriction. We do not display
photos on the pages for persons who we estimate could be alive. (We assume they are alive if
there is no record of death in GRANDMA and they appear to be less than 92 years
old.)
How Can You Share Your Photos?
If you have historic photos involving individuals in the GRANDMA database that you would be
willing to share, here is what you do:
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You must have your own account on Flickr.com. Some people will already have a Flickr account.
(Also, according to Flickr, if you have a Yahoo, Google, or
Facebook account, you can use those credentials to log in. For details, see instructions at
flickr.com.) Or create a new one. It's free. -
Make a digital copy of the photograph. You may
already have a digital copy, or you might scan the photo or have it
scanned. The resolution is totally up to you and how you would like to share it.
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For each person in the picture, go to
the GRANDMA database and
look up the individual. Write down the GRANDMA ID number. It
follows the # sign on the first line. (For Jacob P. Ratzlaff, it is
25715.) If you are working with an entire family, you might print off a copy of the Descendant's chart
for reference.
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