Stuart- You might experiment with using a digital camera for the old photographs. My experience has been very good using one. Usually, I later import the images into the genealogy program, and they look great. Often times, those old pictures will be permanently attached to those old 'magnetic' photo page albums. Using a camera makes it easy to get the image, but not disturb the original. Of course, if you find some land deed, personal letter, or document that you want to capture an image of, it won't be the best. For those situations, maybe you can borrow the original, or run to a copy center to get a copy which you can scan into an image when you get home. Good luck. Bill M
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 07:57AM, "Stuart Ungar" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi all, > >I will be doing some traveling this Spring to Florida and California to visit >relatives. Some of them are up there in age and I will most likely be looking >through old photo albums. This is a great opportunity for me, since I've been >heavy into family-tree research lately. > >Here is my question. What are my options for scanning individual photos while >on the road. I don't have a laptop (except for a pretty unreliable >"pre-historic" first generation iBook - you know... the one with the handle. >I didn't know if there was a small portable scanner that I could use on the >road and then transfer everything to my computer when I got home. Ideally, >something not too expensive. > >Thoughts really appreciated! > >Stuart _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
