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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You are absolutely right, Layne! How we keep "stuff" is most important. How we "see" it is, I would say, time specific.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes, I do enjoy reading the newspapers and all the other digitized items, but I am very concerned about program extinction, where the program creating the file no longer exists -- not only with the digitized films, but of our own digital images -- I've got some that were done so long ago that nothing will read them. Fortunately, not critical.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>On the other hand, sometimes rescanning the original documents is very important. The digitizing in gray-scale of censuses is frequently far superior to the black and white of the early efforts. Much more data can be squeezed out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I remember my first forays into reading censuses on microfilm/fiche was at the Oregon Archives. I was so excited! Some had some significant black "shadow" that prevented us from really reading all the information, but I was so happy to get what I could.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Now, of course, spoiled rotten, "we" tend to expect much more than is reasonable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for this additional information. I think we all learned something today!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>SAWYER Layne G<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 29, 2016 8:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots mail list <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] the history of microfilm<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Properly stored in the right environmental conditions microfilm has a very long life expectancy. The working copies used on readers can get "compromised" pretty easily, with scratching of the emulsion going through readers that are not properly cleaned and maintained. Best practices dictates that the security copy of the negative never be used as a viewing copy but only used to make a duplication master, which is then used to create working copies. Motion picture film especially with an audio track, and if color film, has additional preservation issues. The silver negatives of microfilm can be susceptible to what is referred to as "redox" which is oxidation of the silver in the emulsion causing spots. (Think of tarnish on your silver hollowware or flatware). Certain vintages of acetate film also have a problem with "vinegar" syndrome, but again stored in a proper environment you can minimize this possibility.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Big strides have been made in digitizing microfilm and making it available on the internet. If you have used any of the Digital Newspaper projects almost all of those images have actually been made from microfilm rather than the actual hard copy newspapers. Ancestry and Family Search have put up huge quantities of records based on microfilm copies. (The recent Probate and Wills collections on Ancestry are a good example, it even has the feel of microfilm as you advance through the images.) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The biggest advantage to film from my perspective is a proven track record and it is "eye readable" you only need a light source and magnification to look at it. Ones and Zeros (binary code) doesn't have that simplicity. You need the correct software program to interpret the code and the hard ware to run it as well. I love the access that electronic information can provide, but like many in my profession I am often a bit uneasy about loss of information that isn't properly migrated forward and is left in a defunct format.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Enough soapbox so early in the morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Layne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> or-roots [<a href="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kith-n-Kin<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 29, 2016 8:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'or-roots mail list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] the history of microfilm<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you, Layne!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I really enjoyed this bit of history. I had no idea of the age of this technology. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Only thing I didn't see (my age perhaps), was some discussion of the stability of the "plasticky" film. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Certainly that has been a problem (the film, and the emulsion on the film) in the motion picture industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat Dunford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots [<a href="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>SAWYER Layne G<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots mail list (<a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>) <<a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [or-roots] the history of microfilm<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or-Rooters,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For those of a certain generation of genealogical researchers you might find this short article interesting. Long live microfilm!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strange-history-of-microfilm-which-will-be-with-us-for-centuries?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160623&bt_email=layne1920@yahoo.com&bt_ts=1466678646416">http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strange-history-of-microfilm-which-will-be-with-us-for-centuries?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160623&bt_email=layne1920@yahoo.com&bt_ts=1466678646416</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Layne <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(List Mom)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>