I realize this is not Old English, per se, but I have an 1880 census image in which I can't make out a person's middle initial. Part of the reason is that it is somewhat faded. Can anyone point me to a resource that might help interpret the census image for me? David McCarley ICQ: 75885428 AOL: Opv1419 MSN: Opv_m YAHOO: Opv1419

David, I assume that you have a digital image. If it is - do you have an image editing programme? If not try downloading one such as Paintshop Pro - JASC offer a time limited download. With the image loaded into your programme magnify and centre the faded portion and then alter the contrast and brightness settings to bring out the differences in the area you are interested in. If this doesn't do it then I have found that turning the image to a negative often shows up extra detail. Happy hunting Roger -----Original Message----- From: David McCarley [mailto:mccarled@bellsouth.net] Sent: 17 March 2004 14:58 To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OEL] Help Interpreting Census I realize this is not Old English, per se, but I have an 1880 census image in which I can't make out a person's middle initial. Part of the reason is that it is somewhat faded. Can anyone point me to a resource that might help interpret the census image for me? David McCarley ICQ: 75885428 AOL: Opv1419 MSN: Opv_m YAHOO: Opv1419 ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== To contact the list administrator: OLD-ENGLISH-admin@rootsweb.com