I second the notion of paper prints. With the obvious note that most (not
all) common home computer ink jet printers have water soluble inks, easily
ruined by a few drops of moisture. And some paper is fated to a quick yellow
brittle demise (my "Montague" book of 1886 requires great care in paging - as
well as knowing exactly where to terminate the earliest line - a classic in
"imaginative mything the point."
For your definitive archival copy(s), pick a professional print shop and
inquire about (specify) archival quality paper and inks. If they don't know
treen from cloth or canvas from cotton, find someone who does. (My mother has
a plaque with lines engraved in copper showing her "tree", but it does not
contain dates, places, Notes, etc. And it's not updateable - there have been
additions since.)
As for Windows disappearing ... one can only hope and dream.
Wm. H.
----- Original Message -----
From: malkajef
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files and Picture Center
Thanks Dave.
I see. I too transcribe the census portions pertinent to my research (for
the same reasons), but I simply add that transcribed text to the "Source/Detail
Text" for that Census event. I believe those source details should appear in
reports, though I have not yet done much work with the reports. As you note,
Census scans are far too small to be readable in reports and I therefore do not
include them as images (but keep their paper prints and save their scanned
images in a special directory that's available to future researchers).
Thanks for the explanation.
Incidentally, paper prints of all one's data is extremely important. The
tools to "read" many of today's computer files may no longer exist 50 years
from now rendering them useless. Think of the obsolete diskette readers, VHS
tapes, etc. On the other hand the tool to read printed pages (our eyes) will
hopefully be here for many future generations. I consider genealogy software as
a temporary tool to organize data, not as a tool to preserve it for future
generations which may no longer even have Windows operating systems.
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Keeney
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:50 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF files and Picture Center
I'm not Keith but I'll answer also. Yes, I've created pdf forms for each
census and I transcribe each of the jpg images.
The advantage to me is that others can see my interpretation of the
sometimes (mostly) unreadable scans. A lot of people that view my genealogy are
not interested in spending hours on an image interpreting it. When they
question my transcription they can always go to the actual image file.
I used to do it mainly for my own edification since lots of pictures (jpg
and/or pdfs) didn't work very well for me in Legacy reports but now that I have
a TNG web site it's ideal for posting both and I therefore need to attach my
files to people, families, and events. It's so much more time consuming to do
it with the picture gallery I was hoping to be able to use the Picture Center.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of malkajef
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:40 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files and Picture Center
Keith
My census records come as jpg images. When you say yours are pdf files, do
you mean the transcript you typed of the listings or the actual census page
converted into pdf format? Is there an advantage in having them as pdf files?
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: GeoSci
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files and Picture Center
Dave,
Believe it or not - attach it as a SOUND FILE (change the file
extension to .pdf). The file will be there - and viewable if you click on it.
I have done this with many .pdf files of census records.
Keith
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McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1
On 12/26/06, Dave Keeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is there anyway to attach .pdf files via the Picture Center like you can
for .jpg?
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