Irfanview How to Use

In the class I took it was recommended to download the IrfanView software from CNET. The reason given is this site is more secure then the official IrfanView website. I have no knowledge to confirm or deny that info. I just followed directions. 

Here is the link. Plus a screen shot of it.

Once on the page look for this Download button. 

Be aware there are many tempting buttons to click on, 

so use the right one.

However you find your downloads you will see is named iview450_setup. That is correct.

You can pin this flat cat to your task bar if you want. 

If you get a screen like this without cross hairs, 

so you are unable to take a screen shot or a capture.

Do the following steps.

Right Click on the Flat Cat

Right Click on IrfanView 4.50

Left Click on Properties

This dialogue box will open and in the highlighted blue line type in " /capture=4. You can see it in my line. Yes there is a space between the quote mark and the back slash.

Now how do I get my screen shots to make one picture. Be mindful that some things will be easier to line up and others not so easy. 

So in my example for some strange reason I want only the information on my Grandfather for an article and I don't want all the births of his 10 siblings. 

Here is part of the page with all the siblings.

I am going to capture the part I want and make sure I grab it from the same place each time and end it in the same place each time. The instructor went between letters in a word. That would drive me crazy to be missing the first letter on each line.  

But each to their own. 

I took this one right in front of the year and at the end of the box. You have to close the dialogue box after you save each image. And click on the flat cat to take a new image there may be another way to do that but I was only shown one way. 

Here are a couple more images I captured. 

and one more.

The instructor saves all his captures to the desktop and just gives them a number, just a number, like 1, 2, 3 etc. This is quick and easy but in reality you can save them to any folder you want. I like the number idea, so you can line them up in order when you go to make one image.

So you have your last capture, and the image is saved. Click on the word image to open a new menu.

When that opens on the drop down menu click on

Create Panorama image.

When the new box opens click on Add images. 

If you hold down the shift key you can bring in all 

your images at once. You will notice my images are not in order. Just highlight the one you want to move and you can move it up or down.

Once they are all in order click on Create Image. 

You want it in Vertical direction.

And with one more click you get.......

It isn't aligned up perfectly but close enough for this post. 

With a little practice I bet I will get better and 

this was a long string of events. 

I hope this helps. 

Leave a comment if you need more help. 

Happy Searching!

Week 5 Census

The Week 5 prompt is "In the Census." What intriguing find have you made in a census? What has a series of census records shown you? Do you have an ancestor who constantly ages only 7 years between censuses? (Those are fun!)

I was thinking of using my extra post that I did last week for this topic. Since I found so many interesting details about my mother on the 1940 Census. But that felt a little bit like cheating. You can read about it here if you want.

I also thought about sharing the first census I ever worked on, where I found my Grandfather as a son. It was an exciting moment for me. A first find after being away from Genealogy for a very long time. 

I have decided to go in a completely different direction.
On Tuesday I took a class at the Mesa Arizona 

Family Search Library. 

It was on Irfanview, the ultimate image viewer. 

This little free download is very slick. 

I can't wait to use it more. 

If you do decide to use it and download it, it was recommended to the class to download it from CNET. 

I did do that. One of the other students was confused because it comes in as iview.  That is the correct file name. 

So what is so great about this little software. 

Let me show you.

In the 1920 US Census my grandparents are on the bottom of one page and my mother is on the top if the next page. 

I am sure this happens to a lot of people. 

Above are my grandparents and Aunt and Uncle. 

Here is my mother.

And just to get a better idea, here is the top of the Census, with the column names. 

Now with a simple click of a couple of buttons I can make this. All three sections into one imagine. So much nicer for a digital scrapbook or even a paper family history scrapbook. Or even for your digital files or genealogy software.

This was new to me and I feel it is a handy tool and worth sharing. 

Happy Searching!