From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Sep 10 09:27:59 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 k8AFRxjb013024; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:27:59 -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 k8AFRtiQ017336 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:27:55 -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 k8ACkiFI010507 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:46:44 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8ACkhkJ010506 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:46:43 -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 k8AAbkFI010216 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:37:46 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8ADIkv1010149 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:18:46 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Sun Sep 10 07:18:46 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 k8ADIkjb010140 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:18:46 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.55]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8ADIf8x026382 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:18:42 -0600 Received: from m1070n (cpe-69-201-76-92.twcny.res.rr.com [69.201.76.92]) by ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8ADIeLj010252; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:18:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <114501c6d4db$a0fa1c70$6501a8c0@m1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: "Anelle Kloski" , References: <006201c6d458$52a874a0$6401a8c0@kloskimain> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] I need advice on digitizing paper documents Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:18:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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-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 Hi Annell. I simply scan my vital records and put them in a separate folder in the "My Pictures" folder of my computer. Then they will be together with and easily backed up to an external hard drive, cd, etc. when I back up the rest of my pictures. Having the scanned documents with your picture folders can aid in putting your genealogy pictures and vital records folder on cd to distribute. I personally don't link pictures to my genealogy database but many people do this. One program you might like to investigate with several options for multimedia is RootsMagic which you can download and try out for free at www.RootsMagic.com The reason that I keep documents and pictures separate from the database is that I want control when and where and in what size I add the pictures and scanned records into any printed report I create to send to others. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anelle Kloski" To: Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:38 PM 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 > >