[Editor’s note: Flip-Pal user James Coffeen sent a letter to support@flip-pal.com suggesting a plan for action when devastation strikes and fires, floods and tornadoes threaten the loss of precious family photos.] There is something I’d like to do. Several years ago, at a retirement home, I started scanning old photos for both residents and employees. One reason I did […]
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Why Photos Matter in the Midst of Disaster
Flip-Pal Cares sprang into action in Union Beach, NJ to help recover family photos that had washed up on the beaches after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. That outreach led Gordon Nuttall, CEO of Couragent and the inventor of the Flip-Pal mobile scanner, to commit the company to helping people prepare for natural disasters and everyday […]
Grandparents : Are You The Generational Bridge in Your Family?
[Editor’s note: Genealogy expert Thomas MacEntee discusses a grandparent role being a generational bridge]. Do you remember spending time and talking with your own grandparents? What do you recall from those chats and about those family members who were important in your life? More importantly, do your own grandchildren know how important your grandparents were […]