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Reserving Equipment Steps

 * Review the photos and descriptions below to know what reservations are available.
 * Click the link "CLICK HERE TO RESERVE" at the right of the picture, under the description.
 * You will be taken to a page to complete your reservation.
 * After the reservation is complete, you will be brought back to this page should you decide to make another reservation.

Digitizing Equipment Available

 * We do not provide flash drives. Please bring your own 8 - 16 GB flash drive
 * The LVFSL provides Free conversion equipment that will preserve those old audio and video recordings into a format that will be accessible for years to come.
 * Sort and organize your images and documents at home.
 * We will teach you how to operate the equipment.  We will be available throughout your visit to answer your questions.

Computer
Computer-Access to:


 * FamilySearch
 * Ancestry
 * Fold3
 * MyHeritage
 * findmypast
 * And much more.

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Classroom with overhead projector and large screen.

 * Available for small groups of 10 or less.
 * Room is arranged for proper social distancing.

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Family Heritage Room



 * Available for family groups
 * Video camera and microphones and lighting
 * Studio capacity of 10-15 persons
 * Transfer of a 30 minute video recording to your flash drive will take about 7 minutes.

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1 Large Book/Document Scanner

 * The Epson scanner has a 16” x 24” glass plate and a maximum dpi of 1200dpi
 * Bound books would be opened and placed face down on the glass.
 * The glass is large enough for portrait photographs or pages from large photo albums.

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2 Photo Scanners
The Kodak PS80 is a rapid photo scanner digitizing 60 photos per minute. The Kodak 8.5” x 14” flatbed photo and document scanner can be used for very small or very large images.

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3 Scanza Slide Scanners
Kodak Scanza digital film and slide scanner can convert 35mm, 126, 110, Super 8 and 8mm film negative and slides to JPEG. This is manually operated permitting you to view the negative and make adjustments to brightness before saving each slide.

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3 Video Tape Conversion Equipment
This equipment will convert VHS & VHS-C tapes, 8mm & Hi8 tapes into MPG4 digital movies. The conversion time is equal to the running time of the tape.

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1 Reel to Reel Tape Conversion
This equipment converts reel to reel tapes to MP4 digital files. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>



1 Audio Cassette & Micro Cassette Tape Converter
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Wolverine 8mm and Super 8
This equipment will convert old 8mm film and Super 8 film. Conversion time - A 3” in diameter film will take approximately 45 minutes to convert. If you have 8mm or Hi8 Tape, convert using the Sony Handycam equipment. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>



Lexmark Rapid Scanner
The Scanner/Copier will convert your journals and letters and save them as PDF files. <b> The pages must be of equal size, without staples, or scotch tape/glue. We can cut the binding off of a journal to make converting your journal easy. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE</B>