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Help .......... saving WW1 images

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 22:03

I KNOW this question of saving images from ancestry to your own computer has probably been answered many many times in the past ...... but I can't find any threads


I have finally found my grandfather's WW1 records, and wanted to save them to my computer.

BUT I'm having problems. Nothing that I do seems to work


I have now saved them to my Shoebox on ancestry ................ but how on earth do I get them over to my hard drive?

Preferably as a Microsoft Office file


I am almost completely computer illiterate, so I need answers in words of one syllable please!!!


Many thanks



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Wildgoose

Wildgoose Report 5 Nov 2009 22:16

When you have the image on your screen; right click and you will get a list of options. Choose 'save picture as' and you should get a box giving options such as save in documents and you can give it any file name that you like.

Janet

Researching:
Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 22:21

Thanks Janet

I just knew there must be an easy way ...... I'll try it right now!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Kay????

Kay???? Report 5 Nov 2009 22:21

or you can do Share this....,and email them to yourself,,then save from there to your documents..

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 22:29

Kay

I'll try that ....... 'cos I'm having no success the other way!!

All right click does is bring up Properties ....... which tells me the details of the image!




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Wildgoose

Wildgoose Report 5 Nov 2009 22:31

Hmm...when I right click I get a box with a lot of options.

Sorry it didn't work for you, Sylvia!

Researching:
Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 22:37

Thanks anyway Janet



I'm just waiting for the email to arrive to see if Kay's tip works



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 22:44

grrrrrrr


what AM I doing wrong????

I can't save from the share email either!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 22:46

OK

so I've managed to save one of the pages as a JPEG to My Pictures



how do I translate it into an Office file??



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 5 Nov 2009 22:46

Honestly Sylvia,the things you dont know!

Whats a hard drive??
And no please dont tell me as I still wont understand.

I just print all my stuff off then put it in a box file .
Last time I tried to save something it said I had,but Im still looking for it!!
x

Researching:
PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you

Wildgoose

Wildgoose Report 5 Nov 2009 22:48

I wish I could help more!

I'll see if you have any luck by the morning.

Janet

Researching:
Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk

Wildgoose

Wildgoose Report 5 Nov 2009 22:48

I wish I could help more!

I'll see if you have any luck by the morning.

Sorry DUPLICATE post!

Janet

Researching:
Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 5 Nov 2009 22:49

and all this time I thought you were really clever my friend!! lol

Researching:
ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 22:53

I HAVE printed it off


...... and then I wanted to also save it


but all I can do is get it as a jpeg in My Pictures!



Viv ......... I'm still looking for something I tried to save about 2 years ago! That's why I asked for help



I've never ever said I was a genius!!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 23:09

correction


I have succeeded in saving the pages to my genealogy files in Word


..... but as jpeg images, not a word document!


I suppose that is today's lesson!




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Kay????

Kay???? Report 5 Nov 2009 23:20

Sylvia,~

when you get the named record show,,click on the actual image to the right .......,,then when it opens the first page of the actual image of record..look to the right,,of options to you,,,as you would to view an actual census imagethen when it opens the first image..along the top will be options............

print,save,share,,,click save,,then option to..my computer,,then decide where you want to save it from drop down menu,,click my documnets,name file and ,click save.......then you will need to go into your docs to find it,,,maybe when you get there it will be within --shared documents ..

Kay????

Kay???? Report 5 Nov 2009 23:24

or another way,,,

when you get image up.....look to the top left on your screen,,click file, then click save as,

,,,,then name & save to documents,,,this is probally the easiest and simplest way...:}}}}}

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 5 Nov 2009 23:31

Too too much at this time of night! Hope you're sorted by the morning......!

Researching:
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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 6 Nov 2009 00:37

rolls eyes!!


Have just been sorting the information from the records to send to daughter.

He was in hospital in Baghdad for about a month ....... never knew he was wounded, and it the record doesn't say why

But then he was in field hospital for about a week with Influenza in October 1918


The record says he Embarked on SS Elephanta in Bombay on 27 July 1917 and Disembarked in Basrah in 1 August 1917 .......................... but it doesn't say when he went to Bombay!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 6 Nov 2009 00:42

Kay

no matter what I do, the only way the images seem to save is as a jpeg


I have 11 separate jpegs saved in my genealogy file .... and I'd love to get them into some form of document form, and have them all in one file!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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