Scanning Service
For many years I have used a scanner that is fairly old by todays technology standards - an Epson Perfection 4990 - but it is an excellent scanner, and I have not had any good reason to change it. Most images are scanned in 48-bit colour and at 1200 or 2400 dpi resolution. Although the bed is only capable of handling upto Foolscap size, I have in the past used it to take multiple images of larger documents and then stitched them all together using image processing software.
I use the scanner mainly for smaller documents and photos, and I used it to digitise my Dad's 35mm photographic slides and also microfiche of Parish Records using film holders.
For larger artifacts, and by that I mean anything larger than the foolscap capabilities of my scanner, or the item is delicate (ie Deeds with wax seals) or unwieldy (ie large Directories), then I use my Nikon D5300 Camera, mounted on a tripod with a horizontal arm, to digitise the image.
The Camera is connected to my Laptop, a Microsoft SurfacePro 9, via a cable and I use the SurfacePro to take the image, rather than using the Camera. This means that there is less risk of hand-wobble.
I am able to offer a scanning service, locally, for documents relating to the villages of Aspall, Debenham, Kenton, Mickfield, Stonham Aspall, Stonham Parva and Winston. Contact me on the email below for more details.
I use the following Databases and Tools:
- Custodian - for recording all the transcriptions
- The Master Genealogist (TMG) - for recording the relationships suggested by those transcriptions
- Second Site - for generating the Website from the data held in TMG and Custodian
- Excel Macros - for converting the Custodian tables into HTML files for use by Second Site
