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From: Louise <>
Subject: Re: [FAMILY-NEWSLETTERS] Photographs in newsletter
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:27:50 -0700
In-Reply-To: <8b.1f229ba8.2f212b38@aol.com>


Jackie,
I was thinking of starting a feature on families. I would like to see
your questionnaire.
Thanks,
Louise


On 1/20/05 8:41 AM, "" <> wrote:

> Tisha,
> I can relate to your problem of not getting the life stories of
> relatives! I have a handful who can be counted on to contribute information
> for
> every issue, but the vast majority of my relatives seem content to just sit
> back
> and read the newsletter.
> One thing that has worked well for me is to feature a family and to send
> questionnaires to everyone in the family. So far, I've not had anyone miss
> the deadline for publication. (Knock wood!) I started with my grandfather's
> family, since he was the oldest child of my great grandparents. I went
> through the Cousins (the first cousins), featuring the questionnaires and any
> family photos sent in. Now I'm going back and featuring all the living
> spouses
> of the Cousins. That should take another 18 months or so. Then I'll pick up
> the Fours (the fourth generation, my generation) and start featuring
> siblings. It's been a good way to get folks to send in family info. I'll be
> happy
> to share my questionnaire with the list.
> I always do a 'family news' section and I agree that getting current
> info is like pulling teeth. Folks will talk about their parents, or their
> childhood, but never think about the job promotion they just received or the
> fabulous honor they received from their community. Ah, the joys of editing a
> family newsletter. LOL!
> As far as printing, I do all the color copies on my home computer. It
> takes forever, but the quality is good, and I only mail about 60 copies to
> relatives. I send pdf copies to all the other relatives and to the
> newsletter
> swap group. I even print pages with black & white photos here on my printer,
> since I'm not happy with the quality at the quick copy place. It's time
> consuming, but I think the pages come out better. I find myself trying to
> put
> all the photos on the same pages, so I can at least print a couple of black
> and
> white pages at the quick copy. LOL! Not good layout, but sometimes you
> just do what you have to do to get it printed and sent out.
> Jackie
> Jackie
>
>
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