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The Unexpected Legacy of an Arkansas Slave
An enslaved man in his 20s escaped his owner in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1841 and made it all the way to Chatham, Canada, only to be found by his owner and, with the help of the governor of Arkansas, extradited back to Fayetteville. But this incredible journey and his story would forever change how Canada responded to U.S. slave owner’s requests for extradition of escaped slaves.
How to Tell a Special Family Birth Story
Think for a minute about what it will mean to your children and grandchildren to one day read about the day they were born – all through the filter of what you experienced and felt that day. Let’s learn how to craft a simple written piece about “the day you were born.”
How to Record a Story in the iPhone Notes App
Finding time to get those sweet family stories out of your head and down onto paper is tough. We all struggle with finding that time. And that keeps your stories from being saved. Let’s find a solution by using your voice instead of your fingers.
Share a Google Photos Album Across Devices
If you are going on a trip or some other adventure soon with your friends, family, or co-workers, why not set up a system in advance to have one place where everyone can share their photos? You can find instructions on sharing iPhone photo albums in an earlier article. But what if some of your family or friends use Android phones? You’ll need to use another system.
Creative Ways to Use Shared iPhone Albums
If you are going on a trip or some other adventure soon with your friends, family or co-workers, why not set up a system in advance to have one place where everyone can share their photos? I’d like to show you how easy it is to create and use a shared photo album on your iPhone. I think you’ll have some great ideas of your own on how to use this system.
Using Google Photos to Back Up iPhone Photos
Do you get nervous about losing photos from your iPhone? Of course, if you lose your phone or it gets damaged, those photos are safe because they have been synced with your iCloud account. And that can be accessed from your tablet or computer. But what if you or someone else deletes one of your photos from your phone? When you do that, the photo is automatically deleted from your iCloud Photos library on all devices. To be safe, you need to be automatically backing up your photos to another location.