For several years now, I have given you "serious" tips of how to, where to,
when to. For a couple of weeks, I'd like to look on the light-hearted if
you will allow.
Ah love! Or is it hate? Or what are you trying to tell me?
In this age of fast moving cars, rapid internet email and cable television;
we have lost a piece of our past when things were maybe simpler, easier to
understand. Well, maybe not as easy to understand, come to think of it.
During the Colonial days and beyond, there were those little s
TIP #365 - SO YOU WANT TO PUBLISH A FAMILY BOOK, PART 2.
This week, we'll be looking at the following:
II Photos and Illustrations
A. Where to put them
B. How to get them reproduced inexpensively
C. Description
I think one of the most interesting aspects of publishing a family book is
to see what all the ancestors look
or looked like! Don't you wish there were cameras in full use before the
Civil War? So few family portraits exist (at least in my family!) and it's
always a guessing game as to how that f
I hate to do this but ....
I have received over 500 virus messages from the three main lists I
maintain in the last 2 days. I have tried to notify each one of you
infected, privately, but they just keep rolling in. The viruses are not
coming from the list, but from people ON the list from their infected
systems. Between my 3 lists, there are approximately 5,000 subbers so the
potential for my in-box is endless!
Thus, I'm going to have to do what other list managers are doing. If I
receive a virus from you
You are being sent this week's tip 2 days early in order than I might have
a little time to prepare for Thanksgiving. I would like to wish all of you
a Happy Thanksgiving- we have a LOT to be thankful for this year!
TIP #367 - SO YOU WANT TO PUBLISH A BOOK - CONCLUSION.
This is where the rubber meets the road as they say. It's do or die from
here on out. You have your book all ready; now how can you get it published
without pawning your children and old Fido?
In the past, authors and compilists were forc
TIP #364 - SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A FAMILY BOOK.
I have been requested to give an outline of how to publish a family book. I
am sure there are books out there telling you how to write a book, but I'm
going to give you some ideas, guidelines and thoughts after doing this for
over 30 years. Maybe I should call it the "Poorman's Guide to Genealogical
Publishing." I have always needed to work on more of a shoestring in
publishing and over the years have gotten more accomplished, I hope!
It IS important that you
TIP #366 - SO YOU WANT TO PUBLISH A FAMILY BOOK - PART 3
This week well cover:
III Software vs straight typing?
A. Software programs
B. What format for the book
Since you are reading these tips it is intuitively obvious that you have a
computer! Make it work for you. You can do it two ways
1. Using a software program that will print out all the family, including
the index
2. Typing the material on a word processor and printing it off, adding your
own index
Until recently, I used the second step; now I