From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Apr 10 18:45:37 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3B0jbjb003402; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:45:37 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3B0jabK030202 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:45:36 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3AMDSFI018025 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:13:28 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3AMDSg3018024 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:13:28 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3ALdXFI017849 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:39:34 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3B0BWl3027318 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:11:32 -0600 X-Envelope-From: olbab@rochester.rr.com Mon Apr 10 18:11:32 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3B0BWjb027309 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:11:32 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.58]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3B0BU3U017785 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:11:30 -0600 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (cpe-24-169-128-116.rochester.res.rr.com [24.169.128.116]) by ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3B0BSAx026367; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:11:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <443AF430.1000500@rochester.rr.com> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:11:28 -0400 From: "Ol' Bab" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LBarker27@comcast.net CC: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] old handwriting, faint yellow References: <040920060053.28303.44385B26000C646C00006E8F2200735834C9CD9D0A059D0EBDB4@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <040920060053.28303.44385B26000C646C00006E8F2200735834C9CD9D0A059D0EBDB4@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Scan them in color, open in a photo editor, darken, then play around with increasing contrast, increasing saturation, whatever seems to help. Try the sharpening toll, the edge finder. Good luck Ol' Bab LBarker27@comcast.net wrote: > I have a lot of old letters of my ancestors dating from the latter half of the 1800's. They have faded to a yellow that is almost impossible to read. Do any of you know how to bring out the writing so it is legibe? I'd be so grateful if someone could help me with this. > Louise