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Trawl Ancestry Images for BMD and Censuses FASTER

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babs123

babs123 Report 17 Mar 2006 02:05

Can be used for getting faster images on censuses but more useful for scanning more quickly through the BMD........ Cannot be adjusted until you get up your first image but then works for subsequent searches........ Bring up your first image........... In the bar above click on options(blue box with red tick in it)......... select Image enhancing - Original scan....... select Image Compression - standard quality....... leave the next two options as they are........ The images will from then on appear more rapidly........ If the images do look unclear you can always revert to the original settings by clicking on options above the image again to enhance......... I searched thro 15 years of bmd tonight in half the time and did not find one image I could not read clearly.......... It works for censuses too Kat

Victoria

Victoria Report 17 Mar 2006 02:39

Just printed out your suggestion because it CAN be slow!!!! 'Grandmotherhood' has clearly inspired you. Thanks Victoria

Lynn

Lynn Report 17 Mar 2006 13:29

Thanks for that, it makes trawling through the records, much quicker! Lynn : )

babs123

babs123 Report 18 Mar 2006 15:21

nudging for weekenders

moe

moe Report 18 Mar 2006 22:07

adding my name to this so i can come back to it later...........Thanks a bunch Kat...........MOE!

Tracey

Tracey Report 18 Mar 2006 22:17

Many thanks Tracey

Daisy

Daisy Report 18 Mar 2006 22:23

Nudge for later. Thanks for the tip Daisy

Adele Anson

Adele Anson Report 18 Mar 2006 23:26

Nudging for myself to have a go. Thanks Katarzyna

Julia

Julia Report 19 Mar 2006 06:41

Great tip! Thank you!! Julia

Linda G

Linda G Report 19 Mar 2006 09:11

Nudging this as it's a great tip. Makes it sooo much quicker to trawl. You're mad if you don't try it lol Linda

Computer Blonde

Computer Blonde Report 19 Mar 2006 09:21

Thankyou Have spent hours on Ancestry lately

Tykerose

Tykerose Report 19 Mar 2006 09:59

nudge so I can find this later Jan

babs123

babs123 Report 19 Mar 2006 11:15

nudge, everyone should try it!!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 19 Mar 2006 15:14

Thanks for this great tip. Once you have changed it it works for the census pics as well and you can always change it back if necessary. Liz

Marion

Marion Report 19 Mar 2006 16:15

thanks for tip marion

short_rach

short_rach Report 19 Mar 2006 16:21

Brilliant tip, thank you so much! Could have done with it a couple of weeks ago when I trawled 20 years worth of death records... (and still didn't find the b*gger lol)

babs123

babs123 Report 19 Mar 2006 18:56

So glad you are finding it useful!! Kat :)

Diane

Diane Report 19 Mar 2006 20:32

nudge

Carole

Carole Report 20 Mar 2006 12:33

This is SUCH a time-saver, I can't believe how much more I got through last night! As others have said, everything is still legible. It is especially useful now that I am going through looking for my rellies deaths in the 20th century, which I haven't bothered with until now because the cost that would have been involved if I'd used 1837 Online. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Carole

MarleneB

MarleneB Report 20 Mar 2006 12:54

nudge for later