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Brenda

Brenda Report 23 Dec 2010 19:18

i enlarge areas to the max then print them of then put all your print outs together it normaly works

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 23 Dec 2010 17:48

Oh well! There you go - lol I was looking at the number, which seemed quite high to me :0

Have a good Christmas Julia
DET

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Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

Julia

Julia Report 23 Dec 2010 17:16

DET, Marje is not new. I have seen her around for months, and her membership number is older than mine, which is nearly three years. Under the new changes by GR, everyones number has the word new at the side of it.
Have a nice Christmas
Julia in Derbyshire

Researching:
Turner Cambs/.Northants, Singapore and Penang,Trengrove Singapore and Penang, Arnull (Champion Race Horse Breeders & Trainers 'Oleander')Germany and Denmark

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 23 Dec 2010 17:11

Marje has repeated this request for advice, on General, today (Thurs 23rd). A PM has been sent ( not as yet opened @ 1711) in case she was expecting GR to email her. Hopefully she will be able to find both threads and read the advice. From her membership number, she may be relatively new to the Boards.

DET

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Annina

Annina Report 23 Dec 2010 15:22

Hi Marje,for any difficult writing,such as certificates and such like,I pop along to my Doctors surgery or the chemist,they are used to Doctors horrible scrawl,espcially usefull for interpreting cause of death.

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 21 Dec 2010 15:47

Lol joy!!!

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"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 21 Dec 2010 15:40

i blow then up as large as i can
then join the dots it worked everytime for me

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 21 Dec 2010 10:33

Hi Marje, if you would like to give the details, perhaps someone can have a look for you.

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Elizabeth2469049

Elizabeth2469049 Report 21 Dec 2010 10:27

I have found - on Ancestry, haven't got platinum here - that it sometimes helps to magnify the individual words - and if you print those bits out set it to high. Don't know if GR has the facility for enlarging. Some of the 1841 ones are in a bad condition.

Researching:
Dominy & Croom in Dorset, Rutherford & McElhatton in Northumberland. Dendy and Thorp

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 21 Dec 2010 09:59

You could try down loading it to your computer as a jpeg (don't know if this is possible on GR)Then play around with it on your home computer with what ever photo package you have.

Alternatively, give the details of the census page you were trying to view, and someone can have a look for you. It's probably on another site with possibly a better image.

DET

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Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

Julie

Julie Report 21 Dec 2010 09:55

You used to be able to able to play about with them ...make them brighter or darker, make then look like a negitive

Not sure though if you still can

marje

marje Report 21 Dec 2010 08:41

Has anyone got any ideas as how to go about reading a very faded census form? I have just looked at 1841 trying to find a distant relative & it's so bad that nothing is on there apart from the district... I feel I've wasted credits. Thanks anyone Marjorie

Researching:
Edward Patrick Liston Oldham