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Re: Toledo Blade editorial



It has been done. I have heard of instances of genealogists scanning a document, taking out one name, and putting in a scanned copy of another name (from somewhere else in the document) in order to create a lineage. This would have appeared on a printout that was sent to a lineage society, etc., which the society would have taken for a photocopy of the original document.

On a slightly different note, apparently during the recent New Year's Eve broadcasts, one major network had its logo prominently displayed in Times Square, and another network was able to set things up so that on their broadcast, *their* logo, rather than that of their competitor, was what their viewers saw. 



Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
Special Collections Librarian/Archivist
Culinary Institute of America
433 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY  12538-1499
(914) 451-1757
c_crawfo@culinary.edu

>>> phrsf <phrsf@EMAIL.MSN.COM> 02/01/00 02:53PM >>>
Out of curiosity... with computer imaging technology as it is today and
where it's headed, how easy is it to alter the scanned image and "change"
historical facts.  Without the primary document the possibilities are kind
of scary.  Not meaning to leave the subject of data loss, I think this is a
legitimate question.
Chris Corley
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> The Toledo Blade also ran an editorial today about the OHS and the prison
> register destruction. The url is below
>
> http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/edit/0a27ed1.htm 
>
> Unfortunately I don't think the Blade understands the purpose of
microfilm.
> <snip>
> But microfilm should only be a backup. The bottom line is that invaluable
> pieces of public records which spelled out this state's history have been
> destroyed. No longer are the original public records available, and that
> makes it impossible to study directly, and appreciate, the earlier,
written
> record.
> <snip>
>
> True the original paper has been destroyed, but that does not mean that it
is
> imposssible to study the data.
>
> Hopefully there will be more letters to the editor from archivists and
> records managers concerning this subject
>
> Peter Kurilecz
> pakurilecz@aol.com 
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