Hi Rachel, You probaly already know that there is a lot burial information on your Hughes ancestors on pages 47 & 49 of the "Cemeteries of Raccoon Township, Gallia County, OH" published by the "Gallia Co. Historical/Genealogicall Society in 1999. The following information was published in the History of Mason Co. WV, under "The Hughes Family": "THE HUGHES FAMILY John Hughes born ca. 1777 York Co. Pa. Married Elizabeth Ott born ca. 1778 Lancaster Co. Pa. They first moved to Gallia Co., Ohio circa 1820. By 1850 they were in Mason Co., W.Va. Known children: Christopher born 1909 Lancaster Co. Pa. Married Rebecca Clemons. Christopher died 27 Sept. 1891 Mason Co. W.Va. Jesse born 1814 Pa. Married Sarah last name unknown. He died 15 Nov. 1882 Mason Co. W.Va. Agness born 1816 Pa. , Margaret born 1818 Pa. Married John Brickel [sic: Bickel?], Elizabeth born 1820 Ohio, Jemima born 1822. Married Thomas Christy, John born 1825 Ohio, Jane born 1827 Ohio, and Thomas born 1832 Va. Ashbell Hughes born 3 July 1847 Mason Co. Va. son of Margaret Hughes. Married 1st, 30 june 1870 to Viola Catherine Grice. 2nd to Laura F. Pusey. Dekalb Hughes born 7 January 1845 Ohio, son of Jemima Hughes and a McMullen. Married 27 July 1865 Gallia Co. to Jane Ann Bowen born 28 march 1845 on Mud River Cabell Co.Va..." I do not know if John Hughes (b. 1777) was of Welsh ancestry nor do I know where he is buried, although I believe he is probably buried in either Mason Co. or Cabell Co. WV where there is another Hughes Cemetery where Jemima Hughes Christy is supposed to be buried. Good luck! -Mary Cervantes ---- [email protected] wrote: ============= Hi, Mary! Once again, I have to say I don't know. Up until I received the death record of Edward HUGHES, I was convinced that the first Hughes to come to the US in my line was Llew Arfon (Richard HUGHES), who was born in Wales in approximately 1845. I've never been able to trace him to his parents, so I don't know their names, whether he had siblings, exactly where he originated, when he left Wales, where he went first, and how he ended up in Centreville-Thurman. My guess is that this isn't a connection. But at this point, who knows? Do you know when your Hughs family came to the US and what part of Wales they came from? Regards, Rachel -----Original Message----- >From: Mary Cervantes <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 26, 2007 2:16 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: rachelslansky <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > >Rachel, > >Are you a descendant of John Hughs/Hughes b. c1777 and Elizabeth Ott Hughes? I know there are legions of Hughes descendants in WV, and John & Elizabeth were quite prolific as were their children. > >John & Elizabeth Hughs/Hughes are my ggg-grandparents. They had at least 9 children who grew to adulthood, including Jemima Hughes (1822-1890) who m. Thomas Christy (c1830 -1893) in 1851 in Gallia Co. OH but who raised their family in Mason Co. WV and later Cabell Co. WV. > >Before she married Thomas Christy, Jemima had a son, Dekalb Hughes (1845-1915) >by a "Mach McMullen" according to the History of Mason Co. WV. > >Jemima and Thomas Christy had 3 sons: Jerome Christy (1853-1935), James Wm. Christy, Sr. (1858-1901) --who is my g-grandfather-- and Jefferson Christy (1862 -Aft.1896). > >Please let me know if there is any connection and I'll be happy to share information. >By coincidence, I'll be in Portland, OR, for about 10 days in mid-July visiting my sister. > >-Mary Cervantes >Milford, OH (near Cincinnati) > > >---- rachelslansky <[email protected]> wrote: > >============= >Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of >Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes >Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is >connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. > >Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! > >-Rachel >Portland, OR > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, Mary! Once again, I have to say I don't know. Up until I received the death record of Edward HUGHES, I was convinced that the first Hughes to come to the US in my line was Llew Arfon (Richard HUGHES), who was born in Wales in approximately 1845. I've never been able to trace him to his parents, so I don't know their names, whether he had siblings, exactly where he originated, when he left Wales, where he went first, and how he ended up in Centreville-Thurman. My guess is that this isn't a connection. But at this point, who knows? Do you know when your Hughs family came to the US and what part of Wales they came from? Regards, Rachel -----Original Message----- >From: Mary Cervantes <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 26, 2007 2:16 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: rachelslansky <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > >Rachel, > >Are you a descendant of John Hughs/Hughes b. c1777 and Elizabeth Ott Hughes? I know there are legions of Hughes descendants in WV, and John & Elizabeth were quite prolific as were their children. > >John & Elizabeth Hughs/Hughes are my ggg-grandparents. They had at least 9 children who grew to adulthood, including Jemima Hughes (1822-1890) who m. Thomas Christy (c1830 -1893) in 1851 in Gallia Co. OH but who raised their family in Mason Co. WV and later Cabell Co. WV. > >Before she married Thomas Christy, Jemima had a son, Dekalb Hughes (1845-1915) >by a "Mach McMullen" according to the History of Mason Co. WV. > >Jemima and Thomas Christy had 3 sons: Jerome Christy (1853-1935), James Wm. Christy, Sr. (1858-1901) --who is my g-grandfather-- and Jefferson Christy (1862 -Aft.1896). > >Please let me know if there is any connection and I'll be happy to share information. >By coincidence, I'll be in Portland, OR, for about 10 days in mid-July visiting my sister. > >-Mary Cervantes >Milford, OH (near Cincinnati) > > >---- rachelslansky <[email protected]> wrote: > >============= >Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of >Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes >Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is >connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. > >Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! > >-Rachel >Portland, OR > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You can check all Hughes buried in Gallia County at galliagenealogy.org by going there and clicking on Genealogical Resources, then cemeteries, then alphabetical index. By 1824 William Hughes has joined Anderson H. Hughes in Gallia County. Hill Cemetery was at one time in Gallia Co., but is now just over the line in Jackson Co. Many of Anderson's family married into the Cherrington family of which I am a part. Henny Evans

Rachel, Are you a descendant of John Hughs/Hughes b. c1777 and Elizabeth Ott Hughes? I know there are legions of Hughes descendants in WV, and John & Elizabeth were quite prolific as were their children. John & Elizabeth Hughs/Hughes are my ggg-grandparents. They had at least 9 children who grew to adulthood, including Jemima Hughes (1822-1890) who m. Thomas Christy (c1830 -1893) in 1851 in Gallia Co. OH but who raised their family in Mason Co. WV and later Cabell Co. WV. Before she married Thomas Christy, Jemima had a son, Dekalb Hughes (1845-1915) by a "Mach McMullen" according to the History of Mason Co. WV. Jemima and Thomas Christy had 3 sons: Jerome Christy (1853-1935), James Wm. Christy, Sr. (1858-1901) --who is my g-grandfather-- and Jefferson Christy (1862 -Aft.1896). Please let me know if there is any connection and I'll be happy to share information. By coincidence, I'll be in Portland, OR, for about 10 days in mid-July visiting my sister. -Mary Cervantes Milford, OH (near Cincinnati) ---- rachelslansky <[email protected]> wrote: ============= Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! -Rachel Portland, OR ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We'd love to have you join us and become a member of First Families. Interseted? Henny Evans Drema & Dave Mereness <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, How much is the 4th book on your list? John and Christiana Nisewanger Kerr Jr. Where do I mail the check to: Drema Mereness [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henny Evans" To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 10:50 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Books available on Kerrs, Nisewangers, McCormick,VonSchriltz and Lotz > We recently acquired the books of the late Edythe Kahn to sell in our > Society office. We have listed them below without price. Please contact > us for price if you are interested. We have a very limited number of > these...from 1 to 5 as there are so few of them remaining. These are > nicely bound books, some soft, some hard and they all have Gallia County > families in them...some more than others; some with lots of connections > and some with fewer. > Thanks. Henny Evans, Gallia OGS Chapter > > LIST OF BOOKS OF GENEALOGY by EDYTHE T. KAHN > > 1. Our Von Schriltzs in America, 1790-1988> [Includes people from Gallia and Meigs County] > > large hardback > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 2. Hamilton and Susannah Nisewanger Kerr/Karr: Their Ancestry and > Descendants, 1711 to 1990 > [Includes lots of people from Gallia, Meigs, and Wyandot Counties] > > paperback > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 3. James Mc Cormick: His Ancestry and Descendants, 1570 to 1991 > [Includes lots of people from Gallia County] > > paperback > ________________________________________________________________________ > > 4. John and Christiana Nisewanger Kerr, Jr.: Their Ancestry and > Descendants, 1745-1991 > [Includes lots of people from Gallia County] > hardback > ________________________________________________________________________ > 5. Jacob Niswanger: His Ancestry and Descendants, 1711 to 1992 [Includes > a few people from Gallia County] > > paperback > ________________________________________________________________________ > > 6. Jacob and Sarah Wolf Lotz: Their Ancestry and Descendants, 1760 to > 1994 > [Includes people from Gallia and Vinton Counties] > > paperback > ________________________________________________________________________ > > 7. Charles and Sarah Nisewanger Mills: Their Ancestry and Descendants, > 1765 to 1992 > [Includes lots of people from Gallia County] > > paperback > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Debbie- I have absolutely no idea! The farthest I can go back is my great great grandfather, Richard L. HUGHES (aka Lew Arfon). The family story has always been that he came to the US alone from North Wales, where he was a concert performer and conductor. Aside from his six children, John L., Joseph Thomas, Jennie, Mabel, Hugh Robert, and Minnie (Mary Elizabeth), I have no other Hughes names. I don't know exactly when Llew Arfon arrived, but I've found evidence of him in Wales in 1865 (when he would have been about 20) and his marriage record in Jackson County in 1878. Just for the heck of it, I recently ordered the death certificate of Edward HUGHES, the son of the Richard HUGHES buried in the Beman Cemetery (Llew Arfon is in the Hill Cemetery in Centreville-Thurman). I had found this other Richard in the census records and ruled him out as not mine some time ago, but then I got the death certificate for Edward. The thing that gave me pause was this: The informant for the death certificate is a John L. HUGHES, of Thurman- the same name as Llew Arfon's first born son. And while Welsh names often repeat, Centreville-Thurman was a very small town. If I recall correctly, my line and this other one were the only Hughes families there for a long time. Is it possible they were all related? Tell me about your Levi HUGHES. I'm sure I've seen that name while looking over census records. Regards, Rachel >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:23:12 -0500 >From: "Debbie Alley" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Rachel, >are you related to Levi HUGHES? >thanks & take care, Debbie > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "rachelslansky" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:16 AM >Subject: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > > >> Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of >> Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes >> Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is >> connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. >> >> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! >> >> -Rachel >> Portland, OR >>

Rachel, are you related to Levi HUGHES? thanks & take care, Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "rachelslansky" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:16 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of > Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes > Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is > connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. > > Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! > > -Rachel > Portland, OR > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! -Rachel Portland, OR

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Gallia County Historical and Genealogical Society at 412 Second Avenue, Gallipolis has acquired the book "Symmes Creek". We have a limited amount of these books for sale thanks to the widow of the author Wayne B. Ingles. This book was written in 1976 and has been unavailable for quite a few years now. It is soft bound with 160 pages filled with valuable information on Gallia, Lawrence and Jackson Counties. It has 403 family surnames listed in the index, plus information on area history in the Symmes Valley area along with many pictures. We have been asked countless times over the past years as to where this book could be purchased and until now it has been unavailable. For the price call GCH&GS 740-446-7200. Supply is limited order your copy soon. Marjorie If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. George Bernard Shaw

First I'd like to thank everyone who wrote with their opinions of coil v. hardcover. I've definately decided hardcover is the way to go with libraries and societies, and I'll let family and friends make their own decisions. Bossard has a copy of my book already and will be sending it away themselves for hard cover binding. Thanks also to those who made suggestions of how to embed fonts and create PDF files. I actually tried CutePDF and Adobe's five free PDF, but neither would work. As I said, I dunno if my document is too large or what. I didn't know how long it takes to upload files into PDF format so I wasted 4 hours one night waiting for Adobe to finish the project and it was still working so I left it running overnight while I slept, and in the morning it was still working on trying to convert it. And I figured after 12 hours it wasn't going to load. I tried again twice, but with no success. I then went to CutePDF and tried with similar results. As I said at one point I had Nerd put it in PDF format and they did it while I waited, so there was definately something wrong with my program or the size of my document. It shouldn't take 12 hours. The problem was my publisher rejected it because the fonts and photographs weren't embedded. So then I downloaded tons of things off Google to embed the fonts, but nothing worked. Perhaps I'm just that computer illiterate. :-) After Don Clark offered to put my book into PDF format, I wanted to make absolute certain that the fonts were embedded first. PDF doesn't help if everything's not embedded, and my publisher rejects it again. I downloaded several things off the internet on how to embed the fonts and well, they didn't work either. Yeah, Google and I have been best buddies for years! ;-) Unfortunately, I don't know what's wrong or why my computer won't seem to do things that it's supposed to be able to do -- when things go wrong blame the computer, not the operator. ;-) After spenting several hours downloading tons of programs (PDF and Embedding) and filling up my computer memory, my husband said I've tried long and hard enough, and suggested I just take it down to Nerd, have them embed the fonts and put it in PDF format and get the book done. He's proud of my accomplishments and my efforts and said I deserve it. :-) So that we did, it should be done on Friday. Hopefully when it comes back I will be able to upload it to Lulu and there will be no more hoops to jump through, and I'll be totally done with it, still seven days ahead of schedule. :-) Linda It stormed today in Gallipolis, but Mercerville, just 14 miles from the city square, is as dry as a bone.

James Newton (b. 1823) married Elizabeth Beard (b. 1826) and their daughter Lydia was born in 1846. Elizabeth died in 1852. Lydia is in the 1860 census living with James and Madeline Newton. She is not living with them in 1870 or in 1880. She married Payton Davidson of Hood River Oregon in 1893 and died there in 1915 (found because of my grandmother's note that she lived in Hood River, OR). Since she was not in the 1870 or 1880 census as Lydia Newton, she must have married, sometime between 1860 and 1870. She's not listed in the online database of Ohio marriages. Does anyone have any information? Thanks, Charlotte

Indeed, there are several little apps that do the same, they "pretend" to be a printer, as Charlotte says, and instead of printing to a printer it will "print" to a new document in the pdf format. CutePDF is one, but there are several others. Google is your friend. On 6/25/2007, "Charlotte Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote: >Create a PDF? There is a little freeware program called CutePDF which >actually pretends to be a printer. You create your document using MSWord or >whatever, and then click print, selecting CutePDF as your printer. Here is >the link <http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/Writer.asp>. >Hope this helps. >Charlotte > >On 6/22/07, Linda Trent <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >I am putting mine into binders so that new information can be added. >> > However, the downside of this is that pages can be "borrowed and not >> > returned" thus >> > losing the info forever. Have decided to make copies and hard bind for >> > libraries and genie societies. >> >> Joanne, >> >> That's been my problem. I have three -- three inch "D" ring binders that >> are heavy duty, and I store all my original documents in them. I recently >> had to go to my cousin Audrey's to get the original letters my gg >> grandfather wrote from the homefront to his son in the Civil War because >> *I* >> borrowed from my own books and forgot to replace them. Of course I'm on >> several Civil War related forums and lists where we discuss handwriting >> and >> talk about the homefront, and I just know that the copy's around here >> somewhere and was taken out to scan for sourcing, but where did I put >> them? >> >> In all seriousness, the publisher I found isn't that expensive one way or >> the other, and they are pring on demand. The main thing is they rejected >> the book until I can get the font and images imbedded and put back in a >> PDF >> file. Yeah, they can do that for me, for an exhorbatant fee (couple >> hundred >> dollars) -- and my index is all hand done, so one line changed is >> disaster. >> I'd like to see the product before they start publishing. Dunno if I'm >> allowed to ask on the list, but does anyone know how to embed fonts and >> images and put the stuff in PDF format? Lately I've just been going to a >> local place here in Gallipolis, but my publisher can do the job for half >> what the local place does! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Linda. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ######## NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save calling for the impeachment of the current President. ######## Charlie Hazlett [email protected] Columbus, Ohio

Create a PDF? There is a little freeware program called CutePDF which actually pretends to be a printer. You create your document using MSWord or whatever, and then click print, selecting CutePDF as your printer. Here is the link <http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/Writer.asp>. Hope this helps. Charlotte On 6/22/07, Linda Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I am putting mine into binders so that new information can be added. > > However, the downside of this is that pages can be "borrowed and not > > returned" thus > > losing the info forever. Have decided to make copies and hard bind for > > libraries and genie societies. > > Joanne, > > That's been my problem. I have three -- three inch "D" ring binders that > are heavy duty, and I store all my original documents in them. I recently > had to go to my cousin Audrey's to get the original letters my gg > grandfather wrote from the homefront to his son in the Civil War because > *I* > borrowed from my own books and forgot to replace them. Of course I'm on > several Civil War related forums and lists where we discuss handwriting > and > talk about the homefront, and I just know that the copy's around here > somewhere and was taken out to scan for sourcing, but where did I put > them? > > In all seriousness, the publisher I found isn't that expensive one way or > the other, and they are pring on demand. The main thing is they rejected > the book until I can get the font and images imbedded and put back in a > PDF > file. Yeah, they can do that for me, for an exhorbatant fee (couple > hundred > dollars) -- and my index is all hand done, so one line changed is > disaster. > I'd like to see the product before they start publishing. Dunno if I'm > allowed to ask on the list, but does anyone know how to embed fonts and > images and put the stuff in PDF format? Lately I've just been going to a > local place here in Gallipolis, but my publisher can do the job for half > what the local place does! > > Thanks, > > Linda. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

To all of you.... if you give the Coil bound to the library (I would think most libraries) in Gallia County, it is their policy to hard bound them any way... they send them to a binderary and they come back with the name on the back binding... and appropriatly titled. As for home use I vote for coil.. and also I do the 3 ring binders when they start to fall apart.. The clue to not getting something lost... I don't lend.... I copy the pages that a person wants.. and they get the copy... I know that there are some people who lose valuable info by lending books... I refuse to any more.. Ellen Linda <[email protected]> wrote: I am sorry that I upset so many on the list with my method of binding. I was just letting the questioner know how I do it. I have never had problems with coil binding and I have had plastic-bound cookbooks for many years without cracking. I certainly never meant that I am an expert, I just enjoy my research so much that I prefer a do-it-yourself method. Linda brknhrt ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

No one is upset as far as I can tell. Everyone has different experiences. I agree that coil binding is much easier to use and work with, but I think Linda is looking for something that will last a long, long time. Hard cover bound books survive centuries. Don't know about the longevity of coil bound books---I have some 30 years old that have split and cracked. Maybe I "overused" that cook book! Joanne ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

I am sorry that I upset so many on the list with my method of binding. I was just letting the questioner know how I do it. I have never had problems with coil binding and I have had plastic-bound cookbooks for many years without cracking. I certainly never meant that I am an expert, I just enjoy my research so much that I prefer a do-it-yourself method. Linda brknhrt

Linda, while coils have there own advantages, I prefer the hardbound for the simple reason that they stay upright on the library shelf. We have both at our Genealogical Society office at 57 Court Street in Gallipolis, and the hardbound stay where you put them instead of sliding all over the shelf as they have no sturdiness to them. Henny Linda <[email protected]> wrote: I have all of mine coil bound, but I did it myself. I am sure a hardbound would last longer, but I purchased an inexpensive coil binder, designed my own covers, and now can update them without added expense. Linda brknhrt On 6/22/07, Linda Trent wrote: > I have a question for the list. I'm about to have a number of copies of my > family history published, some to donate to local libraries and genealogical > societies and a couple to sell to family and friends. I would like to hear > (write me privately if it's not appropriate for the list) what your thoughts > are between coil binding and hardcover, and what you prefer as fellow > genealogists. Do any of you have other thoughts for me to consider? > > Here are a few of my thoughts. > > Coil -- the book lies flat and stays where you open it. > Hard -- the book never truly lies flat and the pages flip if you don't weigh > them down. > > Hard -- has name on the side for easy searching on the shelves. > Coil -- just black plastic staring at you from the shelves. > > Coil -- can make copies without worrying about breaking the spine. > Hard -- can make copies, but side of copy may curve due to not being able to > lie flat. > > Hard -- will last longer and has a good sturdy cover to protect it. > Coil -- cheaper, so you can buy two at the price of one, so if it doesn't > last as long... > > I see benefits both ways. Any suggestions? You're the folks that are going > to be using this book. ;-) > > Thanks, > > Linda Tope Trent > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>I am putting mine into binders so that new information can be added. > However, the downside of this is that pages can be "borrowed and not > returned" thus > losing the info forever. Have decided to make copies and hard bind for > libraries and genie societies. Joanne, That's been my problem. I have three -- three inch "D" ring binders that are heavy duty, and I store all my original documents in them. I recently had to go to my cousin Audrey's to get the original letters my gg grandfather wrote from the homefront to his son in the Civil War because *I* borrowed from my own books and forgot to replace them. Of course I'm on several Civil War related forums and lists where we discuss handwriting and talk about the homefront, and I just know that the copy's around here somewhere and was taken out to scan for sourcing, but where did I put them? In all seriousness, the publisher I found isn't that expensive one way or the other, and they are pring on demand. The main thing is they rejected the book until I can get the font and images imbedded and put back in a PDF file. Yeah, they can do that for me, for an exhorbatant fee (couple hundred dollars) -- and my index is all hand done, so one line changed is disaster. I'd like to see the product before they start publishing. Dunno if I'm allowed to ask on the list, but does anyone know how to embed fonts and images and put the stuff in PDF format? Lately I've just been going to a local place here in Gallipolis, but my publisher can do the job for half what the local place does! Thanks, Linda.

I am putting mine into binders so that new information can be added. However, the downside of this is that pages can be "borrowed and not returned" thus losing the info forever. Have decided to make copies and hard bind for libraries and genie societies. Joanne Galvin Michigan Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, Berridge,Plymale, Kinder, Cottrell, Gilbert, Baker, Rood ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Linda- I agree that coil binding renders a book much easier to use, to copy, etc. However, those plastic coils do not last very long. They split, come out, get crushed and are rendered practically unusable---I have a shelf full of fund raiser cookbooks in very poor condition to prove it. The plastic seems to dry out and become brittle over time. So, for longevity's sake---and a family history should be available for many years to come, I vote for the hard cover even though it isn't as user-friendly. It will last longer. Joanne Galvin Michigan Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, Berridge,Plymale, Kinder, Cottrell, Gilbert, Baker, Rood ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.