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This was a presentation I made to the Northants Family History Society, to help them present their research in different ways. The presentation was extremely well received, on a horrendous winter evening!
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- 1. ©ThomPoole2011-13 What now? Publishing your research Thom Poole
- 2. ©ThomPoole2011-13 So far so good… • You've done the research • Got piles of papers, photos & certificates • Databases full of information • Bored your friends and family
- 3. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Display This is OK, but where can you display it, and how much information can you display on the chart?
- 4. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Write a book This is why I’m speaking to you.
- 5. ©ThomPoole2011-13 How to write your book • Planning • Writing • Publishing • Warning If you have a reporting function in your genealogical software, make use of it. I use RootsMagic that provides a range of reports, including narrative and listings. All I used to write the book is Microsoft Word, PhotoShop and the online publisher Lulu
- 6. ©ThomPoole2011-13 PLANNING Step 1 – Where are you going to go?
- 7. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Planning your book • Audience • Information guide • Pictures, certificates & forms • Copyright? Who are you writing for? How much information should you include? Start scanning information - pictures, certificates, forms, etc
- 8. ©ThomPoole2011-13 WRITING Step 2 – What to put in the book?
- 9. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Charts • Tree diagram • Fan Chart • A Timeline
- 10. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Presentation • The bloodline • The ancestry • Family specific narrative • Place index & maps • Occupation lists • Kinship lists • References
- 11. ©ThomPoole2011-13 The bloodline • Related to your ‘Root Person’ • Follows the bloodline back • Excludes families • Can include additional information on each person (unless included elsewhere) • List by generation Add the relationship each person has to the root person - e.g. third great grandfather Do not include siblings, unless this is the only section Ideally, start each generation on a new page
- 12. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Ancestry • Following the bloodline back, but including siblings • Include other information, e.g. census, parish records, stories, etc • List by generation
- 13. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Family narrative • Follow key family lines • From the earliest entry forward • Add additional information that would interest the reader • List each name with the relationship to the root person
- 14. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Family stories Example is of a book I wrote for my father-in-law for Christmas about his grandfather
- 15. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Additional information 1881 Distribution 1998 Distribution This comes from the Family Name distribution project (public profiler.org - no space)
- 16. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Index of Places • List all the locations in your tree • Add maps • Add photos • Add some history about a place Bring the locations mentioned elsewhere in your book to life
- 17. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Occupation Lists • List all occupations • Give some background (where necessary) • Add detail (e.g. certain jobs related to a location) My niece asked about the occupations of our ancestors - wanting to hear about a pop star!
- 18. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Kinship Listing • Alphabetical listing of all kin • List from the root person • Highlight the bloodline Highlight the bloodline using bold &/or italic emphasis
- 19. ©ThomPoole2011-13 References • List your references as end notes • Let readers confirm your research • Acknowledge other contributors • List census, certificate and web references
- 20. ©ThomPoole2011-13 PUBLISHING Step 3 – Putting your content in print
- 21. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Alternatives • You could publish to a public website • You could create your own website • You could serialise your content • You could write a book Public websites like Genes Reunited or Ancestry Serialise like the wartime diary of Private Ross Taylor by his grandson - Chris Ayres on Twitter.
- 22. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Publishing • Online digital publishers are cheaper • www.lulu.com is an international publisher • You maintain full control of your book • You can sell it publicly with an ISBN Lulu – international, so if you have family overseas, they get their book printed locally. We’ll cover the warnings about going public at the end.
- 23. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Using Lulu Creating your project
- 24. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Using Lulu Create your account on Lulu
- 25. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Your Book Select the sort of book you want to publish – hardback, paperback, size, colour pages (costs quite a bit more!)
- 26. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Start Your Project Give your book a name and enter your ‘name’, and select the distribution you want for your book.
- 27. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Choose The Look Refine or change the look and feel of your book
- 28. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Upload Your File The online tool converts your Word document into a PDF.
- 29. ©ThomPoole2011-13 The Book Cover There are some sample cover you can use, but you can also design your own as I have done here. You can add your own title, spine and back notes. There are a range of fonts and colours you can choose from.
- 30. ©ThomPoole2011-13 WARNING All is not rosy though
- 31. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Warning • Your database contains private information • Only publicly distribute information about people who are deceased • Control your book distribution if it does • A website is more public & open to more possible abuse This does not mean to say that you shouldn’t publish things openly, but do so knowingly
- 32. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Summary You can download your content and covers, set a price (the price shown is the cost). If I set the Direct Access or General Access, I can set a sales price.
- 35. ©ThomPoole2011-13 Openly Published • My latest novel • ISBN: 978-1-4476-7885-4 • Of interest to genealogists