I have been following this discussion on how to put a publication on a web site. I am not a tech by any means, however, consider: Using a scanner and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software is a time consuming process, which has been pointed out. Why not keep the scan in the original format. A scanner create a graphic representation of the image that is scanned. Most photo editor programs will crop the image into smaller sections i.e. 1/3 of a page. By reducing the size of the page (using paragraphs as break point) will allow placing the sections on a web site or publication on a list. The downsize to this procedure is the size of the graphic file is much larger than the same information in a text format, howeve it will save a lot of time in the reporduction of the information. I would be interested in the information in this book as both sides of my house are from VA. I am still trying to sort our all the old VA family surnames. Regards, Mike Lacy -----Original Message----- From: Dee Randall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA-L] Re: Putting the book online! >I see no reason that a book cannot be put online except for legal >reasons. >But I guess there has to be a site to put it on as well for everyone >to access. > >Dee. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: December 01, 1999 7:29 PM >Subject: Re: [VALOUISA-L] Re: Putting the book online! > > >> Dee: >> >> Couldn't the book be scanned and saved as a text file, then placed >on a >> website? If the copyright has expired and there are no legal >problems with >> it, I don't see why that wouldn't work. I'm new to the >computer-world, >> however, and would want the opinions of people more knowledgeable >than I. >> >> >> Kathryn >> >> ============================================================ >> Researching these families in the Southeast: COX, CROUT, HENRY, >HILL, >> KELLY/KHELE, LAWRENCE, LITCHFIELD, MAULDIN, NELSON, OVERTON, >TAYLOR, UZZELL, >> WEST. Also, AMBROSE, BALCH, HOUGH, STARKEY, PRINCE, TERRELL. >> And these families in Maine: LAWRENCE, WEST >> >============================================================ >> >