Memory Lane Inc. - Using PC For Family History

Memory Lane Inc. - Using PC For Family History - Pamela K. Boyer

Memory Lane Genealogy

Using a Personal Computer to Create a Family History
Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL

This lecture discusses how to use a personal computer with a Windows-based or Macintosh word processing program to create a camera-ready family history that can then be photocopied, printed on-demand, or produced and bound by a professional printer.

Topics will include saving a text file from most genealogy programs as a basis for the family history, and formatting it in the word processor, then using the word processor's tools to create headers, footers, automatic table of contents and index, reference notes for source citations, and automatic numbering for illustrations. We will discuss scanning graphics and including them in the word processing document.