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From: "Alvie L. Davidson" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Need tips on reading very faint manuscript
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:37:50 -0500
In-Reply-To: <004d01c50ac4$28f72340$0900a8c0@LISSALAP>


I replied directly to the person who posted that but I don't think I
sent my reply to the List.
I have had dimly written pencil copies in the past from old letters and
ledgers and the only way I found them to be made more readable was to
take the original to a copy such as Staples, Kinkos, or Office Max and
ask the copy shop to reproduce them on the copy machine used to
reproduce photographs. I have found this process does a good job of
enhancing dimly written letters. I can only say that watching this
process you will see how many times the scan process goes over the
scanned item before it finally gives forth with a copy. Also doing it
this way does a great job of giving you a permanent copy so you can put
away the original and prevent handling more than necessary.
Just my two cents worth.

Good luck,

Alvie L. Davidson CGRS
CGRS, Certified Genealogical Record Specialist, is a service mark
of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license
by board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations.




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