Sometimes a piece of yellow paper on a microfilm "table" helps. Also, if you can make a copy on a copier, i.e. newspaper, that can make it easier to read. Then there are magnifying pages, lens and young friends!!!! Hang in there! Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheryl Rothwell <LoganCty@mindspring.com> To: <IL-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 6:26 PM Subject: [IL-CENTRAL] Aging Eyes Reading Aging Records > How many of you have arms which have grown too short to read that tiny > print? Reading glasses just don't seem to cut it sometimes, particularly > with old records and tiny print. I've talked about this with other > genealogists and the problem is not unique. Unfortunately none of us are > getting any younger. > > I have volunteered to type up Civil War rosters from the Adjutant General's > Report for ILGenWeb -- and I can't read them. Others complain about problems > with microfilm, old newspapers, etc. > > Does anyone have some things that work to solve this problem? > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com > > > ==== IL-CENTRAL Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

Thanks for the clues, particularly the copy one. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com