tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699385907114299571.post2036197729312261060..comments2023-12-17T14:47:50.189-05:00Comments on PollyBlog: Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA?) Slowly ImprovingPolly F. Kimmitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13401885413321517787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699385907114299571.post-61330245235577888282011-02-05T16:35:44.315-05:002011-02-05T16:35:44.315-05:00I think it's hard to watch television at all w...I think it's hard to watch television at all when you are only tuning in to see a particular show you are interested in. The gimmicks, the repetition, the oversimplified emphasis on entertainment over information are all frustrating to viewers who are seriously interested in the subject matter. That being said, any attention that can be given to genealogy is very welcome.Ezekiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586078281276266488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699385907114299571.post-29852621010531483082011-02-05T16:26:46.130-05:002011-02-05T16:26:46.130-05:00@ Cathi, I agree that it's a very emotional ex...@ Cathi, I agree that it's a very emotional experience but even the first time you encounter these things, there's usually someone there teaching you how not to damage them. She could hold them just as lovingly on her open palm, or by the margins. She doesn't need to rub her fingers across the ink. The only reason we learned by experience is that someone explained this to us. That&#Polly F. Kimmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13401885413321517787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699385907114299571.post-35181610039354769902011-02-05T12:29:17.628-05:002011-02-05T12:29:17.628-05:00Good points. As a fulltime genealogist, I often en...Good points. As a fulltime genealogist, I often encounter original documents in use in the location where they are created. Deed Books are shelved, pulled off, flipped onto a copier, and reshelved. Active record offices are not considered archives, nor do they have the training. WDYTYA could easily have substituted copies of the documents she handled. The producers express the same thought that J. Mark Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03760301737179849782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699385907114299571.post-73470375776801555632011-02-05T10:54:05.391-05:002011-02-05T10:54:05.391-05:00Great blog post, Polly! Very well said. We do have...Great blog post, Polly! Very well said. We do have to remember that we have years of experience with these records, and as professionals have a little bit of distance that allows us to be rational about things like touching the documents. I do think that there is something primal about reaching out and touching the paper that your ancestor held or saw, the words written about them, and especiallyCathi at Stone House Researchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208688402530021542noreply@blogger.com