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From: "Elaine Maddox" <>
Subject: Re: Archiving Documents/Photos
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 10:57:40 -0400


It's an interesting idea. I would have to scan and save them to a zip disk
because I am sure my system would quickly run out of room, but I believe
some have suggested that the scanner's light can deteriorate precious
documents and photos, so you might want to give that some consideration.

Elaine

----- Original Message -----
From: PJ Pelkington <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 10:49 AM
Subject: Archiving Documents/Photos

> Hi All,
>
> I want to know what you all think about this:
>
> I'm scanning in all the documents as I get them into the computer, to
> include photos, birth/marriage/death records, etc. Is there a preferred
> format to use? I'm currently using 256 colors, 300 dpi, 640x480 in size
> for all documents and saving everything as a JPEG. Is there a better
> idea out there? I want to be able to preserve everything, including the
> family tree on to a CD to share with other relatives. Is this a good way
> to preserve the documents? I haven't thought how they'd look if you
> printed them this way (as to whether I should save them real size or save
> disc space and reduce them to 640x480). Are any of you sharing your
> history? How? What do you think?
>
> Thanks.
>
> PJ in Sunny FL
>

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