Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Movie Wednesday: A Prussian Immigrant

In Texas, all 7th grade students take a Texas History class.  My daughter's teacher became interested in genealogy and decided to assign her students a genealogy project with a Texas twist.  [Oh Yeah.]  Among many handwritten reports she had to do of her family's genealogy [family group sheet, pedigree chart, fan chart, and the like], she had to create a presentation on one of her Texas immigrant lines.  In other words, who were they, how'd they get to Texas, and such.  Well, we [the kids and I] have been doing a lot of legwork on the Marschall's of Galveston, Texas.  [Yeah, I know.  It's rough to *have* to do research on an island...on a beach. *sigh*  Hey, we did go to the archives before we went to the beach.  But you can hear the waves from there...]

Anywho, here's what my daughter [with some help from me], put together.  I did alter the last two slides to remove her name from the project in order to put it on my blog.  Also, the soundtrack, "In Color" which was co-written by Jamey Johnson, James Otto, and Lee Thomas Miller & performed by Jamey Johnson, was used on her school project, but has been taken off this newer version.  YouTube did not require me to do this.  They simply monetized the version on YouTube.  I just decided the right thing to do would be to make one without audio.  So, if you haven't heard the song before, go buy it [after you watch the slideshow, of course].  It's awesome, from a family historian's perspective, that is.  


So get some popcorn, sit back, relax, and enjoy learning about A Prussian Immigrant...


14 comments:

  1. An A+ presentation for sure!
    Regina

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  2. I am always so impressed with how you put your videos together. I am looking forward to the day when you instruct the video-newbies, such as myself.

    Good job-- both you and your daughter.

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  3. Encore! Encore! I need to watch it again so I can listen to the song. I, too, am impressed by the video production! Wish I could do this for my family reunion this summer!

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  4. Thank you so much for sharing the presentation. It's a wonderful idea. Well done to your daughter, she must be very proud as I am sure are her ancestors.

    Best Wishes
    @Kailua09

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  5. I especially love the detail of the prize-winning Siamese cats. Outstanding!

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  6. Thanks, y'all! I think she did a great job.

    Joan, I definitely will be doing some tutorials on family history slide shows and videos as well as more examples using my own family history. That's why I set-up a YouTube channel and uploaded this one over there ~ practicing. My user name over there is 4YourFamilyStory, which also happens to be the name of the company I'm starting. Crafty, eh?

    ~C

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  7. Awesome video! Your daughter did a great job. I'm glad that she has a teacher that has found a way to make history come alive!

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  8. Couldn't see the movie, empty box? Am I missing some sort of video application?

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  9. Don, usually you need two things for viewing videos online:

    1. Adobe Flash Player is available here:
    http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

    2. Java is available here:
    http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

    You might just try viewing it on my Channel at YouTube:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/4YourFamilyStory

    YouTube videos work great on my new Netbook, but I'm having a hard time making them work on my Desktop computer. Very frustrating!

    Please let me know if the above helped.

    ~C

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  10. Very impressive! Thanks for sharing it with us. I'm looking forward to your lessons....

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  11. Greta, I thought you'd appreciate the "Prize-Winning" cats. I actually have quite a few photos of her cats. They were featured in magazines, and I have the original professional photos of them. Celebrities in the family tree! Of sorts.

    ~C

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  12. Thanks so much for referring me to your blog. What a terrific job your daughter did. I know she must be proud of her production just as you are proud of her work.
    Suzanne Forester Stein

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