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The
Digital Family History Guidebook by Marlo E. Schuldt |
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![]() Free Offer! Get the 200+ page Digital Family Guidebook in PDF when you order Heritage Collector Suite. |
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Over 200 Pages - Nine Chapters of helpful information designed to help you with family history projects while saving you time, money and frustration. Nine chapters provide the help you need |
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Additional Features Registered users have access to updates ad the Guidebook Newsletter on the Registered Users Page. | ||
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Guidebook Chapter Summaries 1-9 |
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1 - Where to Begin? |
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Are you frustrated trying to determine the best place to start organizing all your family history photos and files? The Guidebook will provide you with some easy and logical ways to get started. Doing it right the first time will save time, money and frustration later.
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2 - Easier Scanning |
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The importance of good scanning cannot be overemphasized! Quality scans make a big difference when printing or zooming in on photos later. Step-by-step instructions are included such as the five most important steps to a great scan and more
Simple Step-by-Step Instructions (in all chapters) The Guidebook provides screen captures and instructions in a "1-2-3" recipe format. This will make it much easier to understand and follow instructions when you are learning new things. Great Tips, Suggestions and Shortcuts (in all chapters) The Guidebook is full of new tips and simple suggestions to make it easier for you to save time, money and frustration.
Sample Scanning Tip Use "Descreen" to remove that ugly checkerboard pattern that appears on an obituary or newspaper after it has been scanned. Here's Another Sample Scanning Tip
Scanning Mine Field Cautions (Various warning in all chapters)
This "Mine Field" caution explains why you should never "stretch" or enlarge photos after scanning
Comprehensive Content (in all chapters)
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3 - Using Sound and Narration |
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Using sound is easier than you think. All you need is an inexpensive microphone or a cable to attached to your cassette recorder. Use a microphone to tell stories, create oral histories. Learn to edit your narrations. Copy the priceless old cassette tapes to your computer with recordings of grandma or other family members. Save time, money and get better quality by doing it yourself. Internet links are provided for free sound editing software.
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4 - Digital Cameras, Video and GPS |
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Managing and finding your photos later and suggestions for buying a new camera are included . Converting Old Home Movies - do's,& don'ts. Read this chapter BEFORE you invest a lot of money getting your old movies converted to a DVD. Why You Need to Start Using GPS. New and fun things you can do - free software links. Adding screen captures of satellite images is both fun and adds realism to family history.
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5 - Digital Scrapbooking |
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Presents a different perspective about how to take advantage of new technology and samples of how to create digital scrapbooks. Something new and very different from traditional scrapbooking.
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6 - Interactive Storytelling |
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Stories are a real treat and the spice of life. This chapter offers some excellent suggestions that will help you put new life into old stories. You will discover some new ways to tell stories and make them more interesting. Mixed Media Collections. Are you struggling with how to organize ALL your materials - photos, sound files, video clips, text documents, PDFs and other file types? The Guidebook will show you how to make your file collections more useful and organized.
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7 - Creating a Bound History |
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Ways to save money and things you need to know and avoid BEFORE you begin. What's Paper grain? Have you even opened a book that resisted staying open? Have you seen a book
with a broken or cracked spine? These are few of the symptoms of
a book that has been printed and bound with the paper grain running
in the wrong direction. There is much more you need to know.
Chapter 7 takes you through each step required to create a beautiful history or biography. Checklists and simplified instructions will make it easy. Learn ways to save time and money. Do it correctly BEFORE you print your next book. PLEASE do yourself a big favor and read this chapter before proceeding with your book. |
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All this helpful information and more is contained in the 7th Chapter - Creating a Bound History. |
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8 - Preserving & Archiving |
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Ways to find and protect your treasures while saving hard drive space. Don't wait until you have a hard drive crash or a virus attacks your computer.
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9 - Understanding Your Computer |
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Basic computer terminology is explained in everyday terms. Computer hardware is explained. If you are gong to buy a new computer you need to read this chapter first. Suggestions for maintaining your computer
Some good reasons why you should consider making your next computer a laptop
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Costly Mistakes |
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![]() Warning signs help keep you out of trouble! The Guidebook provides valuable information and warnings to help you avoid costly mistakes. These little warnings are called "Marlo's Mine Fields" and are included throughout the Guidebook. Do you feel like you are walking through a mine field every time you start a new family history project? Have you ever said?
This "Mine Field" warns you about how a static "shock" can actually ruin your computer or one of the devices attached to your computer. Each chapter contains warnings to helps you prevent different kinds of problems before they happen. | Home |
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