Scan your Genealogy Documents and Records for Free!
Do you stay up late nights worrying about what might happen should you lose your priceless genealogical documents to fire, flood or other disaster? Do you have boxes of census records and life histories that are taking over your computer area? Do relatives and cousins constantly ask you for photocopies of documents that you have?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then I may have a solution for you. The good folks at Scribed, a free web-based document sharing service, are offering to digitally scan just about any written document you have for free. All you do is mail them the documents and they digitally scan and host them on their site. Then the documents will be available for download by anyone you chose, and safe should disaster strike.
Here are the details from their website (http://www.scribd.com/paper):
Convert Your Paper to iPaper is a program at Scribd where we will scan your paper documents and publish them on the internet completely for free. You just send us the documents in the mail – we’ll take care of the rest.
Is this really free?
Yes. We offset the cost of scanning by serving relevant advertisements on scanned documents.
What kinds of documents can you scan?
Scribd uses highly advanced scanning technology provided by our partners to scan and OCR documents at high volume. Our scanners can scan almost any written documents, but be sure to contact us for details about your particular materials.
How do I participate?
Email paper@scribd.com with information about your paper documents. Please include an estimate of the number of pages you have. A Scribd representative will reply with information about how and where to mail the documents.
Are there any additional restrictions?
Yes. To use the “Convert Your Paper to iPaper program”, you must:
- Have full legal rights to any content you send us.
- Not be in a hurry. It will take time – weeks, at least – to get your content scanned.
- Agree to have your content published on Scribd.com.
Also, please realize that Scribd may choose to not scan materials at our discretion, and that this program will be available for a limited time only.
