Our library is considering the purchase of a scanner that will scan oversize items such as blueprints or oversize photos and a machine to convert our microfilm to a digital format. Does anyone have any recommendations or can link me to any recent reviews on such equipment? 

Thanks,

Joel Reese

I can't find any other place on the new website to ask this, but it is related to saved images:  I use Windows 10 and frequently use Print Scrn, which works well EXCEPT that it truncates an inch off both sides. Does anyone know how I could set it to save the entire screen image? 

---> Is there an app that I can use to be able to read the PC readable Family Tree Maker files?

The only answer I can give you is "maybe."

The current version of Family Tree Maker for Macintosh can read Family Tree Maker for Windows files and vice-versa. Simply launch Family Tree Maker for Macintosh on your Mac, select OPEN A FILE, and then select the files that came from Family Tree Maker for Windows.

HOWEVER, that was not true of older versions of Family Tree Maker for Macintosh. The 2 programs used to be incompatible. Unfortunately, I do not remember the date that it changed. Perhaps someone else can chime in here and supply that info.

In any case, I'd suggest you try it to see if your versions re compatible.

Next, if that doesn't work and if you can find someone with a computer that will read those files, ask him/her to do so and then generate a GEDCOM file and send that to you. All modern genealogy programs on Windows, Macintosh, or Linux can read and write GEDCOM files generate by any computer.

---> Why do all posts show the poster as Anonymous?

Not everyone shows as anonymous. For instance, you will note that my name is shown.

It depends upon the options selected when registering as a user on this website or you can change it later, if you wish. Some people don't want their names posted in public while others are not concerned so this web site offers every user an option to choose.

Hi Mr. Eastman. Thanks so much for this wonderful service. After years of lurking, I just became a Plus member to read your special posts and have already gleaned some gold! I notice that all the forum posts are marked "Anonymous," which make it difficult to follow the original posts and replies. I thought it might be a log-in problem on my end, so I logged out and used the password you sent and was able to log in successfully. However, all posts still show up as "Anonymous." Thinking you might need to make an adjustment on your end (and despising complaints without possible solutions), I found this on Wild Apricot: https://gethelp.wildapricot.com/en/articles/147. I think you just need to go into the global privacy settings and tick the "First name" option under the Anybody column to fix this. Cheers!