The DocuPen - Great Tool to take to for your Research
The DocuPen is the ideal handheld scanner that allows users to conduct their scanning needs. This handheld scanner comes bundled with free ScanSoft PaperPort software. The DocuPen has a patented ultra light weight technology that operates on batteries for full portability purposes.
This handheld scanner certainly satisfies a huge need in the market where people need to capture various documents and information in the office, out of the office and at home.
The DocuPen is different from other pen scanners in that it scans a FULL PAGE width and therefore scans the entire page including text and graphics in just 4 seconds. Other pen scanners only scan single lines of text or records handwriting and cannot scan graphics making them much less practical. In comparison, the DocuPen is truly a breakthrough in technological development because it fully realizes the potential of what other pen size scanners tried to accomplish.
The DocuPen works on 4 high drain button cell batteries (Energizer #389), stores up to 100 pages in memory and is only the size of a pen. The DocuPen comes complete with image and OCR software. more info
Sounds Easy - Voice Recorder, BRAND NEW at Scrapbook.comSounds Easy - Voice Recorder, BRAND NEW at Scrapbook.com - Sounds Easy Voice Recorder and Memories Card allows you to record unlimited sounds and add them to Scrapbooks, Photo Albums, Digital Scrapbooks and more! Uses removable Memories Cards – very low cost per message
- Memories Cards are compatible with any Sounds Easy Voice Recorder
- Recorder is easy to use – record, re-record, play and save Audio Memories forever
- Each Memories Card holds 30 messages, each 30 seconds long
- Recorder uses 3 AAA Alkaline batteries (not included)
- Sounds Easy Voice Recorder Kit Includes: Sounds Easy Digital Voice Recorder
- 30 message Memories Card
- Two sets of Number Stickers
- Adhesive Backed Memories Card Envelope for Scrapbook
- Carrying Pouch
- Instruction Manual and Tip Sheet >> more info
Family Tree Magazine 2012 Genealogy Desk Calendar - Treasured family photos: They're often what inspires a genealogy search. Seeing our ancestors' faces helps us identify with them and makes us want to learn about their lives. That's why Family Tree Magazine is proud to present our third annual desk calendar showing readers' precious family photos. Flip over each calendar page to see the unique story behind the image.
To help you research your own family history, each month brings you a new genealogy tip and a coupon for books, CDs and webinars at ShopFamilyTree.com. We hope the Family Tree Magazine 2012 Desk Calendar will help you get inspired to discover your family's tale.
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Digging For Roots Genealogy Calendar 2012 - Make every day count with your custom calendar. Add your own special photographs, images, and text for each month of this two-page calendar. Start your design from scratch or customize your choice of unique templates.
High quality, full-color, full-bleed printing.
Choose from 13 unique styles for dates and holidays.
Optional start and end dates.
Wire-o binding in 7 different colors.
Available in three sizes – Standard, Small, and Huge. more info > >
The Genealogical World of Prof. Ahnentafel - The Genealogical World of Professor Ahnentafel. 2012 Calendar. Make every day count with your custom calendar. Add your own special photographs, images, and text for each month of this two-page calendar. Start your design from scratch or customize your choice of unique templates.
High quality, full-color, full-bleed printing.
Choose from 13 unique styles for dates and holidays.
Optional start and end dates.
Wire-o binding in 7 different colors.
Available in three sizes – Standard, Small, and Huge. more info > >
Entering Genealogy Zone Calendar - 2012 Calendar - customizable calendar Make every day count with your custom calendar. Add your own special photographs, images, and text for each month of this two-page calendar. Start your design from scratch or customize your choice of unique templates.
High quality, full-color, full-bleed printing.
Choose from 13 unique styles for dates and holidays.
Optional start and end dates.
Wire-o binding in 7 different colors.
Available in three sizes – Standard, Small, and Huge. more info > >
My family Tree Calendar - 2012 Calendar - Make your own calendar - My Family Tree calendar is for you to give out to all your family members. Genealogists will love to give out this fully customizable calendar. The front cover can be change to put a group photo on. On each month you can upload a group or individual photos. And text can be typed denoting information on each photo. You could Make a truely unique calendar for all your family to give out at Christmas. Because the printing is excellent, the pages can be removed after the calendar is out of date. Make every day count with your custom calendar. Add your own special photographs, images, and text for each month of this two-page calendar. Start your design from scratch or customize your choice of unique templates.
High quality, full-color, full-bleed printing.
Choose from 13 unique styles for dates and holidays.
Optional start and end dates.
Wire-o binding in 7 different colors.
Available in three sizes – Standard, Small, and Huge. more info > >
Custom Family Tree 2012 Calendar - Create a custom family tree calendar. The front cover of the calendar is a family tree including four generations. Each page of the calendar highlights a set of parents, grandparents, great grandparents and other ancestors. Place your own photos in place of the photos on each page and add names and other information if desired. You can add text on the dates such as your sister's birthday or your parent's anniversary. Make every day count with your custom calendar. Add your own special photographs, images, and text for each month of this two-page calendar. Start your design from scratch or customize your choice of unique templates.
High quality, full-color, full-bleed printing.
Choose from 13 unique styles for dates and holidays.
Optional start and end dates.
Wire-o binding in 7 different colors.
Available in three sizes – Standard, Small, and Huge. more info > >
What to give the person who has everything….hmmmm, how about the gift of heritage? Researching your family tree has become very popular, raising interest in many people as to where their ancestors came from, how they got here, and what they were doing. With that in mind, here are a few gift ideas that will help a person along the way in reflecting a family tree.
1) Family tree research software. In the old days hundreds of hours of research in the library, cross checking and cross referencing, would be required to do what simple, inexpensive software can help you do these days. Anyone involved in genealogy will appreciate a good family tree research program. Most programs are user friendly and intuitive.
2) A coat of arms. If your family is in any of the lines that offer a crest, or heraldry, then a reproduction to hang on your wall will make a great addition to family room décor. There are a great many reputable companies that specialize in reproducing coats of arms. If your family has one, then it will be appreciated for years to come.
3) A family history. Many times genealogy researchers compile family histories telling the story of a particular family from their first trip from the old country to the new world. If a history of your family has been compiled, it may be available for purchase and will be an heirloom the whole family will enjoy reading.
4) A history of surnames. Where did your name come from? How about your wife's name? What is your mother's maiden name? A history of surnames provides fascinating reading.
5) A collection of old photographs. If you are an active family tree researcher you are probably also a collector of old photos, and may have many that could duplicated, or even scanned and put into electronic form. Giving a person a collection of old photos of family members, with captions identifying the family members is sure to be appreciated and really won't cost you very much to put together. You just need to scan the photos, add identification captions, print them out on nice glossy paper, and insert them in a low cost photo album. This will be a conversation starter for years and something that will probably be passed down among the generations.
All of these will make great gifts for anyone interested in genealogy. Other possible gifts would include a family bible, to be used to keep your own records for the future; a subscription to a good genealogy magazine that would provide hours of fun filled reading every month for a year; tuition for classes in history or research at the local university or community college to help a genealogist enhance knowledge and skills; or how about taking that old photo of your great grandmother and having it reproduced into a large enough to hang portrait?
Genealogy used to be thought of as a stuffy hobby for people who liked to hang out in dusty libraries and back rooms, but these days it is a hobby the whole family can enjoy. One great thing about genealogy study is that it can help your children get an appreciation of history. If you've traced your own family history for instance back to the Oklahoma land rush, then watching a movie about the Oklahoma Sooners will be fun for the whole family. If you know you had ancestors in the Civil War, then watching North and South, or any movie that covers the time period will be appreciated and bring history to life. If you have a relative who was living in New York during the 1890's then a movie covering that time period would be interesting. If you know what your own ancestors were doing during a particular time period, you have a good understanding of what you might have been doing yourself during that period had you been alive. Passing this love of history, and imaginative way of looking at things on to your children will serve them well in years to come and allow them to get a head start on many of their classes. Giving the gift of genealogy will help them, and provide you will a sense of well being and enjoyment. Enjoy.
