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Topham26
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Microfiche files
« on: Friday 04 September 09 10:24 UTC (UK) »
Can some kind person out there tell me  Huh(uneducated IT Grannie) how to view the set of files that I have been sent?

I hope it's not too technical. Embarrassed


Many thanks,
Ann
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Re: Microfiche files
« Reply #1 on: Friday 04 September 09 10:28 UTC (UK) »
So these things have been emailed?
What are the letters after the "." in the filename?

Eg .jpg .bmp 

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Re: Microfiche files
« Reply #2 on: Friday 04 September 09 10:48 UTC (UK) »
Hi Pauline,

Thank you for the reply Smiley  They remind of negatives of photographs, (sent in the post) .  I wonder if I can take them to my local library and view them there Huh

Ann
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Re: Microfiche files
« Reply #3 on: Friday 04 September 09 10:54 UTC (UK) »
Postcard-sized things...

You'll need a fiche viewer. I used to go along to the library with mine 'till I bought a viewer from Ebay (which I then gave away).
Some people try scanning them, but that _is_ getting technical..

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Pannifer 1830-> Deptford (Kent)  Brierley in Staffordshire(Pre-1875)
Walters in Middlesex(Pre-1875)  Clift,Gould in Devon/Cornwall

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Topham26
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Re: Microfiche files
« Reply #4 on: Friday 04 September 09 11:08 UTC (UK) »
Hi Pauline,

Yes, they are post- card size.  I do have a scanner, so can give it a try Undecided

Many thanks,

Ann
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Re: Microfiche files
« Reply #5 on: Friday 04 September 09 11:15 UTC (UK) »
Unless you have a specialist super-duper extremely high resolution scanner, that's unlikely to work I'm afraid (although I have hopes standard ones will be good enough within another couple of years).

As already mentioned, most libraries will have a fiche viewer, or you can probably pick up a second hand one for about £50.

There is a gadget on the market, which I've forgotten the name of just now, that looks a bit like a fancy mouse and mouse mat. You put the fiche inside the "mat", and can view it on your computer screen by moving the mouse over it. When I looked into it a year or so back, these were around the £500 mark though  Shocked
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Re: Microfiche files
« Reply #6 on: Friday 04 September 09 11:21 UTC (UK) »
It looks like the library will be the easiest and safest bet Wink

Many thanks for all the replies.

Ann Smiley
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