Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 14 Issue 2 October 1, 2016 October meeting  Thursday, October 6th  7:00 p.m. Start time  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection  Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00  Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop  The printer menu  Cemeteryproject The printer menu It’s amazing what you can learn when you expand your reading choices. Our neighbor is Norwegian and she subscribes to a newspaper called The Norwegian American. It’s an interesting weekly that sometimes surprises me with the variety of articles it contains. On page 9 of the July 29, 2016 issue was a piece called Stationery difference. It is about the various paper sizes used in Norway and most countries worldwide versus what is used in North America. It never occurred to me in my isolated little world in Mason County that there could be a global system of paper sizes that didn’t include 8.5” X14” legal and 8.5”X11”. How does the rest of world do genealogy when they don’t have legal sized documents? Long story short, I called the paper to ask if I could use the article for the newsletter. They put me in touch with the author, M. Michael Brady, we discussed the matter, and he has graciously allowed me to use it. I thought I was pretty familiar with the drop down menu choices for my printer. All those A-choices, such as A4, A5, were different sizes of envelopes for special occasions, think Christmas cards. I was wrong. Read on, I think you’ll enjoy it. Stationery difference, Norwegian American article (29 July 2016) ms. for republication by Stan Graham Stationerydifference By M. Michael Brady Stationery – writing paper, envelopes and related office supplies– in Norway is like stationery in the USA in quality and variety. But the sizes of paper and envelopes differ. In Norway, as in most countries round the world save in North America, writing paper and envelopes are sized according to an international standard. In North America, the equivalent products are sized according to an American standard. For products in everyday use, the differences are small but noticeable. Everyday letter paper measures 210 x 297 millimeters (8.3 x 11.7 inch) in Norway, slightly narrower and taller than American 8½ x 11 inch letter paper. The international standard paper sizes relate to each other by numbers that are independent of language or the purpose for which a size was developed. Everyday letter paper is designed A4, a specific size in a sequence in which the area of each size is half that of its predecessor. American paper For those who enjoy gift giving…only 115 shopping days till my birthday. , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 14 Issue 2 October 1, 2016 October meeting  Thursday, October 6th  7:00 p.m. Start time  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection  Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00  Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop  The printer menu  Cemeteryproject The printer menu It’s amazing what you can learn when you expand your reading choices. Our neighbor is Norwegian and she subscribes to a newspaper called The Norwegian American. It’s an interesting weekly that sometimes surprises me with the variety of articles it contains. On page 9 of the July 29, 2016 issue was a piece called Stationery difference. It is about the various paper sizes used in Norway and most countries worldwide versus what is used in North America. It never occurred to me in my isolated little world in Mason County that there could be a global system of paper sizes that didn’t include 8.5” X14” legal and 8.5”X11”. How does the rest of world do genealogy when they don’t have legal sized documents? Long story short, I called the paper to ask if I could use the article for the newsletter. They put me in touch with the author, M. Michael Brady, we discussed the matter, and he has graciously allowed me to use it. I thought I was pretty familiar with the drop down menu choices for my printer. All those A-choices, such as A4, A5, were different sizes of envelopes for special occasions, think Christmas cards. I was wrong. Read on, I think you’ll enjoy it. Stationery difference, Norwegian American article (29 July 2016) ms. for republication by Stan Graham Stationerydifference By M. Michael Brady Stationery – writing paper, envelopes and related office supplies– in Norway is like stationery in the USA in quality and variety. But the sizes of paper and envelopes differ. In Norway, as in most countries round the world save in North America, writing paper and envelopes are sized according to an international standard. In North America, the equivalent products are sized according to an American standard. For products in everyday use, the differences are small but noticeable. Everyday letter paper measures 210 x 297 millimeters (8.3 x 11.7 inch) in Norway, slightly narrower and taller than American 8½ x 11 inch letter paper. The international standard paper sizes relate to each other by numbers that are independent of language or the purpose for which a size was developed. Everyday letter paper is designed A4, a specific size in a sequence in which the area of each size is half that of its predecessor. American paper For those who enjoy gift giving…only 115 shopping days till my birthday. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2016,V14 I2 MCGS Oct 2016 Newsletter.pdf,V14 I2 MCGS Oct 2016 Newsletter.pdf Page 1, V14 I2 MCGS Oct 2016 Newsletter.pdf Page 1