Mary
Thanks for this tidbit. What a great find. I downloaded the trial version and in 5 min I was up and running with it. My first try was some scanned (300 dpi) typed notes sent to me via email in a jpg format. There were 3 paragraphs (approx. half page) and there was not one single edit required. Within seconds of bringing the image to the screen, I had the following in the research notes for my grandfather: ” ITEMS IN ELBERT LEE JOHNSON'S TRUNK: 1. A piece of slate approximately the size of a sheet of paper but with irregular edges because pieces had been broken off. This slate was brought from Scotland to the United States by the ancestor who came from the old country. Slates were used for teaching/learning writing and arithmetic. Since it was the custom for such "treasures" to be passed from a father to his oldest son, the slate must have passed from Joshua Johnson (the oldest son?) to his oldest son, John M. Johnson and then to Elbert Lee Johnson, the oldest son of John M. 2. Two letters written by John M. Johnson to his 7- or 8-year-old son, Elbert Lee Johnson, from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. John M. was a soldier (we do not know which side he joined) in the Civil War battles of Lookout Mountain and the letters told his son that his orders were for him take a wagon out on the battlefield at night and, under the cover of darkness, pick up the wounded and dead. These bodies were hauled to middle Tennessee (in the direction of Murfreesboro). Unfortunately, Elbert Lee's trunk was stolen after his death and the family does not have possession of these treasures. NF.” bgj From: Mary Fowler Leek [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] ADDING OBITUARIES... Marian, There is a great utility created by ABBYY OCR software, priced at only $10, that will do a fantastic job of converting text seen on your monitor to text on your windows clipboard. I use it every day I work on research in Legacy and consider it one of the best utilities I’ve ever used. It is called ‘ABBYY Screenshot Reader’ and you can find it here: http://www.abbyy.com/screenshot_reader/screenshot_capture/ You can also try before you buy, so you’ll know if it’s something you would use. 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
