I managed to make very good quality copies of the 'family record' pages of
our family bible by the simple expedient of removing the lid of my scanner,
using an assistant to support the old book without strain and scanning each
of the required pages as a 150dpi colour photograph' in two halves,
reassembling the pages as a single graphic using Paint Shop Pro 7. It
certainly didn't do the book any harm and it's now safely back in its wooden
case that my great-grandfather made for it - and those crucial pages can be
viewed and printed out at any time.
All the best for 2002
Bryan
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From border Monmouthshire, between the Severn Bridges...
Saved - the old Severn Ferry! Follow her restoration at
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A picture of South Wales village life: The Caerwent Community website at
http://www.caerwentcom.com
Monmouthshire as it was a century ago in a 1901 Kelly's Trade Directory:
http://www.kellys1901.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Tompsett" <dave.tompsett(a)sympatico.ca>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 1:24 AM
Subject: [Mon] Re: MONMOUTHSHIRE-D Digest V01 #526
about the notes in the Family Bible;
If possible, photocopying them onto expensive paper, will keep a copy.
It is the acids used in the papermaking process that eventually
turns the paper brown and crumbly. Very expensive bond paper sells in
small
amounts and in packages marked "No Acid" or "Archive
Grade"
Then you find a photocopy shop that will let you use your own paper.
Store the copies between two blank sheets - perhaps inside another Bible.
I don't have much truck with letting someone else store my family
heirloom;
I would worry too much. And some Bibles are valuable.
dave.t
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