Gardens and Parks in Georgia

Gibbs Gardens in Ballground, Georgia is being called a "best-kept secret." (Funny, I thought that Cohutta Springs Conference Center enjoyed that title!)  ;-) But... it does appear that this is a fairly new garden, or at least, is newly opened to the public, and contains 200 acres:
http://gibbsgardens.com/ ( or, try http://www.gibbsgardens.com )

Hills and Dales in LaGrange (formerly Fuller Callaway's mansion home): It's a nice garden, with boxwoods dating back over a hundred years, and some gorgeous walking paths. I believe the former owner was a brother of the Callaway who started Callaway Gardens.

Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain: A year or so ago, we went to the Botanical Gardens in Atlanta--all very nice gardens; so, Gibbs Gardens is a nice treat to look forward to...

Cohutta Springs Conference Center, Crandall, Georgia

Rock City Gardens
1400 Patten Road, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
Phone: 706-820-2531
Toll-Free: 800-854-0675
http://seerockcity.com/

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Visitor Center: 3370 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742

Lookout Mountain Battlefield
Visitor Center: 110 Point Park Road, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350
http://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm

Digital Photos & Archival References

This page claims you can make digital photos last forever. Keep for reference...

http://www.gadgetspage.com/cameras/10-ways-to-make-your-digital-photos-last-forever.html

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This article says that photo books (such as the ones printed by Shutterfly, Snapfish, Walgreens, etcetera, are generally printed on HP printers and have a good chance of lasting for many years!

http://your-digital-life.com/merchandise/photo-books/how-long-will-photo-books-last/

King Tet Productions - Electronic Media Conversion

King Tet Productions did a good job for me on converting an old spoken-voice cassette tape to a DVD. Nice label, too. Excellent communication/updates via email. Customer service was excellent and professional ~ I got to talk to a real human being on the phone. They turned my order around in one day and shipped it immediately. Eric Van der Wyk is the guy! Might need them again one day. They also do albums to DVDs, reel-to-reel, etcetera.

Here's contact info, for future reference:

King Tet Productions
10713 Cariuto Ct.
San Diego, CA 92124

eric (at) vanderwyck (dot-c... well, you get it).

Here are his business URLs:

http://CustomAudioCDs.com
http://RecordRescuers.com
http://ReelToReelToCD.com
http://78toCD.com
http://CustomDVDs.biz

(and several more)

Genealogy Tool: This site is the be-all, end-all for dates. It includes a very handy tool, a drop-down that lets you create a calendar for any year (a virtual perpetual calendar)!

Time and Date
http://www.timeanddate.com/

Blog of a Sand Mountain Man

Autobiographical blog of Rayburn C. Hall, a resident of Jackson County, Alabama (on Sand Mountain):

http://rayburnchall.blogspot.com/

2009 WMHS Article: Marcelle White Retired

Marcelle White retired from Crown Gardens and Archives in 2009. This article was written as a news release. This is just a test of the permanent link for that document...


Marcelle White Retires from CGA (2009)

People Search: Genealogy Tool

This People Search tool returned some great results, including alphabetized results from the Social Security Death Index. Here is the URL for reference...

People Search
http://www.faqs.org/people-search/

Example: searched for Caylor deaths in Georgia...
http://www.faqs.org/people-search/caylor-georgia/