Subj : Re: Copying my family his
To   : ALAN ZISMAN
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 12:32 am

AZ> JE> For some time now I have been contemplating somehow copying the book I
AZ> JE> have of my family history. My ancestor came to Newbury, Mass. in
AZ> JE> 1635. This book was published in 1890. It is just shy of 2" thick and
AZ> JE> 6"w x 9"h, some 610 pages plus about 15 preface pages. I would like to
AZ> JE> make CDs of this book for the rest of my family. As far as I know this
AZ> JE> is the only copy still extant. As such it can't really be shared with
AZ> JE> the younger members of my family. Other than a first cousin (about 5
AZ> JE> years my elder) I am the oldest surviving member of the Emrie family.

AZ> JE> I have not been able to open it up and scan the pages - it just will
AZ> JE> not open up enough to lay the pages flat enough to scan with my flat
AZ> JE> bed scanner. The book was rebound sometime in the early 1900s - maybe
AZ> JE> about 1930. The pages are easily torn. Tis a good thing the paper was
AZ> JE> of excellent quality when printed. I would like to make CDs of the
AZ> JE> book, thus being able to share it with my entire family.

AZ> JE> Does anybody have any idea how I might accomplish this?

AZ> Do you have access to a photocopier where the scanning surface is close 
enough
AZ>to the edge of the machine that you can do one page at a time with the rest 
of
AZ>the book hanging open at a 90-degree angle? (Can you picture what I'm
AZ>describing)?

I sure can and do. In fact I was considering looking for a flat bed
scanner that had that capability. That is also why I was considering a
hand held scanner - because one can do that with one.

AZ> If so, I'd recommend photocopying each page, then scanning the photocopies.
AZ>Then, perhaps save the scans as a series of sequentially-numbered PDF files.

Considering 600+ pages, if I can can't do it any other way it probably -
possible would be less expensive to buy one that going to a copy place
like Kinkos.

Jay
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