Another solution similar to this is a pair of magnifying glasses on a headband type arrangement (works very well over other glasses as well). The only place I've seen this is in a catalog by Flax. That's an arts type catalog. I've used these for cross stitch as well as other close projects. I think Flax has a website but I'm not sure of the address. Jean Koehler Scott Burow wrote: > > Hi Cheryl .... > > I don't have this problem .... yet. I think I need some additional life > experience first. :) > > But ..... I've two potential solutions that helped my mom with her > cross-stitching. (another nasty hobby, almost as bad as genealogy!) > > At some stores, Wal-Mart is one that I've seen them at, you can get > MAGNIFYING glasses. Plastic glasses that have magnifying lenses, for about > 5 bucks. They're big enough to fit over your regular eyeglasses if you have > them, and they simply make things larger. > > In some hobby shops and craft shops I've seen magnifying glasses that hang > around your neck on a chain and rest against the chest. There's a large > lens between your head and your lap that magnifies whatever you're looking > at. It's very helpful with cross-stitching, when you have the material in > your lap at hand level, and look down to sew. > > The hanging lens is better than the magnifying glasses if you do work and > watch TV at the same time. Glancing up and seeing Oprah through those mag > lenses is a frightening possibility! > > Good Luck ...... > > Scott Burow > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > To: <ILGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 6:25 PM > Subject: [ILGEN-L] 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 Logan County 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 ==== > Difference between IL-CENTRAL-L and IL-CENTRAL-D: IL-CENTRAL-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting made to IL-CENTRAL as a separate email. IL-CENTRAL-D mailing list allows you to receive several postings as a single large message.