I'm a little scared about current technology, it is changing so fast. So before you get any ideas about me that aren't true, understand I turned down a job at MS in the early 80's to my dismay, have written printer drivers in assembler and admin several servers. I also have a hundred or so files written in DOS for Word that are not readable as well as a Dbase III and Watcom SQL database that are worthless. I also have some tin types that are perfectly view able. So which was the better technology; Dbase III or tin type? My fear is investing in an OS or program with poor exporting capabilities, that I waste hours on for no long term value. I do like metadata on images because it seems cross platform and likely to exist in the near future. But MySQL worries me even if it seems solid now, DOS for Windows did too. Paul On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Tom Holden <ve3meo@gmail.com> wrote: > Quite large amounts of user defined text can be embedded in a JPG file in > the EXIF, IPTC and/or XMP metadata fields. It is not necessary to store > citation info in a separate text file when it can be stored in the JPG file > and is guaranteed to travel with it. The SQLite thingie I referred to was a > way to move captions between the JPG file and RM; if you store them in text > files instead, there still remains a gulf with RM to bridge and increased > risk of loss of data if the image and text files become dissociated. > > Good point about tablet viewing. While there are iOS apps for viewing and > editing EXIF et al, there are limitations and complications for images > transferred to the device. Neither is there a way to simultaneously view > the image and a related text file. Currently, the best way of viewing both > is to have them in a PDF file. > > Tom > > > > On 2012-10-25, at 11:51 PM, Paul Truzzi <paul.truzzi@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I write a text file with the same name as the photo with citation > > information. The photo has its metadata that I'm sure will work on other > > platforms and everyone supports .txt files. > > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Jinny Angelis <jinnya@msn.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Paul > >> Are you saying you imbed the file name within the information in the > xml? > >> Or are you using a separate text file? I could see how either might be > >> useful if you have a good convention for naming. Best to think about > these > >> things as I have only scanned about a dozen images. > >> > >> Jinny Angelis > >> > >>> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:53:24 -0700 > >>> From: paul.truzzi@gmail.com > >>> To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > >>> Subject: Re: [RMagic] How t handle photos > >>> > >>> I use a similar naming convention. I don't leave spaces in the file > name > >>> as it occasionally causes issues with programs. Not all mind you but > >> often > >>> enough to be a pain. For my more common ancestors with the same given > >> name > >>> I usually include their birth year to help separate them: > >>> > >>> SURNAME,GivenM_(b1700)_Additional_Photo_Description,jpg > >>> > >>> While I like Tom's slick use of SQLite I tend to avoid using high > >> footprint > >>> solutions where possible. Today I'm using Win7 on a desktop, tomorrow > I > >>> might be on an iOS platform or android tablet. I want to ensure that > all > >>> of the work I do is still usable. So metatags on the image and text > files > >>> (with the same name as the image) to detail the image's source / > citation > >>> information and comments. > >>> > >>> Paul > >>> > >>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Rodney Whale <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello Everybody, > >>>> > >>>> Interesting suggestions have been made but I think that whatever > >> method is > >>>> used the important thing is to label them in such a manner that they > >> are > >>>> easily found from amongst the large collections that might be held. > >>>> I suggest the first word in a title should be the surname followed by > >>>> Christian name and then the maiden name, if applicable, in brackets. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, Rod. > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > >> =================================== > >> RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > Paul > > > > > > =================================== > > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Paul

I once saw a presentation by one who stored his photos in Excel. This allowed him to record all persons identified and connected with the photo. In effect find all photos with uncle Bob, pre Picasa and its face recognition. Record any detail he chose. Paul A. Studly, Esq. paulstudly@studly.net Cleveland/Chesterland, Ohio 440-829-9207 Verizon Cell   IRS Circular 230 - Any tax advice contained in the body of this correspondence was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by the recipient for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions. -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paul Truzzi Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:53 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] How t handle photos I use a similar naming convention. I don't leave spaces in the file name as it occasionally causes issues with programs. Not all mind you but often enough to be a pain. For my more common ancestors with the same given name I usually include their birth year to help separate them: SURNAME,GivenM_(b1700)_Additional_Photo_Description,jpg While I like Tom's slick use of SQLite I tend to avoid using high footprint solutions where possible. Today I'm using Win7 on a desktop, tomorrow I might be on an iOS platform or android tablet. I want to ensure that all of the work I do is still usable. So metatags on the image and text files (with the same name as the image) to detail the image's source / citation information and comments. Paul On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Rodney Whale <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk>wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > Interesting suggestions have been made but I think that whatever > method is used the important thing is to label them in such a manner > that they are easily found from amongst the large collections that might be held. > I suggest the first word in a title should be the surname followed by > Christian name and then the maiden name, if applicable, in brackets. > > Regards, Rod. > > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Paul =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 25/10/12 19:18, David E. Cann wrote: > I have been experimenting with using the "Share" feature, trying to learn > how to properly use it and add individuals to a given fact, such as adding > children to a "Residence (family)" fact. I have not met with much success > though, or else I am simply misunderstanding the purpose and use of this > feature, because when I try to use it to add a child for example, it > defaults that child as a "witness" with no option to change it that I can > find. What is a "witness," and can anyone explain to this long-time FO & RM > user what this feature is used for, if not what I thought? > You can invent your own roles as well as the standard one supplied, which is the 'witness' role. For example, the first thing I used it for was on the death fact; I invented a 'informant' role'. So the person who was the informant on the death certificate gets this role, and if the death cert has a witness on it, that person gets assigned the standard witness role in the shared fact. Usually these informants are family members, and it may be important later to establish that these informants are still around. Similarly, for the marriage fact, I use the standard witness role for witnesses to the marriage For the christening fact, I invented a 'godparent' role, and I now add god parents to the shared fact. So often mysterious godparents turn out to be uncles or aunts that you didn't know about. > I've gone back to each individual entry as I have always done, but I would > like to enter for example a "Residence (family)" entry as just that, a > FAMILY including the children (and likewise "Census (family)," if there is a > way of doing it. Maybe I am trying to do something the software isn't > designed to do though, and am misunderstanding the function of this feature. The software *is* designed to do just that. Create a new role for the census fact(s) of 'son' or 'daughter' or maybe just 'child', or 'familymember'. You could have 'mother', 'mother in law' etc etc, your imagination and needs are the only limit. It takes a while to set up, especially the sentence structure, but works well once you've put in the effort. Once set up, when you go to the witnesses/godparents/etc, and see the shared facts there in their timeline. -- Regards Dave

Paul Are you saying you imbed the file name within the information in the xml? Or are you using a separate text file? I could see how either might be useful if you have a good convention for naming. Best to think about these things as I have only scanned about a dozen images. Jinny Angelis > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:53:24 -0700 > From: paul.truzzi@gmail.com > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RMagic] How t handle photos > > I use a similar naming convention. I don't leave spaces in the file name > as it occasionally causes issues with programs. Not all mind you but often > enough to be a pain. For my more common ancestors with the same given name > I usually include their birth year to help separate them: > > SURNAME,GivenM_(b1700)_Additional_Photo_Description,jpg > > While I like Tom's slick use of SQLite I tend to avoid using high footprint > solutions where possible. Today I'm using Win7 on a desktop, tomorrow I > might be on an iOS platform or android tablet. I want to ensure that all > of the work I do is still usable. So metatags on the image and text files > (with the same name as the image) to detail the image's source / citation > information and comments. > > Paul > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Rodney Whale <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk>wrote: > > > Hello Everybody, > > > > Interesting suggestions have been made but I think that whatever method is > > used the important thing is to label them in such a manner that they are > > easily found from amongst the large collections that might be held. > > I suggest the first word in a title should be the surname followed by > > Christian name and then the maiden name, if applicable, in brackets. > > > > Regards, Rod. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I write a text file with the same name as the photo with citation information. The photo has its metadata that I'm sure will work on other platforms and everyone supports .txt files. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Jinny Angelis <jinnya@msn.com> wrote: > > Paul > Are you saying you imbed the file name within the information in the xml? > Or are you using a separate text file? I could see how either might be > useful if you have a good convention for naming. Best to think about these > things as I have only scanned about a dozen images. > > Jinny Angelis > > > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:53:24 -0700 > > From: paul.truzzi@gmail.com > > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [RMagic] How t handle photos > > > > I use a similar naming convention. I don't leave spaces in the file name > > as it occasionally causes issues with programs. Not all mind you but > often > > enough to be a pain. For my more common ancestors with the same given > name > > I usually include their birth year to help separate them: > > > > SURNAME,GivenM_(b1700)_Additional_Photo_Description,jpg > > > > While I like Tom's slick use of SQLite I tend to avoid using high > footprint > > solutions where possible. Today I'm using Win7 on a desktop, tomorrow I > > might be on an iOS platform or android tablet. I want to ensure that all > > of the work I do is still usable. So metatags on the image and text files > > (with the same name as the image) to detail the image's source / citation > > information and comments. > > > > Paul > > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Rodney Whale <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk > >wrote: > > > > > Hello Everybody, > > > > > > Interesting suggestions have been made but I think that whatever > method is > > > used the important thing is to label them in such a manner that they > are > > > easily found from amongst the large collections that might be held. > > > I suggest the first word in a title should be the surname followed by > > > Christian name and then the maiden name, if applicable, in brackets. > > > > > > Regards, Rod. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Paul

For the census I put the new role as "1860 Census" That way I can see it easily in the Family Group sheets. Am I going to regret this later? Deborah LaFine-Rhoads -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:09 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] What is a "witness?" Witness is only the default role for the sharee with most of the facts. There is a dropdown arrow at the end of the Role field which allows you to add a new role or choose an established one each time a person is added to share the event. For the Residence, I would probably add something like: Son, Daughter, Mother in-law, Housekeeper etc. When you add these new roles, you can add a sentence template or do it later by editing the fact in the Fact Type List. Alfred =========== David E. Cann wrote: > I have been experimenting with using the "Share" feature, trying to learn > how to properly use it and add individuals to a given fact, such as adding > children to a "Residence (family)" fact. I have not met with much success > though, or else I am simply misunderstanding the purpose and use of this > feature, because when I try to use it to add a child for example, it > defaults that child as a "witness" with no option to change it that I can > find. What is a "witness," and can anyone explain to this long-time FO & > RM > user what this feature is used for, if not what I thought? > > I've gone back to each individual entry as I have always done, but I would > like to enter for example a "Residence (family)" entry as just that, a > FAMILY including the children (and likewise "Census (family)," if there is > a > way of doing it. Maybe I am trying to do something the software isn't > designed to do though, and am misunderstanding the function of this > feature. > > > David E. Cann > decann@infionline.net > or "david.e.cann" on Skype > > =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Everybody, Interesting suggestions have been made but I think that whatever method is used the important thing is to label them in such a manner that they are easily found from amongst the large collections that might be held. I suggest the first word in a title should be the surname followed by Christian name and then the maiden name, if applicable, in brackets. Regards, Rod.

Thank you, Alfred. Looks like I quit experimenting too soon. I will try it again and see what I can do. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net or "david.e.cann" on Skype -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alfred Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:09 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] What is a "witness?" Witness is only the default role for the sharee with most of the facts. There is a dropdown arrow at the end of the Role field which allows you to add a new role or choose an established one each time a person is added to share the event. For the Residence, I would probably add something like: Son, Daughter, Mother in-law, Housekeeper etc. When you add these new roles, you can add a sentence template or do it later by editing the fact in the Fact Type List. Alfred =========== David E. Cann wrote: > I have been experimenting with using the "Share" feature, trying to > learn how to properly use it and add individuals to a given fact, such > as adding children to a "Residence (family)" fact. I have not met > with much success though, or else I am simply misunderstanding the > purpose and use of this feature, because when I try to use it to add a > child for example, it defaults that child as a "witness" with no > option to change it that I can find. What is a "witness," and can > anyone explain to this long-time FO & RM user what this feature is used for, if not what I thought? > > I've gone back to each individual entry as I have always done, but I > would like to enter for example a "Residence (family)" entry as just > that, a FAMILY including the children (and likewise "Census (family)," > if there is a way of doing it. Maybe I am trying to do something the > software isn't designed to do though, and am misunderstanding the function of this feature. > > > David E. Cann

I use a similar naming convention. I don't leave spaces in the file name as it occasionally causes issues with programs. Not all mind you but often enough to be a pain. For my more common ancestors with the same given name I usually include their birth year to help separate them: SURNAME,GivenM_(b1700)_Additional_Photo_Description,jpg While I like Tom's slick use of SQLite I tend to avoid using high footprint solutions where possible. Today I'm using Win7 on a desktop, tomorrow I might be on an iOS platform or android tablet. I want to ensure that all of the work I do is still usable. So metatags on the image and text files (with the same name as the image) to detail the image's source / citation information and comments. Paul On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Rodney Whale <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk>wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > Interesting suggestions have been made but I think that whatever method is > used the important thing is to label them in such a manner that they are > easily found from amongst the large collections that might be held. > I suggest the first word in a title should be the surname followed by > Christian name and then the maiden name, if applicable, in brackets. > > Regards, Rod. > > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Paul

I have been experimenting with using the "Share" feature, trying to learn how to properly use it and add individuals to a given fact, such as adding children to a "Residence (family)" fact. I have not met with much success though, or else I am simply misunderstanding the purpose and use of this feature, because when I try to use it to add a child for example, it defaults that child as a "witness" with no option to change it that I can find. What is a "witness," and can anyone explain to this long-time FO & RM user what this feature is used for, if not what I thought? I've gone back to each individual entry as I have always done, but I would like to enter for example a "Residence (family)" entry as just that, a FAMILY including the children (and likewise "Census (family)," if there is a way of doing it. Maybe I am trying to do something the software isn't designed to do though, and am misunderstanding the function of this feature. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net or "david.e.cann" on Skype

Witness is only the default role for the sharee with most of the facts. There is a dropdown arrow at the end of the Role field which allows you to add a new role or choose an established one each time a person is added to share the event. For the Residence, I would probably add something like: Son, Daughter, Mother in-law, Housekeeper etc. When you add these new roles, you can add a sentence template or do it later by editing the fact in the Fact Type List. Alfred =========== David E. Cann wrote: > I have been experimenting with using the "Share" feature, trying to learn > how to properly use it and add individuals to a given fact, such as adding > children to a "Residence (family)" fact. I have not met with much success > though, or else I am simply misunderstanding the purpose and use of this > feature, because when I try to use it to add a child for example, it > defaults that child as a "witness" with no option to change it that I can > find. What is a "witness," and can anyone explain to this long-time FO & RM > user what this feature is used for, if not what I thought? > > I've gone back to each individual entry as I have always done, but I would > like to enter for example a "Residence (family)" entry as just that, a > FAMILY including the children (and likewise "Census (family)," if there is a > way of doing it. Maybe I am trying to do something the software isn't > designed to do though, and am misunderstanding the function of this feature. > > > David E. Cann > decann@infionline.net > or "david.e.cann" on Skype > >

Thanks Tom, I'll give it a try with Digikam and see if it works. Hopefully soon. :) Kim On 10/24/2012 09:32 PM, Tom Holden wrote: > I don't know Digikam. I described how I did it at http://sqlitetoolsforrootsmagic.wikispaces.com/Media+Metadata%2C+Read%2C+Write%2C+Compare+with+Picasa > > Tom > >

Lots of good ideas from everyone! Many thanks. I had forgotten about grouping images together with Paperport. I probably won't put many in paperport as I have many that may need a little enhancing. Maybe it would still work. It does take a long time to scan, adjust and enter the tags and the information for each image. A lot longer than one might think. I'm trying out the new Photoshop Elements 11. Looks like I will probably wind up buying it. Haven't got around to doing much editing but the rest seems quite straight forward. Regard, Jinny Angelis

My mother received some mufti-page souvenirs when she was in school. When I scanned them I gave each page the same name plus a number. For example, Page 1 was named "Mary Smith school 1", Page 2 was named "Mary Smith school 2, Page 3 was named "Mary Smith school 3, etc. This gets around the limits of "front" and "back".

I don't know Digikam. I described how I did it at http://sqlitetoolsforrootsmagic.wikispaces.com/Media+Metadata%2C+Read%2C+Write%2C+Compare+with+Picasa Tom On 2012-10-24, at 9:25 PM, Kim <kim.mills@wightman.ca> wrote: > Tom, I was wondering what tool you used to import the Picasa metadata? > I use Digikam, more often would it work for that?

Tom, I was wondering what tool you used to import the Picasa metadata? I use Digikam, more often would it work for that? Thanks, Kim On 10/24/2012 09:17 PM, Tom Holden wrote: > RootsMagic does not read the captions that Picasa writes into the image file's metadata nor does it write its own to the file. That's an enhancement I have asked for. Using some other tools, I have batch imported those captions into my RM database. > > Tom > >

I scan both sides as separate images giving the files a common name, the obverse side having the suffix "-o". If taken from an historic album, the file names begin with the page number-relative position on page, e.g., 07-3. Between this prefix and the obverse suffix, I add a descriptive name if a person is identified. If a loose photo with no page-posn prefix, then the name is surname first. I import the images into Picasa and caption them extensively. Picasa has a google search tool that searches both file names and captions, allowing the names to be succinct with elaboration in the captions. Moreover, it has facial recognition tool which creates a virtual album of all the photos that an individual appears in regardless of the number of different paths to the files. And you can manually create any number of custom virtual albums combining and ordering any photos from any paths for a specific purpose. Thus the one image file can be used simultaneously for many different purposes. For collaboration, you can upload any photos, folders, and virtual albums to PicasaWeb. You can restrict access to invitees only or make any online albums public. Viewers will see your captions, identified faces, photo locations and can submit comments. I made one 19th century album public and eventually had great support from a discoverer who had resources to identify when each photographer was active and where. RootsMagic does not read the captions that Picasa writes into the image file's metadata nor does it write its own to the file. That's an enhancement I have asked for. Using some other tools, I have batch imported those captions into my RM database. Tom

You should be able to scan both sides into a single file . PaperPort will allow this easily. Paul A. Studly, Esq. paulstudly@studly.net Cleveland/Chesterland, Ohio 440-829-9207 Verizon Cell   IRS Circular 230 - Any tax advice contained in the body of this correspondence was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by the recipient for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions. -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jinny Angelis Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:19 AM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [RMagic] How to handle photos At last, I have time and inclination to scan the box of family photos. I was wondering if I could get some input as to what everyone is doing. Are you scanning both sides of the photo? I have some names written on some. For a few I recognize my husband's handwriting and recall that he wrote the info about 10 years ago probably when we went through the images. How are you tying the 2 sides together? with names? combining them together in one image? I've been adding the photographer's name and his location if they were taken by a professional. It seems that some history of the image or things that you may have learned might be interesting in the future. I have some photos of neighbors, that evidently became friends as they had the photos. I only figured this out from looking at the census and who lived close to them. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Is there a source that addresses how one might handle this? Jinny Angelis =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A small "beware" My mother has lots of old photos with names and dates on the back She has since been through them and altered things!! So need to know original entry (and even that may not be correct) Also are names on back in order from left to right or are they 'behind' the person? Richard Croker in UK

You can also add any number of "tags" to the photos after you scan them that will be saved with the digital images, so be sure to add that data, too. They will be transmitted if you share or post them online. Kyla -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Phyllis Garratt Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:31 AM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Cc: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] How to handle photos I would scan both sides with the same file name but add "front" and "back" to the title. Being able to see both side in their entirety provides clues you may not realize are there. This includes the photographers address as well as details about the edges of the photo....can be helpful in dating the photo. Phyllis Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Jinny Angelis <jinnya@msn.com> wrote: > > At last, I have time and inclination to scan the box of family photos. I was wondering if I could get some input as to what everyone is doing. > Are you scanning both sides of the photo? I have some names written on some. For a few I recognize my husband's handwriting and recall that he wrote the info about 10 years ago probably when we went through the images. > How are you tying the 2 sides together? with names? combining them together in one image? > I've been adding the photographer's name and his location if they were taken by a professional. > It seems that some history of the image or things that you may have learned might be interesting in the future. I have some photos of neighbors, that evidently became friends as they had the photos. I only figured this out from looking at the census and who lived close to them. > Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Is there a source that addresses how one might handle this? > Jinny Angelis > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message