Congratulations, Graham. It is a very worth while cause and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all. I have not been amis in getting all of our family history out to our relatives either. Have done a PAF format tree with over 2,000 individuals which had at least 75% photos attached, going back to 1730. My Grandfather was a very prolific writer of poetry (over 100) and I have typed all these and put them on a CD and dispensed them to 3 continents. He also wrote the words and/or music to 40 songs. Some of these were sung at pretty prestigious celebrations, ie Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the visit of Duke of Gloucester in 1934. On these two occasions these songs were sumg bt 10,000 & 12,000 schoolchildren. This was in addition to being in the NSW State Parliament for about 46 years. Once again, congratulations on sharing this with us. Anne On 12/18/2010 7:20 PM, Graham Price wrote: > Dear All > > I have been publishing via black& white print and mail out and > recently also colour PDF my little family history journal Genetree > since 1976 - usually about 20 pages, but this December 2010 issue > only 16 - must be slowing down, eh? :-|. Anyway, it has always gone > out about three times per year to family and friends, about 85 > copies, generally 3000kb PDF which downloads on broadband in a few > seconds - much slower on dial up, natch. > > Anyway, I thought, why keep this to myself and the close family? > There is nothing commercial in this, simply a private journal or > newsletter which has been going on all these years which I originally > thought would run out within a couple of years given limited research > facilities, but no, it keeps on. Amazing that - research never seems > to stop no matter how many brick walls are out there. > > The only reason -- apart from trying not to be selfish -- I am > putting this on the list is so that others may get the bug and > perhaps do the same for their own family history. It is a real thrill > to see your own publication finally printed off or sent online to > rels and other interested parties. I always keep copies and master > copies printed off and also ensure that CD/DVD copies are kept as > well. Genetree also goes to a few libraries around the world, so it's > history with photos shall be kept safe and secure. > > So, if you are a little creative and have some spare time why not do > the same? Why not surprise your relatives and other close folk with a > little publication of your own. All you need is a desk top publishing > programme or you can use Microsoft Works or Microsoft Publisher if > you have the funds to extend to that. MS Word may be all you need > although some other products give you further ease of > publication. And there is lots of help out there on the internet > showing you how to design and print off your publication. For me it > is thrilling, hope so for you too if you get the bug to do it. > > A little warning. It is some work and you may find it taking up more > of your time than you expected, but in my mind it is well worth it in > terms of satisfaction. Try it out. You have nothing to lose except > some of your missing brick wall ancestors! Email me OFF-LIST for a > recent copy of Genetree. > > Good luck > Graham > Melbourne > Oz > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >