[LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread cranberryfrog
Speaking of pictures... In the Marriage Record Webinar, Geoff pretty much said that he attaches a photo (scan of a document) to every source he does. I have been thinking about this. Right now I don't have any scans in my file and I have been working in Legacy for 6 years (FTM before that). Sin

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread Ron Ferguson
...@cobridge.tv Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 12:51 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures Speaking of pictures... In the Marriage Record Webinar, Geoff pretty much said that he attaches a photo (scan of a document) to every source he does. I have been

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread cranberryfrog
From: Ron Ferguson Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 8:53 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures Michele, Just because one can do something in Legacy, and/or somebody uses a certain facility, does not mean that we all should adopt that method. As it happens

RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread BG Johnson
Group@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures Michele, Just because one can do something in Legacy, and/or somebody uses a certain facility, does not mean that we all should adopt that method. As it happens I do link images to all my sources, but I do not also keep hard copi

RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread William Boswell
rs.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures Speaking of pictures... In the Marriage Record Webinar, Geoff pretty much said that he attaches a photo (scan of a document) to every source he does. I have been thinking about this. Right now I don't have any scans in my file and I have been work

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread James Cook
--- > From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv [mailto:cranberryf...@cobridge.tv] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:52 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures > > Speaking of pictures... > > In the Marriage Record Webinar, Geoff pretty much said that he

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread Charlotte Box
can't complain. > > > > Bill Boswell > > > > -Original Message- > > From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv [mailto:cranberryf...@cobridge.tv] > > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:52 AM > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Speaking

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread John Carter
gs I suggest converting all of >> them to digital. I did that for a collection of about 50 hours of audio >> interviews done back in the 1970's and noticed that the tapes were >> starting >> to degrade. They lasted nearly 30 years so I guess I can't complain. >

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread Charlotte Box
ow > >> that > >> daunting feeling because I keep putting it off. Scanning negatives is > >> very > >> boring and time consuming because you can't do much else while you're > >> doing > >> it. > >> > > >> > Also, if you ha

RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread Paul Gray
if you have any old audio recordings I suggest converting all of >> them to digital. I did that for a collection of about 50 hours of audio >> interviews done back in the 1970's and noticed that the tapes were >> starting >> to degrade. They lasted nearly 30 years so

RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread William Boswell
ohn Carter [mailto:a...@wizardanswers.com] Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 2:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures Unless you and your descendants continuously stay current with changes in digital storage technology, your digital data will eventually become inacce

RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread William Boswell
Original Message- From: Paul Gray [mailto:grayp...@telus.net] Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:16 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures John, While I agree that digital technologies do become obsolete, I don't see paper as a particul

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread Charlotte Box
et them converted these days. > I have a bunch of them deteriorating. > > -Original Message- > From: Paul Gray [mailto:grayp...@telus.net] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:16 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures > > John, >

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread Kathy Meyer
them deteriorating. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Gray [mailto:grayp...@telus.net] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:16 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures > > John, > > While I agree that digital technologi

RE: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures

2011-05-28 Thread William Boswell
think it comes from growing up with insane and/or disorganized family members. From: Kathy Meyer [mailto:kmeyer2...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of pictures How interesting all of these opinions are! I am