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Digitize My VHS Tapes

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     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.     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.      Once your video tape has been converted, we will need to transfer it onto your USB device. Though a 16gb USB type 3 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.

Additional Things to Do With Your Digital Movie Files

#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. #2) Upload these small video clips to your free YouTube account. Sharing a video file becomes SO easy as all you need to send family and friends is a LINK to that online file. If you would like to see how this is done CHECK OUT THIS BLOG.



Scan My Photographs

Scan Your Photographs to Image Files

<p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:normal; font-size:20px; color:black; text-align:left; margin-left:225px; text-indent:-200px;"> Reserve Station #1 - This station is a Kodak scanning station with a LARGE FORMAT (13"x18.5") flatbed scanner as well as a rapid photo scanner. <p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:normal; font-size:20px; color:black; text-align:left; margin-left:225px; text-indent:-200px;"> Reserve Station #2 - This station is a Kodak scanning station with a LEGAL SIZE flatbed scanner as well as a rapid photo scanner. <p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:normal; font-size:20px; color:black; text-align:left; margin-left:225px; text-indent:-200px;"> Reserve Station #3 - 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.

<p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:bold; font-size:20px; color:#87b940; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;">Additional Scanners

<p style="font-family:museo slab; font-weight:normal; font-size:20px; color:black; text-align:left;">     We have one additional Epson Scanning Station with a very high resolution Letter Size flatbed scanner. It can be used on a "first come - first serve" basis.

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<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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