Idaho Falls Idaho FamilySearch Center/Technology

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES Photo Scanning Area



Scan My Photographs



 Reserve Station #1 - This station is a Kodak scanning station with a LARGE FORMAT (12"x18") flatbed scanner as well as a rapid photo scanner.

 Reserve Station #2 - This station is an Epson scanning station with very high resolution scanning abilities. It has a LETTER SIZE flatbed scanner as well as a rapid photo scanner. This station also has installed software called Abby Fine Reader which can take PDF documents that are type written and scan these to a editable Word document. We can help you with this software.

Additional Scanners That Are Open to Walk-In Use

     Kodak scanning station with a LEGAL SIZE flatbed scanner as well as a rapid photo scanner.      Epson Scanning Station with a very high resolution Letter Size flatbed scanner as well as a rapid multi-page document scanner that will scan your documents to a single PDF file.



Scan My Slides or Negatives



     We have 3 Kodak Scanza slide scanners. They quickly convert negatives and slides into JPEG photo files at a 14 megapixel or 22 megapixel interpolated resolution. Types of slide or negatives include 35mm, 126, 110 and even Super 8 or 8mm movie film frames. Be sure to bring a USB flash drive to transport your scans home.

Reserve a Scanner

Two Additional Scanners Are Open to Walk-In Use

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<p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">     We have 4 VHS tape machines total that will help you digitize your family's home video VHS tapes to a digital mp4 video format. We have one station reservable station. Click on the link above to reserve this. The other three are machines are available on a "first come, first serve" basis. You can always call the library and ask if any are available before you come. <p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">     There are additional varieties of video tapes out there like VHS-C, Hi8, Digital 8, etc. We do have some older camcorders to use as a tape player if your video tapes are not VHS or VHS-C. If your old video camera is still in good shape, it is probably best to bring that in plus your power cable. <p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">     Once your video tape has been converted, we will need to transfer it onto your USB device. Though a 16gb USB v3.0 flash drive "can" work, it is better if you bring a USB hard drive with you. Movie files take up a large amount of space, so a fast USB device is preferable. <p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:bold; font-size:20px; color:#87b940; text-align:left; margin-left:25px;">Reserve a Station

<p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:bold; font-size:20px; color:#87b940; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;">Additional Things to Do With Your Digital Movie Files

<p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">#1) Edit the large video file into smaller multiple specific segments like Christmas time, a birthday party, a vacation trip, anniversary celebration, etc. This makes it easier to share you video clips with other family members.  This requires some simple software.  We can help you learn how to do this. <p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">#2) Upload these small video clips to your free YouTube account, as this will help you share your video files with family and friends. A "share link" is all you need to send them. Also, you can post your videos (as documents with the link in the document) onto FamilySearch. If you would like to see how this is done CHECK OUT THIS BLOG.

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<p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">     Our library has a movie film digitizer made by Wolverine that will scan your movie film frame by frame, and combine all those frames into a mp4 movie file. We can help you transfer your video file from the machine's SD card to your USD storage device. Be prepared for a generally protracted scanning period of time.

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<p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">     We have 4 computer stations equiped with various software to easily edit and improve the quality of your scanned photographs. Each computer also has 32gb RAM memory to handle larger digitial file sizes. These PCs also have open source movie editing software on them to edit your movie clips from one large file into smaller separate video clips. One station is reserveable and 3 can be used on a "walk-in" basis.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto; margin-top: 10px; border-style:none; padding-right:50px;"> <p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; margin-left:50px;">Digitize My Audio Tapes <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="background-color:rgba(122, 180, 156, 0.3); border-style:dotted; padding:20px;"> <p style="font-family: proxima nova; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left">     We have 2 audio cassette players and one reel to reel tape player that connect to our computers to help you digitize those audio ctapes to a digital format. These can then be uploaded to FamilySearch, though typically after some content editing to reduce the file size. <p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:bold; font-size:20px; color:#87b940; text-align:left; margin-left:25px;">Reserve an Audio Station

<h2 style="font-family:museo slab; color:#87b940; text-align: left; margin-top:20px;">Additional Resource Links to Help Preserve Your Heritage

<p style="font-family:proxima nova; font-weight:normal; font-size:20px; text-align:left; color:#87b940;">Website: Preserve Your Family's Heritage <p style="font-family:proxima nova; font-weight:normal; font-size:18px; text-align:left; margin-left:25px; margin-top:-10px;">     Learn how to preserve your family's heritage of stories, photos, audio, video, and family documents with help from this site.

<p style="font-family:proxima nova; font-weight:normal; font-size:20px; text-align:left; color:#87b940;">Website: Family History Blog <p style="font-family:proxima nova; font-weight:normal; font-size:18px; text-align:left; margin-left:25px; margin-top:-10px;">     This blog site has a lot of technology ideas that can be helpful in preserving your heritage.

<p style="font-family:proxima nova; font-weight:normal; font-size:20px; text-align:left; color:#87b940;">Website: Tutorial Pages <p style="font-family:proxima nova; font-weight:normal; font-size:18px; text-align:left; margin-left:25px; margin-top:-10px;">     This site contains FamilySearch, photoediting, and other helpful tutorials.

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