I agree with you James. There doesn't seem any real justification for keeping paper documents when it's not eco-friendly to use all that paper and most things now can be stored digitally, unless of course they're originals but even these can be scanned. Just in case anyone wasn't aware, as I recall in one of the recent webinar's it was recommended they be saved as .tif's at 600dpi, 100% scale to preserve the integrity of images they need to be stored. I thought that was a really good tip.
On 28 May 2011 17:48, James Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been working on this hobby seriously for about 1 1/2 years now. > At the time, I read about organization, and most of the articles I > found were how to keep binders. This is the computer age, and I'm a > computer guy, so took some ideas from the binder based articles, but > scan and organize all my stuff electronically on my computer. > > I find the thing I like best about it is that if somebody asks me for > something, I can just email them the document. > However, I user dropbox too, and as others have said, having > everything electronically scanned in allows me to access it no matter > where I'm at via another computer or even my phone. > > I do keep any paper copies I collect, and have been wondering about > the value of adding a paper based system as well. I've not convinced > myself there is enough value in doing that so I've not done it. > > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 8:44 AM, William Boswell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Michele: > > > > I understand the daunting feeling. That's why I scanned all my documents > and photos years ago. I keep very few documents unless they are originals > or have some historic value. All copies get scanned then tossed out. Even > old negatives and photographs are scanned at the highest resolution and > tossed. Negatives, especially color, do not hold up very long. Black and > white negatives seem to last forever even ones that are about 100 years old. > > > > I still have several hundred negatives that need scanning so I know 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 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 I guess I can't complain. > > > > Bill Boswell > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:52 AM > > To: [email protected] > > 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 > > working in Legacy for 6 years (FTM before that). Since census records > are > > readily available, I just cite them. I do copy marriage, death, > military, > > land records etc. and I keep those in binders (I have a binder for each > type > > of source and then I file them alphabetically). I am trying to figure > out > > the wisdom of scanning everything into Legacy. I would love to hear your > > opinions. I must say thinking about going back and scanning everything > is > > rather daunting. > > > > michele > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > -- > James Cook > GED Utils, Ancestry Utils > http://loosestacks.blogspot.com/ > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
