In a message dated 3/21/2004 6:03:17 PM Central Standard Time, dala@mindspring.com writes: Okay, but I have already done Mexican and Norwegian. Rondina7@aol.com wrote: > > Gina, > Since I am resurveying the cemeteries in Coolidge. The list will be > getting typed lists for those so there is no need to retype Armour East, Armour > West, Armour Hispanic, Norwegian or the Coolidge City Cemetery. > Rondina That's OK they are small and there have been no new burials in Norwegian. By the way there are many unmarked graves in the Norwegian and Armour cemeteries. Some in Armour are under the road. Rondina
In a message dated 3/21/2004 5:44:24 PM Central Standard Time, edlin@htcomp.net writes: Can anyone tell me what's really going on? It sounds like everyone is taking off in different directons. Last I thought I saw from David was to hang on to see if existing files could be changed, and now I'm seeing all these emails from individuals about having typed up some of the cemeteries. Linda, I am proceding to resurvey the Coolidge cemeteries because the information is extremely outdated. Even if the older lists get typed up the surveys are missing a surprising amount of information. The older cemeteries probably won't change much, but cemeteries still in use need to be resurveyed. Rondina in Texas
Gina, Since I am resurveying the cemeteries in Coolidge. The list will be getting typed lists for those so there is no need to retype Armour East, Armour West, Armour Hispanic, Norwegian or the Coolidge City Cemetery. Rondina
I have been reading very carefully all of the instructions about converting from pdf to txt and have learned a lot. Thanks to all who have furnished this info. But when I get the info pasted into my word processor (Word) it is still as though it is "selected" and I cannot do any editing. I have tried the "save as" but that does not seem to be an option for me. Any suggestions here. Thanks, ...Wanda Ellerbee... ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rondina7@aol.com> To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > Limestone Listers, > > There is a way to convert PDF files to Word documents by choosing SELECT ALL > under EDIT on the tool bar and doing a copy and paste. Harvey turned this > option off on his PDF software, most likely for copyright purposes. Is anyone > aware that retyping Harvey's lists and publishing them on the Limestone site is a > copyright violation? > > Rondina > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > >
I am trying to get this organized. Please, BEFORE you start working on a cemetery, let me know so I can tell you if anyone else is working on it. I would hate to have to tell someone that their hard work was all for nothing - it makes me very uncomfortable. Mr Farmer has redone two cemeteries today too! You can still look at the cemetery directory to see what has been done. The ones that have been done are at the bottom in ALL LOWERCASE letters. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ I'm currently matching the Thornton cemetery against a printout I made. My husband's SPARKS family is buried at Thornton. -- Gina Heffernan Asst Coordinator, Limestone County
There is one here like that, I hate the thought of driving over graves. Rondina7@aol.com wrote: > > > That's OK they are small and there have been no new burials in Norwegian. By > the way there are many unmarked graves in the Norwegian and Armour cemeteries. > Some in Armour are under the road. > Rondina > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ -- Gina Heffernan I wear a lot of hats!
Okay, but I have already done Mexican and Norwegian. Rondina7@aol.com wrote: > > Gina, > Since I am resurveying the cemeteries in Coolidge. The list will be > getting typed lists for those so there is no need to retype Armour East, Armour > West, Armour Hispanic, Norwegian or the Coolidge City Cemetery. > Rondina > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ -- Gina Heffernan I wear a lot of hats!
Help!! Can anyone tell me what's really going on? It sounds like everyone is taking off in different directons. Last I thought I saw from David was to hang on to see if existing files could be changed, and now I'm seeing all these emails from individuals about having typed up some of the cemeteries. I've offered to type some but have been waiting to hear from David exactly what we are going to do. Maybe I missed something? Somebody needs to coordinate this then put out instructions on what is to be done and assign cemeteries to those offering to help. There's no sense two or three people typing the same thing. Please let me know if I'm supposed to be typing something, and if so, what. Linda in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > Well, thanks Gina. I learned something new. Using the tool at Acrobat is > much quicker than going through all the steps I was doing using pdfedit995. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:53 AM > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > Good morning Sandra and others, > > > > I have re-typed two (tiny) graphical pages this morning, trying to find > > out what the options are but I couldn't use OCR because the images are > > so blurred. I haven't found one yet that has text. > > When you open the file, there are two tools on the right side of the > > toolbar for Acrobat. One is a large T with a dotted box, the other is a > > circle? and a square inside a dotted box. The "T" tool is for text. You > > can click it and then outline the text you want to copy. Click the > > "Copy" tool then go to NotePad or Word and "Paste". > > > > If that tool doesn't work, try the other one. It is for copying and > > pasting graphics and you only have to copy the part you want. You can > > paste the graphic into Word or Excel or even Paint to print it, but the > > print is not very clear. Those are the ones that will need to be > > re-typed. I dropped them into Excel and then typed on the right side of > > them so I didn't have to print them. (I have my screen set to high > > resolution so I had plenty of room - you can also change Excel to show > > the page at 80% or so and have some room. > > > > I can convert almost anything to txt (Archives background) but I am not > > a fast typist. > > > > When you look at the index at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/, the cemeteries which have > > been done are at the bottom because they start with small case letters, > > the upper case letters come first in sorting. Make sure the cemetery > > hasn't been redone before you start on it. The file sizes indicate (to > > me) that all of these are graphical. The Mexia cemetery is almost 5MB so > > we will probably need more than one person to work on it. > > > > Gina > > > > svanwyk wrote: > > > > > > Hi Gina, > > > > > > I was able to read them Acrobat Reader 5.0. I used a conversion > program > > > pdfedit995 and the program said the choices were to either Word or > html. > > > For some reason, and I think because of the way they were originally, > it > > > would only convert to html. Once at html, then I was able to convert > to > > > .doc files. It took several steps just to get the first cemetery file > to > > > .doc. David Morgan then said he can't read .doc files. If they are > put on > > > the internet in html, then they are readable. > > > > > > It appears that these are scanned pages; maybe he had a page with > the > > > headers already printed, then he typed the text on that page, then > scanned > > > the whole page. I got it to a .doc > > > format, but you can't do anything with the text. You can only view > it. > > > > > > I would almost suggest that the volunteers get a copy of what's > readable, > > > then retype them so they will be able to update the files. I believe > > > someone said these cemeteries were inventoried a few years ago so need > to be > > > updated. > > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics > so > > > > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some > organization as > > > > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > > > > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I > will > > > > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > > > > > > > Gina > > > > > > > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like > they > > > are > > > > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > > > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > > > > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe > > > Reader, but > > > > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for > something > > > to > > > > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but > hopefully > > > > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII > text, > > > > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Gina Heffernan > > > > > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > -- > > Gina Heffernan > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > To unsub send a blank email with unsubscribe > in the subject line to TXLIMEST-request@rootsweb.com > >
That will be fine. You go ahead and walk the cemeteries and post to this mail list. If you allow me to, I will them put them on the web page and in the archives. In the meaintime, I hope ALL the cemeteries will be done, including the Coolidge cemeteriies, so we will have a copy of all of them. THEN, we can update them. David On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 Rondina7@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 3/21/2004 6:22:19 PM Central Standard Time, > dala@mindspring.com writes: > I am trying to get this organized. Please, BEFORE you start working on a > cemetery, let me know so I can tell you if anyone else is working on it. > I would hate to have to tell someone that their hard work was all for > nothing - it makes me very uncomfortable. > Gina, > I have sent several messages to the list stating that I am resurveying > all five Coolidge cemeteries. It is all right if someone retypes the lists, > however the previous surveys for the cemeteries currently in use are extremely > outdated. I am not retyping lists, I am walking the cemeteries. I would like to > submit this information to the list itself, so that it can be updated as needed > by anyone. I am not interested in copyright protection. > Rondina > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 Rondina7@aol.com wrote: > Limestone Listers, > > There is a way to convert PDF files to Word documents by choosing SELECT ALL > under EDIT on the tool bar and doing a copy and paste. Harvey turned this > option off on his PDF software, most likely for copyright purposes. Is anyone > aware that retyping Harvey's lists and publishing them on the Limestone site is a > copyright violation? > > Rondina Harvey had permission from the defunct genealogical society that origniallly did the sueveys to put htem on the Internet. David David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/
Gina, Just tried to send the Hogan Cemetery text, which by the way, is a combination of Harvey's rootsweb and texasweb sites. Let me know if you do or don't get them so I'll know if I did it right. Thanks, Kirk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > You can send it to me. > > Thanks! > Gina > > KIRK FARMER wrote: > > > > Gina, > > > > I have just finished typing Hogan Cemetery to Microsoft Word format, adding > > 2 entries (my great grandparents) to Harvey's original list. Do I send it > > to you or David? > > > > Kirk > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > > > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > > > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > > > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > > > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > > > > > Gina > > > > > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they > > are > > > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe Reader, > > but > > > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for something > > to > > > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > > > -- > > > Gina Heffernan > > > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > -- > Gina Heffernan > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > >
You can send it to me. Thanks! Gina KIRK FARMER wrote: > > Gina, > > I have just finished typing Hogan Cemetery to Microsoft Word format, adding > 2 entries (my great grandparents) to Harvey's original list. Do I send it > to you or David? > > Kirk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > > > Gina > > > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they > are > > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe Reader, > but > > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for something > to > > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > -- > > Gina Heffernan > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ -- Gina Heffernan I wear a lot of hats!
This is from the Help menu files on the Adobe Acrobat screen. You can use Save As to save the file as a .rtf file ....then open the file into your word processor.....then in your word processor use Save As and choose txt (text) file (or whatever format you need). Hope it helps. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 103 Working with PDF Important: You cannot copy or export text and graphics from any PDF file if the security settings for that file are set to prevent copying. Copying PDF text and graphics to other applications Acrobat 5.0 gives you powerful commands for repurposing or extracting text and graphics in PDF files.You can use the Save As command to save all text in a PDF file in Rich Text Format (RTF) for import into your favorite authoring application. If your PDF files use tagged Adobe PDF, you can extract the text without losing the formatting. For example, you can save pages of tables from a PDF file for import into an application such as Microsoft Word and the table formatting will be preserved. Both (See About the different types of Adobe PDF documents on page 82.) You can also use the Save As command to save each page in a PDF file to an image format. You can use the Export command to export all images in a PDF file; each image is saved in a separate file. In addition, Acrobat provides several toolsthe text select tool, the column select tool, the table/formatted text select tool, and the graphics select toolfor copying and pasting small amounts of text and graphics from a PDF file to your clipboard. While in a PDF document, you select the text or graphic and copy it onto the clipboard. Once the text or graphic is on the clipboard, you can launch the other application and paste the text or graphic into a file. Note: If a font copied from a PDF document is not available on the system displaying the copied text, a default font is substituted. At 10:53 AM 3/21/04 -0600, Gina Heffernan wrote: >Good morning Sandra and others, > >I have re-typed two (tiny) graphical pages this morning, trying to find >out what the options are but I couldn't use OCR because the images are >so blurred. I haven't found one yet that has text. >When you open the file, there are two tools on the right side of the >toolbar for Acrobat. One is a large T with a dotted box, the other is a >circle? and a square inside a dotted box. The "T" tool is for text. You >can click it and then outline the text you want to copy. Click the >"Copy" tool then go to NotePad or Word and "Paste". > >If that tool doesn't work, try the other one. It is for copying and >pasting graphics and you only have to copy the part you want. You can >paste the graphic into Word or Excel or even Paint to print it, but the >print is not very clear. Those are the ones that will need to be >re-typed. I dropped them into Excel and then typed on the right side of >them so I didn't have to print them. (I have my screen set to high >resolution so I had plenty of room - you can also change Excel to show >the page at 80% or so and have some room. > >I can convert almost anything to txt (Archives background) but I am not >a fast typist. > >When you look at the index at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/, the cemeteries which have >been done are at the bottom because they start with small case letters, >the upper case letters come first in sorting. Make sure the cemetery >hasn't been redone before you start on it. The file sizes indicate (to >me) that all of these are graphical. The Mexia cemetery is almost 5MB so >we will probably need more than one person to work on it. > >Gina > >svanwyk wrote: > > > > Hi Gina, > > > > I was able to read them Acrobat Reader 5.0. I used a conversion program > > pdfedit995 and the program said the choices were to either Word or html. > > For some reason, and I think because of the way they were originally, it > > would only convert to html. Once at html, then I was able to convert to > > .doc files. It took several steps just to get the first cemetery file to > > .doc. David Morgan then said he can't read .doc files. If they are put on > > the internet in html, then they are readable. > > > > It appears that these are scanned pages; maybe he had a page with the > > headers already printed, then he typed the text on that page, then scanned > > the whole page. I got it to a .doc > > format, but you can't do anything with the text. You can only view it. > > > > I would almost suggest that the volunteers get a copy of what's readable, > > then retype them so they will be able to update the files. I believe > > someone said these cemeteries were inventoried a few years ago so need > to be > > updated. > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > > > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > > > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > > > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > > > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > > > > > Gina > > > > > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they > > are > > > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe > > Reader, but > > > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for > something > > to > > > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > > > -- > > > Gina Heffernan > > > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > >-- >Gina Heffernan > >I wear a lot of hats! > > >==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== >You can search the Archives for old messages >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, WANDA HARBERT wrote: > I appreciate all the hard work you all doing in getting the cemeteries back > on line. However the way they are on line now may not be the best way for > some of us, especially for those of us who are not as computer literate as > you are, to view them.. Some of us "older heads" and ones newer to computers > do not have the computer knowledge most of you have. > > Thanks tho. > > Wanda > Wanda, they are being converted to plain text as fast as possible. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and see if you can read them David David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/
I appreciate all the hard work you all doing in getting the cemeteries back on line. However the way they are on line now may not be the best way for some of us, especially for those of us who are not as computer literate as you are, to view them.. Some of us "older heads" and ones newer to computers do not have the computer knowledge most of you have. Thanks tho. Wanda
Gina, I have just finished typing Hogan Cemetery to Microsoft Word format, adding 2 entries (my great grandparents) to Harvey's original list. Do I send it to you or David? Kirk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > Gina > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they are > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > Denise > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > David > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe Reader, but > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for something to > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > -- > Gina Heffernan > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org >
Well, thanks Gina. I learned something new. Using the tool at Acrobat is much quicker than going through all the steps I was doing using pdfedit995. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > Good morning Sandra and others, > > I have re-typed two (tiny) graphical pages this morning, trying to find > out what the options are but I couldn't use OCR because the images are > so blurred. I haven't found one yet that has text. > When you open the file, there are two tools on the right side of the > toolbar for Acrobat. One is a large T with a dotted box, the other is a > circle? and a square inside a dotted box. The "T" tool is for text. You > can click it and then outline the text you want to copy. Click the > "Copy" tool then go to NotePad or Word and "Paste". > > If that tool doesn't work, try the other one. It is for copying and > pasting graphics and you only have to copy the part you want. You can > paste the graphic into Word or Excel or even Paint to print it, but the > print is not very clear. Those are the ones that will need to be > re-typed. I dropped them into Excel and then typed on the right side of > them so I didn't have to print them. (I have my screen set to high > resolution so I had plenty of room - you can also change Excel to show > the page at 80% or so and have some room. > > I can convert almost anything to txt (Archives background) but I am not > a fast typist. > > When you look at the index at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/, the cemeteries which have > been done are at the bottom because they start with small case letters, > the upper case letters come first in sorting. Make sure the cemetery > hasn't been redone before you start on it. The file sizes indicate (to > me) that all of these are graphical. The Mexia cemetery is almost 5MB so > we will probably need more than one person to work on it. > > Gina > > svanwyk wrote: > > > > Hi Gina, > > > > I was able to read them Acrobat Reader 5.0. I used a conversion program > > pdfedit995 and the program said the choices were to either Word or html. > > For some reason, and I think because of the way they were originally, it > > would only convert to html. Once at html, then I was able to convert to > > .doc files. It took several steps just to get the first cemetery file to > > .doc. David Morgan then said he can't read .doc files. If they are put on > > the internet in html, then they are readable. > > > > It appears that these are scanned pages; maybe he had a page with the > > headers already printed, then he typed the text on that page, then scanned > > the whole page. I got it to a .doc > > format, but you can't do anything with the text. You can only view it. > > > > I would almost suggest that the volunteers get a copy of what's readable, > > then retype them so they will be able to update the files. I believe > > someone said these cemeteries were inventoried a few years ago so need to be > > updated. > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > > > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > > > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > > > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > > > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > > > > > Gina > > > > > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they > > are > > > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe > > Reader, but > > > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for something > > to > > > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > > > -- > > > Gina Heffernan > > > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > -- > Gina Heffernan > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > You can search the Archives for old messages > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > >
Good morning Sandra and others, I have re-typed two (tiny) graphical pages this morning, trying to find out what the options are but I couldn't use OCR because the images are so blurred. I haven't found one yet that has text. When you open the file, there are two tools on the right side of the toolbar for Acrobat. One is a large T with a dotted box, the other is a circle? and a square inside a dotted box. The "T" tool is for text. You can click it and then outline the text you want to copy. Click the "Copy" tool then go to NotePad or Word and "Paste". If that tool doesn't work, try the other one. It is for copying and pasting graphics and you only have to copy the part you want. You can paste the graphic into Word or Excel or even Paint to print it, but the print is not very clear. Those are the ones that will need to be re-typed. I dropped them into Excel and then typed on the right side of them so I didn't have to print them. (I have my screen set to high resolution so I had plenty of room - you can also change Excel to show the page at 80% or so and have some room. I can convert almost anything to txt (Archives background) but I am not a fast typist. When you look at the index at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/, the cemeteries which have been done are at the bottom because they start with small case letters, the upper case letters come first in sorting. Make sure the cemetery hasn't been redone before you start on it. The file sizes indicate (to me) that all of these are graphical. The Mexia cemetery is almost 5MB so we will probably need more than one person to work on it. Gina svanwyk wrote: > > Hi Gina, > > I was able to read them Acrobat Reader 5.0. I used a conversion program > pdfedit995 and the program said the choices were to either Word or html. > For some reason, and I think because of the way they were originally, it > would only convert to html. Once at html, then I was able to convert to > .doc files. It took several steps just to get the first cemetery file to > .doc. David Morgan then said he can't read .doc files. If they are put on > the internet in html, then they are readable. > > It appears that these are scanned pages; maybe he had a page with the > headers already printed, then he typed the text on that page, then scanned > the whole page. I got it to a .doc > format, but you can't do anything with the text. You can only view it. > > I would almost suggest that the volunteers get a copy of what's readable, > then retype them so they will be able to update the files. I believe > someone said these cemeteries were inventoried a few years ago so need to be > updated. > > Sandra Van Wyk > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > > > Gina > > > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they > are > > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe > Reader, but > > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for something > to > > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > -- > > Gina Heffernan > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > You can search the Archives for old messages > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L -- Gina Heffernan I wear a lot of hats!
Sorry, I hit the sent button before I was fnished. I guess my next step should be to take the .doc file and convert down to an ascii text file, which I believe David can read. But I think there is someone else working on the conversions, so I'll wait to see what's needed. Thanks, Sandra Van Wyk > Hi Gina, > > I was able to read them Acrobat Reader 5.0. I used a conversion program > pdfedit995 and the program said the choices were to either Word or html. > For some reason, and I think because of the way they were originally, it > would only convert to html. Once at html, then I was able to convert to > .doc files. It took several steps just to get the first cemetery file to > .doc. David Morgan then said he can't read .doc files. If they are put on > the internet in html, then they are readable. > > It appears that these are scanned pages; maybe he had a page with the > headers already printed, then he typed the text on that page, then scanned > the whole page. I got it to a .doc > format, but you can't do anything with the text. You can only view it. > > I would almost suggest that the volunteers get a copy of what's readable, > then retype them so they will be able to update the files. I believe > someone said these cemeteries were inventoried a few years ago so need to be > updated. > > Sandra Van Wyk > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > > > Gina > > > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they > are > > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe > Reader, but > > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for something > to > > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > > > -- > > Gina Heffernan > > > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > >
Hi Gina, I was able to read them Acrobat Reader 5.0. I used a conversion program pdfedit995 and the program said the choices were to either Word or html. For some reason, and I think because of the way they were originally, it would only convert to html. Once at html, then I was able to convert to .doc files. It took several steps just to get the first cemetery file to .doc. David Morgan then said he can't read .doc files. If they are put on the internet in html, then they are readable. It appears that these are scanned pages; maybe he had a page with the headers already printed, then he typed the text on that page, then scanned the whole page. I got it to a .doc format, but you can't do anything with the text. You can only view it. I would almost suggest that the volunteers get a copy of what's readable, then retype them so they will be able to update the files. I believe someone said these cemeteries were inventoried a few years ago so need to be updated. Sandra Van Wyk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Heffernan" <dala@mindspring.com> To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > If you can see them, you can save them. Some of them are graphics so > they will have to be printed and re-typed. We need some organization as > to who is doing what. I have a list of cemeteries that need to be > converted. If you want to work on a cemetery, let me know and I will > keep a list so that folks aren't working on the same cemetery. > > Gina > > "David W. Morgan" wrote: > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Denise wrote: > > > > > I do not think these files can be converted. They looked like they are > > > scanned or possibly copied and saved from an internet site. > > > > > > Denise > > > > They are being converted, most of them. The Vinson cemetery is > > hand-written, so that won't work, but the others are being done. > > > > Keep an eye on http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > and you will see the .txt files going up. > > > > David > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:46 PM > > > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > Wow, those are great files. I can read them with my Adobe Reader, but > > > > just can't do anything with them. We're looking now for something to > > > > convert them with. Will let you know. > > > > Sandra Van Wyk > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "David W. Morgan" <damorgan@nyx.net> > > > > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:09 PM > > > > Subject: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cemeteries are here > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/cemetery/ > > > > > > > > > > I can't read them, as they are in pdf format, but hopefully > > > > > most of you can. > > > > > > > > > > If anybody can convert them from pdf to plain ASCII text, > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > > > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > > > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > > The Limestone County Archives Project is at > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/limestone/limetoc.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > > > David W. Morgan damorgan@nyx.net Honolulu Hawaii > > SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ > > ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > You can search the Archives for old messages > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXLIMEST-L > > -- > Gina Heffernan > > I wear a lot of hats! > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org >