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From: "Flora Maynard" <>
Subject: Re: files and folders
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:33:07 -0400


Shelina,
What John Wilson are you talking about? I have a William Wilson
and Benjamin Wilson from WV. Is there a connection?
Flora Maynard
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Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: files and folders


>Linda,
>
>Thank you for your question. First I think you should know that I am
not an
>expert on the subject. I haven't tried to sell any books. Right now
I'm
>just working on collecting as much information as I can. I have
created some
>books by taking them to the photocopy shop, and having them spiral
bound, to
>give out to family members. They looked wonderful, but they were out
of date
>almost as soon as I shared them, as I gathered additional
information. (I do
>recommend that you share your information with your family before
issuing any
>books to the public though. It will spur some individuals into
action to
>give you additional information about their particular family, and
will spur
>others to make sure that you present them in a light in which you
want to be
>presented. It will spark some memories about sources that you were
unaware
>of, and you may be surprised at the family members who wind up
supporting
>your venture.)
>
>Back to your question, basically, I think it depends on the purpose
of your
>book. With the wonders of computers, I can print several different
books for
>different purposes.
>
>If you are doing it for personal research only, it doesn't matter
that you
>have many lines which no one but close relatives will care about.
The
>all-inclusive book is described below.
>
> So for that book, I put the ancestor chart in the front, then took
each
>ancestral line (the oldest couple), and included all descendants of
that
>family for each chapter. This will give you duplication of names, as
you
>will be in each chapter. To reduce the amount of space this takes
up, I took
>out the biography about the recent individuals out of the chapter and
>included words to the effect "See biography of John Wilson elsewhere
in this
>book" (a page number would be helpful here, but I wasn't sure John
would wind
>up on the same page in each reprint of the book. This way you are
not
>repeating John's biography throughout the book. I also gave
interesting
>ancestors their own biography, not to save space, but to highlight
them.
>
>The book described above, does wound up to be a huge book, depending
on how
>much information you have, and not very helpful to anyone but very
close
>family members. If you are thinking about selling your book, you
will
>probably want to break out the main family lines. If I am related to
your
>Evans, I might not care about your Hughes, especially if they connect
>recently, but I will need to have enough information about my Evans
in your
>book so I can be sure that we are talking about the same family. For
this
>reason, you will also want to include as many descendants of the
couple as
>you can, even though they are not in your branch. For this I created
a
>separate Thatcher / Wilson line. I took the oldest Thatcher couple
and all
>their descendants, male and female. I write biographies about each
>descendant, so if I have additional information about the spouse of a
>descendant, that information is included in that person's biography.
The
>descendants include the Wilson line. Since I only had limited
additional
>information on the ancestors of the Wilson person who connected to
the
>Thatcher, I included that additional information in his biography.
Once I
>collect enough information about the Wilson ancestors, I may have to
create
>their own book. I tried to add interesting visuals, such as a picture
of the
>home of the ancestor, a page from the atlas, pictures of the
tombstone, any
>old pictures I could gather about the individuals, copies of letters
they had
>written, copy of their signature, etc.
>
>All books should be indexed, so individuals are easy to find. I
think women
>should be listed under both their maiden and their married names in
the
>index, since someone may know them by one but not the other name.
My Family
>Tree Maker program does index the books, (but not the people
mentioned in the
>biography).
>
>Shelina
>
>
>
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