As many of us know, NARA's microfilmed collection of captured WWII German records is a trove of information. However, purchasing a digitized roll of microfilm from NARA is expensive (either $125 domestic US, or $135 International). This is especially expensive if you want just a few pages from a roll. Furthermore, it can take six weeks or more to get a DVD from NARA.
A colleague and I have decided to offer a quick and inexpensive alternative to buying an entire roll of microfilm from NARA. Our service is as follows:
• We photograph images of the documents as viewed on the screen of the microfilm reader. The photographs are not cropped or edited.
• Image quality is sufficient for easy reading of the documents. With Photoshop or Microsoft Office Picture Manager the images can be easily cropped and enhanced yourself.
• Cost is a flat fee - $.25 a photo with a minimum order of $25.
• The cost does not include extensive research to find files on the microfilm rolls, so you must know what microfilm rolls and frames you want. In-depth research to find documents costs extra.
• We will quickly deliver the images via an ftp service.
This is a quick and inexpensive way to get small batches of images of the captured WWII German records. Please see the attached low resolution samples.
For more information please email me at [email protected]
Regards,
Marc
http://www.digitalhistoryarchive.com
NARA's Captured German Records at Reasonable Prices
Re: NARA's Captured German Records at Reasonable Prices
Hello !
Well, I tried this service and everything was perfect!
Somehow it was exactly the thing I needed:
Originally I had bought two NARA-Rolls to cover the military time of my grandfather with
the "Ia War Diary" of his division. Later I wanted to know how many soldiers actually died
there each day and found out that these numbers can be found in the "IIa Report" which was
on a different roll. As this "IIa Report" was less than 50 pages long and the rest of the
roll was just a summery of "incoming reports" (mostly that´s handwritten stuff and hardly
readable) buying the whole role did not make sense for me, so I asked Marc.
to sum it up:
good communication, fast service, perfect quality, no problems.
(I have to admit that all this may sound a bit like a commercial on television, but
sometimes things in life really work without problems and Marc did me a big favour to get
this statistical numbers - thanks again)
Greets from Germany
Well, I tried this service and everything was perfect!
Somehow it was exactly the thing I needed:
Originally I had bought two NARA-Rolls to cover the military time of my grandfather with
the "Ia War Diary" of his division. Later I wanted to know how many soldiers actually died
there each day and found out that these numbers can be found in the "IIa Report" which was
on a different roll. As this "IIa Report" was less than 50 pages long and the rest of the
roll was just a summery of "incoming reports" (mostly that´s handwritten stuff and hardly
readable) buying the whole role did not make sense for me, so I asked Marc.
to sum it up:
good communication, fast service, perfect quality, no problems.
(I have to admit that all this may sound a bit like a commercial on television, but
sometimes things in life really work without problems and Marc did me a big favour to get
this statistical numbers - thanks again)
Greets from Germany