The Brockmeier/Speth/Schmelzle Online Family Archive

Final Presentation

Starr Hoffman

12.05.2006

my grandparents, Betty (Schmelzle) and Brock Brockmeier, on their wedding day, June 7, 1942

Intro to Brockmeier/Speth/Schmelzle Archive

This is an archive of my paternal ancestors. (My grandmother is a Schmelzle, my grandfather is a Brockmeier, and his mother was a Speth.) I plan to present this archive at my grandparent's 65th wedding anniversary celebration this summer, which will also be a family reunion held in Denver, Colorado. I have also provided additional surnames for additional family collections, so that I may archive materials belonging to my mother's family (Elsesser) and my husband's family (Hoffman, Burnham).

Sample Records

A Family Tree: Ancestors of William Roy \"Bill\" Brockmeier

• URL
• family tree; guide to people depicted in the collection
• metadata element examples:
  • Subject.FamilyBranch
  • Generation.Participant
    • convenient; don't have to add each person's name to the Subject.Participant list

Brock's Air Crew for \"The Thunder Mug\"

• Subject.Participant

Antique Treadle Sewing Machine

• example of a physical object
  • Artifact.Dimensions
  • Type
  • Media
    • "sewing machines" versus "color photograph"

Blue Crazy Quilt

• example of compound object
• Creator vs. Contributor

Fred Speth and His Blacksmithy

• Transcription
• Era
  • general timeframe; helps place object when date is unknown
• Relation
  • Fred Speth's Blacksmith Apron

Betty in a Refigerator

• Anecdote
• Anecdote.Source

Brock Playing Organ

• Generation.Participant vs. Generation.Creator

Maple Box With Drawer

• Anecdote
• Creator vs. Contributor
• Coverage.Spatial
• different uses for date-related fields
  • tree's lifespan
  • date of box
• Media