Did you know that September is 'Save Your Photos Month'?!
At the Lyon Township Public Library we have some great electronic devices and software to help you with your photos.
We have the hardware you'll need!
Like the Epson FastFoto Scanner:
World’s Fastest Personal Photo Scanner — scan thousands of photos as fast as 1 photo per second at 300 dpi; batch-scan up to 36 photos at a time
Preserve Your Priceless Photos — restore, organize, protect and share photos; scan Polaroid photos, panoramas, postcards and photos up to 8" x 10"
Share Stories for Future Generations — use the Epson FastFoto app to add voice and text over your photos or create slideshows, right from your smartphone
Perfect Picture Imaging System — bring new life to old photos with auto enhancement, color restoration, red-eye reduction, de-skew, crop and rotate
Single-step Technology — capture both the image and any handwritten notes on the back of a photo in a single scan
Flexible Scanning — offers a variety of format options for easy sharing (300 dpi), archiving (600 dpi TIFF) and enlarging (1200 dpi); handles multiple sizes in one batch; mobile (up to 600 dpi JPEG)
Like the Epson V700 Photo Scanner:
Get professional-quality results with any photographic original with the Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner. With groundbreaking 6400 dpi resolution, this powerful scanner consistently delivers precision color and detail, whether scanning slides, negatives, or medium-format film.
Get professional-quality scans.
Enjoy exceptional tonal range and fine shadow detail.
Scan large batches of 35 mm slides
We have the software you'll need!
Like Vivid-Pix Restore:
Restore scanned prints, slides, documents, and digital camera images in seconds
Fast, easy image editing software
Improves JPEG, TIFF, PNG, DNG, BMP and RAW images.
Automatically creates high resolution JPEG and/or TIF images without affecting the original.
Automatically creates sharing file size for posting on genealogy sites and emailing.
Like Adobe Photoshop Elements:
This is a great software product to help with your pictures. With this software you can organize your photos, fix photos that need color restored, and so much more!
This is a good time for you to share your favorite story, brick wall, favorite website, genealogy question or just to sit a listen to genealogy talk in general. It is nice to be among others that share your love of genealogy. We don't roll our eyes when you talk genealogy!!!
Upcoming Event/Program
Katherine Willson
Presenting: 40+ Sources to Find Maiden Names
Search tips for finding more than 40 potential sources for female
Discover Your Family History Online at Findmypast. Browse Over 14 Billion Records. Over 14 Billion Historical Records To Explore, Plus Expert Help To Get Started. This has records from all over the world.
I love this database! I have used it to search my English and Irish ancestors. They recently added the 1921 census for England.
You can use this database at the Lyon Township Pubic Library!
This is an inhouse database that a staff member from LTPL
would have to log you in.
Cathy's September Tip
Examples from Google Photo translate:
Document on the left is the original document.
Document on the right is the translated document.
As you can see it is not perfect but it is a great help!