Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 12 Issue 2 September 29, 2014 October meeting • Thursday, October 2nd • 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 • Discovering your ancestors in 2287 • Johnston headstone • They died of what? Ancestors in 2287 It occurred to me while I was using self-sticking labels and photo corners to construct a photo album of old family pictures, someone in the future, say in June of 2287, would be able to use fingerprints to discover my identity as the person who constructed the album. As a retired federal employee, my fingerprints are part of my permanent file. The government retains these records, we know this because several of us have sought them in our research. This might be true for many state and local governments, also. My prints are on the sticky side of every label and photo corner. Further more, on some glossy photos you will also find my prints, because I didn’t use cotton gloves or good handling techniques. I looked further into some of my other stuff and found fingerprints on negatives, and documents. My future descendant could take one of these to the local police station, have the print in question lifted and run through the system. But…going to the police station might not be necessary in 2287. Currently, there are fingerprint identifier applications for cell phones and computers that we, common folks, can purchase and use, and by 2287 today’s technologies will be museum pieces, something newer, better, and more accurate will have been developed and in general use. Meanwhile, there is talk of using fingerprint identification in all sorts of activities in our daily lives. Some of those mentioned are in the financial sector: banking, checking, and credit cards. Others include items that would be unique to just the user; automobiles and guns are the two frequently mentioned. All are clues for future genealogists. One thing I’m fairly sure of, if the photo album survives till 2287, my fingerprints will still be there. I’ve looked at one of my daguerreotypes from the Merrick side of my family, and there, on the glass was a fingerprint. This fingerprint is on the inside part of the glass, I know because I tried to clean it off on the outside. The image was taken around 1846, I can’t say if the print is from one of my ancestors or the person who took it and then sealed it in its case. On another one, are fingerprints on the back where the image was taken out of its case and handled. The oils on the skin of the fingers have left a permanent stain on the back of the imagine. I’m pretty sure these prints are from one of my ancestors. Too bad they weren’t taking fingerprints in the 1870s. , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 12 Issue 2 September 29, 2014 October meeting • Thursday, October 2nd • 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 • Discovering your ancestors in 2287 • Johnston headstone • They died of what? Ancestors in 2287 It occurred to me while I was using self-sticking labels and photo corners to construct a photo album of old family pictures, someone in the future, say in June of 2287, would be able to use fingerprints to discover my identity as the person who constructed the album. As a retired federal employee, my fingerprints are part of my permanent file. The government retains these records, we know this because several of us have sought them in our research. This might be true for many state and local governments, also. My prints are on the sticky side of every label and photo corner. Further more, on some glossy photos you will also find my prints, because I didn’t use cotton gloves or good handling techniques. I looked further into some of my other stuff and found fingerprints on negatives, and documents. My future descendant could take one of these to the local police station, have the print in question lifted and run through the system. But…going to the police station might not be necessary in 2287. Currently, there are fingerprint identifier applications for cell phones and computers that we, common folks, can purchase and use, and by 2287 today’s technologies will be museum pieces, something newer, better, and more accurate will have been developed and in general use. Meanwhile, there is talk of using fingerprint identification in all sorts of activities in our daily lives. Some of those mentioned are in the financial sector: banking, checking, and credit cards. Others include items that would be unique to just the user; automobiles and guns are the two frequently mentioned. All are clues for future genealogists. One thing I’m fairly sure of, if the photo album survives till 2287, my fingerprints will still be there. I’ve looked at one of my daguerreotypes from the Merrick side of my family, and there, on the glass was a fingerprint. This fingerprint is on the inside part of the glass, I know because I tried to clean it off on the outside. The image was taken around 1846, I can’t say if the print is from one of my ancestors or the person who took it and then sealed it in its case. On another one, are fingerprints on the back where the image was taken out of its case and handled. The oils on the skin of the fingers have left a permanent stain on the back of the imagine. I’m pretty sure these prints are from one of my ancestors. Too bad they weren’t taking fingerprints in the 1870s. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2014,V12 I2 MCGS Oct 2014 Newsletter.pdf,V12 I2 MCGS Oct 2014 Newsletter.pdf Page 1, V12 I2 MCGS Oct 2014 Newsletter.pdf Page 1