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!

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 >