We've closed pre-registration for scanning at NGS. If you're bringing items to scan, please swing by the scanning station in the GenTech exhibit hall to sign up for a specific time!

NGS Family History Conference attendees can sign up for scanning sessions on Wednesday, April 28, through Saturday, May 1, to be held during the exhibit hall hours. Scanning-session signs-ups will open each morning—sign up Wednesday morning for a Wednesday time slot, Friday morning for a Friday time slot. Scanning will be located in the GenTech area of the exhibit hall.

Scanning Details You’ll Want to Know

Document types accepted

• We can scan any document type, but the maximum size supported is 22" by 15". Any type of photograph, including tintypes, is accepted. Unfortunately we can not scan slides.
• Copyright and re-publishing rights for the material are strictly the responsibility of patrons, but we reserve the right to reject any document for any reason.
• There is always a possibility that damage to older, more fragile documents may occur during the scanning process. Ancestry.com urges patrons to use their best judgment when choosing documents to be scanned.

Document preparation

• Please sort all of your documents and pictures by size, largest to smallest, before entering your session. This will enable our scanners to more effectively finish your documents in the time allotted.
• Photos mounted in an album will be digitized as a single image. Bound books do not need to be unassembled, but can be quite slow to digitize. Material stored in sleeves should be removed prior to the scanning session; materials remaining in sleeves will be digitized with the sleeves in place.

Scheduling

• You will be able to sign up for a scanning time slot, on a first come, first served basis. This time slot will include any document preparation not completed prior to the scanning session, so proper document preparation is crucial (see above). 
• Generally we can scan about 25 properly prepared documents per person during each scanning session.
• Due to demand, we can accommodate only one scanning session per person during the conference.
• The scanned files will be saved to a thumb drive (provided by Ancestry.com) and given to attendees for their own use.