Posts in April 14, 2020

I make “zoomed in” images of records all the time, particularly if I am taking pictures of a record that I can only access in paper format. Images of this type can facilitate analysis and interpretation. They can also facilitate confusion if they are not identified and organized. The illustration for this post was from an 1845 state census record for the state of Michigan. Somehow it became separated from the other pictures I took of the same record. Make certain as you make images that they are organized and identifiable. The time to do that is when you create the images, not afterwards. And always get an overall picture of the image–even if you can’t read it all that well. Perspective matters.