How to Transfer Negatives to Computer

Making Prints Of Old Photos

I cringe when I see people printing photos with their ink printer because after a few times of printing & rescanning the quality goes way down. But if this is what you want to do, look for a printer with the cheapest cartridges preferably each color has it’s own cartridge. The ink is the real cost of a printer. I prefer to take photos to a place that does digital photo processing.

I have looked at a few online services and comparing cost for the prints & shipping and I like WinkFlash. Technically I can’t drive somewhere to have it done for the same price to have it snail mailed to me. About once a month they send an email of their specials, so if you think this is spam you can unsubscribe.

WinkFlash Homepage:
http://www.winkflash.com/default.asp

Print cost:
http://www.winkflash.com/prints/

Shipping cost:
http://www.winkflash.com/content/shipping.asp

What is the optimal resolution for developing prints at winkflash?
http://www.winkflash.com/content/pro.asp#2

What type of paper is used to print my photos?
We use premium Fuji Crystal Archive paper and chemicals.
(The sun will still bleach the photo, but the paper doesn't seam to yellow)

When ordering prints it gives you a low quality warning & if cropping is necessary, but cropping is a bit limited. If you want to keep everything click "Print Option" & choose "Inset", this will shrink the picture to fit those dimensions.

GenealogyScrounge Has His Second Year Anniversary

Were has the time gone??? Rede and his genealogy channel turns two on October 20th 2009 and has authored over 50 videos. His 1st video went up on October 20, 2007 on http://genealogyscrounge.blip.tv/ , a couple of months later he started putting non genealogy videos on ShowMeDo http://showmedo.com/videos/?author=3583 , and finally started uploading to YouTube to reach the most people http://www.youtube.com/genealogyscrounge . He started out to teach & demo the tricks of free research, and along the way he was noticed by RootsTelevision, Dick Eastman, Genea-Musings, TraceYourRoots and others.

New Quartzsite Genealogy Project

I have started a new project, from different sources I am collecting names & events of people that lived here in Quartzsite and will be putting them online. If you would like to view, help transcribe or research click here

Finding Hard To Find Locations

Genealogy Videos In The Quartzsite Library

Rede put together a twin pack video CD series, Newspaper Research & Internet Book Search, for the Quarzsite Library that runs on your computer. This will be ideal for people on dialup Internet & can’t view his videos online.

Newspaper Research
Resent Newspapers:

• American Newspapers/NewsBank (may require a non resident library card)
• Local Newspapers Websites
• Legacy.com for obituaries 30 days old or less

Older Newspapers

• ICON: Many free & pay websites, they are clearly marked.
• Utah Digital Newspapers
• Olive Software Newspapers
• Newspaper Archive

Internet Book Search

• Google Books
• Google Scholar
• Heritage Quest (may require a non resident library card)
• Internet Archives
• Family History Archives

Should you wish any other topics, please leave a comment.

Family History Archives

Keeping Up With Data Rot

Watch CBS Videos Online

Special Speaker In Bouse AZ.

Special Speaker - Barbara Nuehring
Timelines: Understanding Your Ancestors World
Public Welcome - Free

Bouse Genies meeting for March 27, 2009 -10:00 AM
44031 Plomosa Rd, Bouse, AZ
La Paz Bouse Community Building (the building next to the Bouse Public Library)

Google Scholar

Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com is a very good site for doing your research. More & better sources for the people you are looking for, without all the hits that won't do you any good.

Rede says "This was a very tough video to make because I just kept getting too much good information and suddenly I was in research mode" ;-)

Rede on RootsTelevision.com: Round 2

Another one of Rede’s videos has made it to RootsTelevision. This video is Site Search Genealogy Style http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_howto.php?bctid=9119681001

Rede on RootsTelevision.com

One of Rede’s videos has made it to RootsTelevision. This video is Google Picasa Web Albums Genealogy Style http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_preserving-the-past.php?bctid=5986762001

Palo Verde Valley Genealogy Society Meeting

The society's first meeting of 2009 will be held on Monday, January 12, at 7:00 p.m. (California time), PVC Spring St. campus at 145 N. Spring St. in Blythe CA. The program will be given by Susie Forrest and myself. It's entitled, "I got a computer for Christmas. Now what?"

They will be giving an overview of this very large topic, but they would like everyone that uses a computer to consider sharing their favorite web site, tip, or program. Please send ideas to them by email. Just a note will suffice. They will put together some handouts for the meeting.

Members, please remember to bring your 2009 dues of $12.00. Don't forget to tell your friends that attendance is free and guests are always welcome.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~capvvgs/Site/index.html

Bouse Genies 2009 Meeting Schedule

We will be meeting every Friday during January, February and March 2009 as follows:

• January 2 - 10 AM to 12 - AniMap Training CD
• January 9 - 10 AM to 12 - Legacy Training CD #2
• January 16 - 7 PM to 9 - Census Records
• January 23 - 10 AM to 12 - Legacy Training CD #3
• January 30 - 10 AM to 12 - Open Meeting
• February 6 - 10 AM to 12 - Legacy Training CD #4
• February 13 - 7 PM to 9 - Military Records
• February 20 - 10 AM to 12 - Legacy Training CD #5
• February 27 - 10 AM to 12 - Open Meeting
• March 6 - 10 AM to 12 - Legacy Training CD #6
• March 13 - 10 AM to 12 - Open Meeting
• March 20 - 10 AM to 12 - Legacy Training CD #7
• March 27 - 10 AM to 12 - Barbara Nuehring speaker

Meetings in the building to the East of the Bouse Public Library (44031 Plomosa Rd, Bouse, AZ).

Photographing Oversized Pictures

Occasionally it is impossible or impractical to use your scanner on old photos and documents. A camera & tripod or copy stand is a good alternative.

These two websites may help:
How to build a (Cheap) copy stand.
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=19857

Getting Started: Copy Stand Shooting (uses a tripod & music stand and also teaches good technique)
http://www.videomaker.com/article/6807/

One problem when using a camera on old photos and documents is you can get a barrel effect & it is hard to get a perfect angle. In GIMP http://gimp.org/ (a free open source program) has a filter called “Lens Distortion” in Filters>Distortion where you can manually correct it (use the “Main” slider bar in the “Lens Distortion”). Then you can take care of any angle problems with the “Perceptive button” or Tools>Transform Tools>Perceptive. I just click & drag the ruler guides from the ruler across the 4 sides, then I use the “Perceptive Tool” to click & drag the corners of the frame or edges of the picture to the corners of the guide.

In Episode 038 of Meet The GIMP http://meetthegimp.org/episode-038-a-phython-in-a-barrel/ Rolf Steinort has written a plugin for GIMP that makes taking care of the Barrel Effect created by your camera easy. Some of my pictures it over corrected but it got me in the ballpark, others it did a wonderful job. I recommend watching his video & downloading the “Python source code” and adding it to your GIMP plugins. For Windows users unzip the file & paste the 3 files into “C drive>Documents and Settings>[[User name]]>.gimp-2.6>plug-ins” it will then appear as “Barrel distortion removal CA65” in “Filters>Distort”.

Rede made a video specifically dealing with the Barrel Effect & Perceptive Tool and how it applies with old photos & documents: http://blip.tv/file/1554370

Free Online Newspapers

I have talked about ICON in the past "ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers", and "Newspapers On The Library of Congress Website". Rede has been working on some tutorials on how to use free online newspapers. ICON is a great place to start http://icon.crl.edu/digitization.htm . If anyone has problems using any of links off ICON maybe he can make another tutorial video on it.

Online Newspapers - ICON
http://genealogyscrounge.blip.tv/file/1499639/
ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers http://icon.crl.edu/ is a wonderful place to get started looking for your family in your genealogy. What I like the most is the free & pay sites are clearly marked. The database for the individual newspapers can be found here http://icon.crl.edu/digitization.htm

Online Newspapers - Utah Digital Newspapers
http://genealogyscrounge.blip.tv/file/1508426/
Using online digital newspaper to find gems on your family. In this we are exploring Utah Digital Newspapers http://digitalnewspapers.org/ . Several tips on how to do a successful search.

Online Newspaper - Historic Missouri Newspaper Project
http://genealogyscrounge.blip.tv/file/1514425/
A demo of online newspapers that use the older ActivePaper by Olive Software. In this video I briefly go over the Historic Missouri Newspaper Project http://newspapers.umsystem.edu/ .

Online Newspapers - Chillicothe Constitution Tribune
http://genealogyscrounge.blip.tv/file/1518694/
In this I use the Chillicothe Constitution Tribune http://chillicothe.newspaperarchive.com/ a free Missouri newspaper from NewspaperArchive. More & more libraries are offering NewspaperArchive so check out your county & state library system to see if it is available. If not ask for it ;-)

Bouse Genies Meeting Schedule

The Bouse genealogy club is in full swing. We are welcoming back our winter visitors as well as all others that are interested in learning about or continuing in the pursuit of your ancestors. Our meetings are open to all who wish to attend. We have modified our regular meeting schedule to meet the needs of those who work. We meet in the Bouse Community Building which is right next to the Bouse Public Library on Plomosa Road, Bouse, AZ.

Our program schedule for December and January is:

• December 5, 2008 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon - Program - a Training CD on "Beginning Legacy Family Tree" software.
• December 19, 2008 - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Program - "Beginning Genealogy Research" by Carolyn H. Brown
• January 2, 2009 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon - Program - a Training CD on "Using AniMap" software
• January 16, 2009 - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Program - "Using the Federal Census" by Carolyn H. Brown
• January 30, 2009 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon - Open meeting for discussion

Palo Verde Valley Genealogy Society December Meeting

December 8th meeting will be a program on "Gifts from Your Genealogy". There will also be a number of books and other items for sale at the meeting. The December meeting will be held at the main PVC campus on the mesa: One College Drive in Blythe. We'll meet in Room CS123 in the John O. Crain Student Services Bldg.

The PVVGS meetings are the second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. they finish up about 8:45 (California Time). They usually meet at the Palo Verde College campus located at 145 N. Spring St. in Blythe, but occasionally they have to move to another location.

Homepage:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~capvvgs/Site/index.html

Blog:
http://paloverdevalleytimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=160&SubSectionID=658&l=1

Death of X-Drive

On Friday, March 30, 2007 “Online Backup” & Storage & Monday, March 12, 2007 “Need Extra Storage Space” I talked about X-Drive, a free online storage service. Well on January 12, 2009, AOL will permanently close the Xdrive Online Storage Service. If you signed up for it and haven’t already done so you can download everything as a ZIP file.

Mozy is still a good backup service with 2 gig free, but I liked X-Drive as a place to access files when I’m away from home. Box.net http://www.box.net is a good storage place but there is only 1 gig free and with some file size & bandwidth limits. Live SkyDrive http://skydrive.live.com is another one I like as much as X-Drive, SkyDrive has 5 gig free & with larger file size limits than box.net (wonderful for sharing files too big to email).

Bouse Genies Nov. 21st Meeting

On November 21st Carol Brown will be talking about DNA at the Bouse Genies Meeting, 10:00 A.M. in the Bouse Community Building (building east of the library), 44031 Plomosa Rd, Bouse, AZ.