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A gift awaiting unwrapping
Read MoreMost Christmas gifts have been unwrapped by now, but chances are there is box of gifts remaining behind in (hopefully) a bedroom closet, awaiting someone to unwrap them—again. I’m talking about a box of home movies. The motion picture record of your family’s past: Stories…
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The Field Guide to all things Ashtabula
Read More“Ashtabula County: A field guide to the natural, historical and curious treasures of Ohio’s largest county” is back in stock. Additionally, Ruth and I will be at Jefferson, Ohio, Recreation Center on East Jefferson Street, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for their…
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Film transfers
Read MoreLong before DVDs, VHS and YouTube, there were home movies shot on real film in 8mm, Super 8mm and 16mm. One of the services provided by The Feather Cottage is digitization or transfer of these film formats to DVD, Blu-Ray or digital video files for…
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Ashtabula Harbor
Read More“Ashtabula Habor: A History of the World’s Greatest Iron Ore Receiving Port” makes a great Christmas gift for former residents and history lovers. We recently completed a video about the book, available on this website.
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‘the bible for all things Ashtabula’
Read More“The bible for all things Ashtabula.” That’s the way veteran journalist and author Neil Zurcher describes our new book, “Ashtabula County: A field guide.” He goes on to say “It is a compact history of a wonderful county, the people who live there and the…
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Breaking the web
Read MoreHe always carried a pocket knife, just as his father and grandfather had done. His was a small one, two blades, both of which were kept sharp and ready for whatever chore befell them. They whittled sticks onto which hot dogs and marshmallows were pushed,…
