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Downloading documents at Family History Center (FamilySearch)
When I have viewed documents at a Family History Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library in the past I was able to view and download most documents for future access at home. I believe there are some ...
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Organising digital documents for genealogy and family history?
This is a somewhat odd answer in that I would suggest a relatively non-hierarchical filing system, one with as few folders as possible. Specifically, I would suggest leaving most documents lumped ...
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Organising digital documents for genealogy and family history?
I'm trying Qiqqa ("quicker" in an Australian accent), a free research and reference manager popular among my fellow scientists.
If you point it at a folder, it will process all the pdfs, pulling out ...
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Seeking overhead scanner for public use/rent?
Most large universities and colleges have these sorts of scanners available for use for a nominal fee per scan, or potentially for free, especially if you are an affiliate of the school (i.e. if you ...
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Renaming record image and PDF files with generic download names
I don't worry whether an image comes from FamilySearch, Ancestry, ScotlandsPeople, the Norwegian National Archives, etc.
What's important to me are the Four* Questions Of Fact Gathering:
Who
What
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Digitizing old self adhesive photo albums
I have been scanning a series of old adhesive "Magnetic" photo albums from the 1970s. My work flow has been like this:
Cut a page out of the album with scissors or a knife (careful not to
cut ...
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