You asked for it -- here is the first of several videos captured during our marathon genealogy scanning project last week. Good thing we didn't have internet, except with our cell phones, as that kept us off the 'net and busy with the dusty old family bibles, ancestral photos and tons of papers from my father's genealogy stash.
Somehow we managed to keep two scanners going pretty much full time. A third scanner just wasn't fast enough. We just used our scanner, printer, copier scanners, nothing special. Our scanning criteria was to:
- save routine things in 150dpi .jpg
- save photos in 300dpi .jpg
- save special photos in 1200dpi .tif
DID I THROW ANYTHING AWAY?
I finally decided to throw away my old 4x6 inch index cards, as I had long ago typed everything in to my genealogy management program. Otherwise:
- I created piles of photos for each of my three daughters, and my siblings. In this way I could return the photos they had sent and the letters they had written to Dad and Blanche over the years.
This is the direct link to DearMYRTLE Scanning Day 1 with Carrie Keele
Alternately, right click the link below and select 'Save As...' or just click to save the file to your computer.
http://www.dearmyrtle.com/webinars/DMScanning1/DMScanning1.mp4
Special thanks to my daughter Carrie Keele of the Not Your Mother's Genealogy Blog for scanning and video assistance.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DearMYRTLE
Twitter: @DearMYRTLE
Second Life: Clarise Beaumont
Scanning is very tedious, but it feels so good when a big batch has been completed. On a different note, I hope your house survived the fires!!
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