From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Sep 10 03:28:53 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 k8A9Srjb017743; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:28:53 -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 k8A9SrBV015892 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:28:53 -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 k8A6liFI027487 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:47:44 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8A6liel027486 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:47:44 -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 k89IwaFI026228 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 14:58:36 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k89LdXir030476 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 15:39:33 -0600 X-Envelope-From: akloski@hughes.net Sat Sep 9 15:39:33 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 k89LdXjb030465 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 15:39:33 -0600 Received: from n016.sc0.cp.net (smtpout1119.sc0.he.tucows.com [64.97.144.119]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k89Ld6LU011382 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 15:39:30 -0600 Received: from kloskimain (72.169.96.150) by n016.sc0.cp.net (7.2.069.1) (authenticated as akloski@hughes.net) id 4502489700028CFE for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 21:38:58 +0000 Message-ID: <006201c6d458$52a874a0$6401a8c0@kloskimain> From: "Anelle Kloski" To: Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 14:38:35 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Spam-Score: 1.31 (*) BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO 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 Subject: [ROOTS-L] I need advice on digitizing paper documents I need advice from others who have tried digitizing family documents as well as pictures, etc. I have used PAF for some years, and it has a way to display pictures I have scanned. But I have many copies of wills, Revolutionary War records, deeds, etc. which are still on paper. I can scan them (or photograph them if they are too large to scan) and put them in the same computer directory as the family pictures. But what would be the best way to link all these scanned images to the individuals they are for? I do like PAF, but perhaps there are some programs which deal with all the related paperwork in another way? My children are only somewhat interested in genealogy at this point, and while I have given them CD's with family pictures and files, when I die the paper stuff is likely to get thrown out. What is the best way to link all this information together digitally, so it is compact enough to be retained easily? I have also sent this message to the GEN-COMP-TIPS list also, so this may be a duplicate for some of you. Anelle Kloski