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Digitizing Your Family History
Family historians know the value of preserving precious family heirlooms - old letters, diaries, photographs, Bible pages. Yet most have limited, if any, knowledge of the technology needed to safely save these items. Digitizing Your Family History gives readers the tools they need to keep these records permanently. They'll learn to: Utilize a scanner
to best save photos and documents; Get maximum results from digital cameras; Enhance vintage photos through electronic editing; Work with printers, PDAs, and more to preserve family records; Organize digital records for easy access in later years; With McClure's instructive guide, genealogists will learn how to better preserve their family memories for future generations.
Contents:
What does it mean to digitize family history
An introduction to the scanner
Scanning your photos and papers
Digitizing slides snd negatives
An introduction to Digital Photography
Getting the best pictures digitally
The imaging road warrior
An introduction to image editing
Working with vintage photos
Digitizing audio and videotapes
Printing and sharing your digitized images
Taking your genealogy with you
Organising your digitized genealogy
Coming full circle
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