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 > >

Cheryl, BLACK Poster Board is the best on the Microfilm reader table to bring out faded or hard to read micro-film. You can also get magnifiying pages to put over reading material. They are the size of your reading paper made of some kind of plastic. I believe I got one at a office supply place. Beverly (HIMES) BARGER LDS FHC Patron Librarian Volunteer in NM