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From: Thomas Elliott <>
Subject: Re: [MEKENNEB] Hussey Families
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:21:04 -0500
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At 10:03 AM 19-07-04, you wrote:
>Am interested in your remark about writing a book about your hometown. I am
>currently investigating methods and resources for plublishing a personal
>genealgical history of a particular branch of my own family. Have your
>researched the perfect program to match the needs of printing trees, maps,
>pictures, indexing for such an endeavor. If anyone out there has
>information or experience they would share in this regard, I would love to
>hear from you.


Dear Marguerite,

My biggest drawback is the lack of organizational skills (you should see my
desk!). Also, I don't believe that there is the "perfect program" for a
project such as ours. I have five genealogy programs that I use, mainly
because I find that one of them is easier to input data, others have
different charts, etc. The bottom line is that it will probably end up on
an Adobe® document as I can import pictures, photos, charts and dialogue
all in the same place on my computer. Also, may I suggest contacting a
publisher such as Picton Press or Higginston Books? They may help you
decide on a particular program with the format that they would want.

Hope that this helps in some way.

Sincerely,
Tom
MSG, USA (Ret.)
Waldo County, Maine USGenWeb Coordinator
Waldo County, Maine listowner
Freedom, Waldo County, Maine USGenWeb Volunteer
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mewaldo/index.htm

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