Dear Cuz's, In the FamilyTree Maker 2009, you can put your pictures of your documents in the Media file, as well as picture images. If you are using Ancestry.com you can save the original image to your hard drive then you can open your FTM 2009 and put that image into your Media section on each person it pertains to... so you will not only have the verbal information in your source file, but an actual image of that document... sure saves time digging into your paper files, and also saves the wear and tear on the paper files to double check things. Ok... now one thing in the Ancestry.com website that is not an original image is the Social Security Death Index's..... For the more savvy of the computer wiz's... you can take a "Print Screen", and open it in your program where you edit your photo's. Then you can "Crop" it to remove all but the actual text from that webpage. Then you can load it into your FTM2009 as a image in your media file.. that way you have a image back up of what was said.... I love this!!! It then assures me that I had not typed in a date wrong or what ever. If you don't know how to do this in your photo editing program, and have Adobe Photoshop, or Adobe Print Shop Pro 5, I can help you with instructions on how to crop the image. If you don't know what the "Print Screen" gizmo is... I will explain here: On your computer keyboard, there is a button, which is usually on the top row of keys and mine says "Print Screen SysRq" on my other keyboard it says the same thing.. so I believe it universally says this on most keyboards. How to use this "Print Screen" gizmo button. When you push or click on the "Print Screen" button, it takes a snap shop of your Computer Monitor screen, just like a camera taking a picture. It stores this on your Computer hard drive in the "Clip board", which is a place where things are temporarily saved when you do this "Print Screen" button, or when you use the "Cut" and "Paste" keys or when you use the "Copy" and "Paste" keys... it is a temporary storage area. One thing to note.. it will only hold it there until, you use one of the "Print Screen", "Copy" or "Cut" buttons again... then that image replaces it.. it only holds one image at a time and you can only retrieve it by hitting the "Paste" button, OR....opening it in your Image editing program. In Adobe Photoshop which I use the most... You do the following: ~Open Ancestry.com, ~Go to the Social Security Death Index or person you are wanting to copy the information from. ~Hit "Print Screen". ~Open Adobe Photoshop, ~Click "File", ~Click "New", the new image box opens and it already has width and depth information in it because it has already loaded the "Print Screen" image information in there. Click OK, ~Blank new image opens ~Click "Edit" ~Click "Paste", It will open a image which is the image of your Monitor Screen with the Ancestry.com page opened to the Social Security Page of the person you wanted to copy the information on, into that new blank image. ~Click on your Rectangular Marquee Tool option ~Draw a Rectangle around the Social Security Page part of the image. ~Click Image in top row of options ~Click CROP, it will crop your image so only the SS Page info is now remaining in the image. The image will be only the size of the SS Page info. ~Click File ~Click Save As ~Choose File Type Jpg ~Choose where you want to save it ~Title the image SS Index whom ever, or what ever you want to name it. ~Click Save Now you have a image on your hard drive of that SS Index of that person..and can now save it in your FTM2009 as a image of that information, which you can use to back up that source. If that doesn't make sense, then give me a call. Hugs Cuz Becky [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain "

PS... not snap shop, but snap shot..sorry for the type-o Also you can do with this the ancestry.com US Public Records Index and other things that Ancestry.com has in a Non savable image. I use this option to save info on webpages as a image file, I use this option to do so many things, especially when I want to same a image of something on a webpage and the webpage will not let me save it to my hard drive... giggles there are tricks to save anything you want...really! =) Hugs Cuz Becky [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain " ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Winn-L Genealogy" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:01 AM Subject: [WGS] Creating a image for your FTM2009 > Dear Cuz's, > In the FamilyTree Maker 2009, you can put your pictures of your > documents in the Media file, as well as picture images. > > If you are using Ancestry.com you can save the original image to your > hard drive then you can open your FTM 2009 and put that image into your > Media section on each person it pertains to... so you will not only have > the verbal information in your source file, but an actual image of that > document... sure saves time digging into your paper files, and also saves > the wear and tear on the paper files to double check things. > Ok... now one thing in the Ancestry.com website that is not an original > image is the Social Security Death Index's..... > For the more savvy of the computer wiz's... you can take a "Print > Screen", and open it in your program where you edit your photo's. Then > you > can "Crop" it to remove all but the actual text from that webpage. Then > you > can load it into your FTM2009 as a image in your media file.. that way > you > have a image back up of what was said.... I love this!!! > It then assures me that I had not typed in a date wrong or what ever. > > If you don't know how to do this in your photo editing program, and have > Adobe Photoshop, or Adobe Print Shop Pro 5, I can help you with > instructions on how to crop the image. > > If you don't know what the "Print Screen" gizmo is... I will explain > here: > On your computer keyboard, there is a button, which is usually on the > top > row of keys and mine says "Print Screen SysRq" on my other keyboard it > says the same thing.. so I believe it universally says this on most > keyboards. > How to use this "Print Screen" gizmo button. When you push or click on > the "Print Screen" button, it takes a snap shop of your Computer Monitor > screen, just like a camera taking a picture. It stores this on your > Computer hard drive in the "Clip board", which is a place where things > are > temporarily saved when you do this "Print Screen" button, or when you use > the "Cut" and "Paste" keys or when you use the "Copy" and "Paste" keys... > it is a temporary storage area. > One thing to note.. it will only hold it there until, you use one of the > "Print Screen", "Copy" or "Cut" buttons again... then that image replaces > it.. it only holds one image at a time and you can only retrieve it by > hitting the "Paste" button, OR....opening it in your Image editing > program. > In Adobe Photoshop which I use the most... You do the following: > ~Open Ancestry.com, > ~Go to the Social Security Death Index or person you are wanting to copy > the information from. > ~Hit "Print Screen". > ~Open Adobe Photoshop, > ~Click "File", > ~Click "New", the new image box opens and it already has width and depth > information in it because it has already loaded the "Print Screen" image > information in there. Click OK, > ~Blank new image opens > ~Click "Edit" > ~Click "Paste", It will open a image which is the image of your Monitor > Screen with the Ancestry.com page opened to the Social Security Page of > the > person you wanted to copy the information on, into that new blank image. > ~Click on your Rectangular Marquee Tool option > ~Draw a Rectangle around the Social Security Page part of the image. > ~Click Image in top row of options > ~Click CROP, it will crop your image so only the SS Page info is now > remaining in the image. The image will be only the size of the SS Page > info. > ~Click File > ~Click Save As > ~Choose File Type Jpg > ~Choose where you want to save it > ~Title the image SS Index whom ever, or what ever you want to name it. > ~Click Save > Now you have a image on your hard drive of that SS Index of that > person..and can now save it in your FTM2009 as a image of that > information, > which you can use to back up that source. > If that doesn't make sense, then give me a call. > Hugs Cuz Becky > > > [email protected] > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ > "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to > dance in the rain " > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Becky-- ????? I agree 100% with what you said about importing pictures and documents into FTM 2009...it is so easy and it works great!? A while back, I decided to start importing in census records for every year I had them for each individual.? So far I have done dozens, and it is so nice to have the actual copy in the Media file for that person.? You can then click on it and enlarge or print, or e-mail it to someone else.? ????? I have also been scanning many other documents and pictures and also importing into the Media files....once your learn to do it, it is fantastic.? I am now scanning marriage and death certificates, military records, maps...in short anything that is of value.? And with much larger storage now available on computers, that is no longer a problem with lots of large files.? I even bought a new Canon Elph camera that has an optional 8 gb card in it...it will hold like 10,000 pictures of a modest resolution. ????? For any of those that still have not made the change to FTM 2009, both Becky and I heartily encourage you to do it.......I also suggest subscribing to Ancestry.com as they have so many great records and documents online;? on FTM once you take a little time to get used to it, you will never go back and mine works seamlessly now...........and the new version also has back the book organizing and writing program.....makes it very easy for you to put together and publish your own little genealogy projects to give to family members............very nice...it even puts together an index of all people you show in your book! ??????????????????????? Prince Terry of the West -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; Winn-L Genealogy <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:01 am Subject: [WGS] Creating a image for your FTM2009 Dear Cuz's, In the FamilyTree Maker 2009, you can put your pictures of your documents in the Media file, as well as picture images. If you are using Ancestry.com you can save the original image to your hard drive then you can open your FTM 2009 and put that image into your Media section on each person it pertains to... so you will not only have the verbal information in your source file, but an actual image of that document... sure saves time digging into your paper files, and also saves the wear and tear on the paper files to double check things. Ok... now one thing in the Ancestry.com website that is not an original image is the Social Security Death Index's..... For the more savvy of the computer wiz's... you can take a "Print Screen", and open it in your program where you edit your photo's. Then you can "Crop" it to remove all but the actual text from that webpage. Then you can load it into your FTM2009 as a image in your media file.. that way you have a image back up of what was said.... I love this!!! It then assures me that I had not typed in a date wrong or what ever. If you don't know how to do this in your photo editing program, and have Adobe Photoshop, or Adobe Print Shop Pro 5, I can help you with instructions on how to crop the image. If you don't know what the "Print Screen" gizmo is... I will explain here: On your computer keyboard, there is a button, which is usually on the top row of keys and mine says "Print Screen SysRq" on my other keyboard it says the same thing.. so I believe it universally says this on most keyboards. How to use this "Print Screen" gizmo button. When you push or click on the "Print Screen" button, it takes a snap shop of your Computer Monitor screen, just like a camera taking a picture. It stores this on your Computer hard drive in the "Clip board", which is a place where things are temporarily saved when you do this "Print Screen" button, or when you use the "Cut" and "Paste" keys or when you use the "Copy" and "Paste" ke ys... it is a temporary storage area. One thing to note.. it will only hold it there until, you use one of the "Print Screen", "Copy" or "Cut" buttons again... then that image replaces it.. it only holds one image at a time and you can only retrieve it by hitting the "Paste" button, OR....opening it in your Image editing program. In Adobe Photoshop which I use the most... You do the following: ~Open Ancestry.com, ~Go to the Social Security Death Index or person you are wanting to copy the information from. ~Hit "Print Screen". ~Open Adobe Photoshop, ~Click "File", ~Click "New", the new image box opens and it already has width and depth information in it because it has already loaded the "Print Screen" image information in there. Click OK, ~Blank new image opens ~Click "Edit" ~Click "Paste", It will open a image which is the image of your Monitor Screen with the Ancestry.com page opened to the Social Security Page of the person you wanted to copy the information on, into that new blank image. ~Click on your Rectangular Marquee Tool option ~Draw a Rectangle around the Social Security Page part of the image. ~Click Image in top row of options ~Click CROP, it will crop your image so only the SS Page info is now remaining in the image. The image will be only the size of the SS Page info. ~Click File ~Click Save As ~Choose File Type Jpg ~Choose where you want to save it ~Title the image SS Index whom ever, or what ever you want to name it. ~Click Save Now you have a image on your hard drive of that SS Index of that person..and can now save it in your FTM2009 as a image of that information, which you can use to back up that source. If that doesn't make sense, then give me a call. Hugs Cuz Becky [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain " ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 11:01 AM 6/23/2009, Becky wrote: > How to use this "Print Screen" gizmo button. Becky, I've used that ole "Print Screen" button for years, with many different versions of FTM, especially when I'm in a hurry and want to capture an image. Simply hit the button and then click on Scrapbook for the person and hit CTRL-V. There's the image! Crude, but it sure works. Regards, Cuzin Jane