About.com’s Desktop Publishing section has a series of articles about using Desktop Publishing to publish your family history book, including examining software, building narratives, making charts, displaying and arranging photographs and other documents, and getting your family history book published.
Family histories are a frequent candidate for desktop publishing. While appearances are generally less important than the memories and genealogical data preserved in these books, there’s no reason they can’t look good as well.
No matter how small or how it is printed, there are several easy ways to make your family history book attractive and readable.
The number of software and online resources for creating a distinctive and good looking family album or book about your family is greater than ever. And easier. If you have all the information together, what greater gift to share with your family than their family?
Article Information
Desktop Publishing Your Family History Book or Album is Issue Number 118 published September 4, 2006, by Lorelle VanFossen. This is just one of many articles found in the Genealogy Techniques categories. Lorelle VanFossen writes for a variety of blogs, websites, ezines, and print publications. She also teaches and does a lot of public speaking internationally on photography, writing, blogging, web page design and development, and more. She and her husband and cat(s) travel full-time across North American and the rest of the world by RV, planes, trains, automobiles, and foot, writing and photographing their travels and nature, when they can find it. Lorelle VanFossen has written 231 articles for our our family history blog.
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