I maintain all my genealogical records, on my computer as PDF files. In this way they are easily accessed without digging through piles of paper. For hard copies that I obtain, they are all scanned into my computer. One of the things that I have frequently wish I for was the ability to add comments and markers to PDF document. This function is now available in the latest revision of Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader X has the ability to added highlights to the text in an PDF file, (You can still not highlight parts of an image). You can add sticky notes any place in and in any PDF document. It shows up in all versions of the Adobe Reader. With Adobe Reader X you can remove the highlight and comments when ever you wish.

On Dec 5, 6:13 am, knuttle <keith_nut...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > (You can still not highlight parts of an image). You might try experimenting with highlighting images before you scan them. When I am at the national archives, I print out the census records and put stars in the left hand margins by the names I found in the lists. Then scan them and once in the computer as a jpg picture file, I highlight the family names with yellow underlines for the entries that need to be added to the family tree software. Some scanners don't pick up light yellow highlighter pens or scan them as too dark, so I just highlight on the computer instead. I do have some census records and other records in PDF. (Because Heritage Quest used to give you the option of saving the census record in PDF.) Jonathan M.

On 12/10/2010 11:26 AM, geothermal wrote: > On Dec 5, 6:13 am, knuttle<keith_nut...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> (You can still not highlight parts of an image). > > You might try experimenting with highlighting images before you scan > them. When I am at the national archives, I print out the census > records and put stars in the left hand margins by the names I found in > the lists. Then scan them and once in the computer as a jpg picture > file, I highlight the family names with yellow underlines for the > entries that need to be added to the family tree software. Some > scanners don't pick up light yellow highlighter pens or scan them as > too dark, so I just highlight on the computer instead. > > I do have some census records and other records in PDF. (Because > Heritage Quest used to give you the option of saving the census record > in PDF.) > > Jonathan M. I am the original poster. I use Irfanview for scanning images. With Irfanview, and I suspect other image programs, you can highlight the image using the built in drawing tools and then print/save it to a PDF file with the area highlighted. Using Adobe X, you can add comments to Image PDF's. Once the comment is created, an icon appears in the document/image for the comment at the point you want to remember (replaces your pencil stars).