I've actually done three. I too wrote them myself because to make them the least bit interesting, the story needs to be told along with the facts and documents. I used word but pdf is pretty much the standard format used by the publishers. I used a print on demand company so that I didn't have to order a 100 or more. It was time consuming but well worth it. Merry Anne Pierson > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:08:05 -0400 > From: gdburnette@aol.com > Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books > To: OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com, mochrist@rootsweb.com, > vawashin@rootsweb.com, TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com, vacampbe@rootsweb.com, > VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CB7403F10E219E-C84-20D1@WEBMAIL-MA19.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with > notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable > book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not > seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like > that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share > with me ? > > >

Merry Anne, thank you.? What was the company you used and were you happy with them ? -----Original Message----- From: Merry Anne/Pierson <merryanne@bellsouth.net> To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 7:39 am Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Turning data into a book I've actually done three. I too wrote them myself because to make them the least bit interesting, the story needs to be told along with the facts and documents. I used word but pdf is pretty much the standard format used by the publishers. I used a print on demand company so that I didn't have to order a 100 or more. It was time consuming but well worth it. Merry Anne Pierson > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:08:05 -0400 > From: gdburnette@aol.com > Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books > To: OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com, mochrist@rootsweb.com, > vawashin@rootsweb.com, TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com, vacampbe@rootsweb.com, > VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CB7403F10E219E-C84-20D1@WEBMAIL-MA19.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with > notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable > book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not > seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like > that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share > with me ? > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message