Theme: Tools & Skills of an Effective 21st Century Genealogist
Early Bird Registration by May 1 – $160.00
Standard Full Registration by October 1 – $175.00 (same full price as in 2011)
October 2013 Retreat Registration Update Monday, Feb 25 2013
Events and Updates all inclusive, class, educate, event, family history, Genealogy, learn, lecture, retreat, woods, workshop 12:11 pm
Hardbinding services increase Wednesday, Feb 13 2013
Book Design and Book Production and Updates cost, hard back, hard bound, hard cover, hardbinding, price, service 10:29 am
General hardbinding service prices have increased, and we fear they will do so again fairly soon.
Good news is the oversized fee has been slashed from 60 cents per book to 25 cents.
Remember that information found on this site is not a binding quote, but actual quotes are good for 30 days after issue.
January New Genealogy & History book round up Wednesday, Feb 13 2013
Marketing and Updates Bauer, book, Borgmeiere, Colley, Cook, Genealogy, history, Home Guard, Huhn, IPH, Kennedy, Lauer, MacCubbin, Maryland, Mason, Missouri, nannie lee burns, Oklahoma, Oler, Pestorf, Smith, Steck, Waters, Weant 10:16 am
New genealogy catalog listings have been rounded up for you below. Visit catalog additions for more general history, children, and scrapbook resources:
Civil War Records Volume 3: Missouri Home Guard Units, by Kenneth E. Weant, 2013. 126 pages, 8.5×11″, softbound book. Missouri Home Guard and Missouri Six Month Militia Officers, indexed by Company and include rank and death date: 3891 names. AD2479-$28.00
Civil War Records Volume 2: Missouri Home Guard Units, by Kenneth E. Weant, 2013. 216 pages, 8.5×11″, softbound book. Miscellaneous units indexed by Company and include rank and death date: 8073 names.AD2474-$28.00
Nannie Lee Burns Indian Pioneer History Interviews of Ottawa County, Oklahoma 1937-1938: complete set, by Fredrea Hermann-Gregath Cook, 2013. 726 pages, 8.5×11″, 4 softbound books. 4 volume set, deals w
ith early history and genealogy of Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The reproduction of these oral histories provides a wonderful glimpse into the lives of those who came before. AD101-$80.00
Nannie Lee Burns Indian Pioneer History Interviews of Ottawa County, Oklahoma 1937-1938, Volume 1 Abrahams-Green, by Fredrea Hermann-Gregath Cook, 2013. 190 pages, 8.5×11″, softbound book, ISBN 978-1-936091-25-6. This book is part of a 4 volume set, dealing with early history and genealogy of Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The reproduction of these oral histories provides a wonderful glimpse into the lives of those who came before. AD102-$25.00
Nannie Lee Burns Indian Pioneer History Interviews of Ottawa County, Oklahoma 1937-1938 Volume 2 Hanna-McAlpin, by Fredrea Hermann-Gregath Cook, 2013. 176 pages, 8.5×11″, softbound book, ISBN 978-1-936091-26-3. This book is part of a 4 volume set, dealing with early history and genealogy of Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The reproduction of these oral histories provides a wonderful glimpse into the lives of those who came before. AD103-$25.00
Nannie Lee Burns Indian Pioneer History Interviews of Ottawa County, Oklahoma 1937-1938 Volume 3 McArdle-Robitaille, by Fredrea Hermann-Gregath Cook, 2013. 178 pages, 8.5×11″, softbound book, ISBN 978-1-936091-27-0. This book is part of a 4 volume set, dealing with early history and genealogy of Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The reproduction of these oral histories provides a wonderful glimpse into the lives of those who came before. AD104-$25.00
Nannie Lee Burns Indian Pioneer History Interviews of Ottawa County, Oklahoma 1937-1938 Volume 4 Shiffbauer-Zane, by Fredrea Hermann-Gregath Cook, 2013. 184 pages, 8.5×11″, softbound book, ISBN 978-1-936091-28-7. This book is part of a 4 volume set, dealing with early history and genealogy of Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The reproduction of these oral histories provides a wonderful glimpse into the lives of those who came before.AD105-$25.00
Carroll County Missouri, Volume 1: Miscellaneous Carroll County Newspapers, by Kenneth E. Weant, 2012. 198 pages, 8.5×11″, softbound book. Deaths (3259 reported), Marriages (1176 reported) & Chronological Index to selected articles, covering January 1, 1864 to August 25, 1899. AD2467-$28.00
Family Diversity, The Huhn, Pestorf, and Steck Families, by Nancy Lee Waters. 8.5×11″, 182 pages, hardbound book, indexed, bibliography and end notes, 39 photos, includes over 200 surnames. documents the emigration of the Huhn family from Asbach, Germany, the Pestorf family from Germany, and the Steck family from Neckargerach, Germany. These families settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where many of their descendants still live today. AD2478-$19.99
Family Diversity, The Lauer, Borgmeiere, Bauer Families and the MacCubbin’s, by Nancy Lee Waters. 428 pages, hardbound book, indexed, photos, includes over 600 surnames. The ancestry of William Edward Lauer back to his 5th great grandfather, Nicolaus Lauer, born about 1665 in Stürzenhard, Germany. Nicolaus was the great grandfather of Simon Lauer, who immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in 1852. The Borgmeier, Bauer, and Würz families are also documented back to their German homeland. The MacCubbin family is followed from the immigrant, John MacCubbin, through his son, William, to Mary Susanna MacCubbin Lauer. AD2476-$49.99
Family Diversity, The Oler Family of Maryland with Allied Families Colley, Kennedy, Mason and Smith, by Nancy Lee Waters. 468 pages, hardbound book, indexed, bibliography and end notes, photos, includes 640 surnames. The ancestry of Charles Edward Oler back to his great, great grandfather, Philip Oler as well as the history of his great grandmother, Charlotta Colley and her Welsh heritage. The Kennedy’s are documented from his grandmother, Catherine Kennedy. back to Ireland. His mother’s Smith and Mason families are also included. AD2477-$49.99
February 2013 E-Zine (V12#2): Production Monday, Feb 11 2013
Book Design and Book Production and Electronic Magazine cross link, cross reference, dictionary, ebook, edition publications, electronic book, electronic edition, electronic editions, electronic format, family, glossary, glossary entries, jargon, link, multiple 10:06 am
Some ideas for Electronic edition publications
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Cross link jargon with glossary entries.
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Cross link family members and/or multiple entries.
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February 2013 E-Zine (V12#2): Design Monday, Feb 11 2013
Book Design and Electronic Magazine color, colorized, content, design, ebook, electronic, searchable 10:02 am
Content ideas for electronic content include:
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Book can be made fully searchable
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Colorized b/w photos or graphics
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February 2013 E-Zine (V12#2): Define Monday, Feb 11 2013
Definitions and Electronic Magazine acid, acid base, acid free, acid free paper, acidity, alkaline ph, archival, logical definition, paper, standard, transfer 9:59 am
Acid Free (Paper): The use of this term varies from the logical definition of the individual words to a wide variety of standards – always have a company explain their definition. See Also Archival webpage. Having no acidity and no residual acid-producing chemicals. Below is a definition from “Preserving Family Keepsakes Do’s and Don’ts”, Ilene Chandler Miller, 1996:
“Any paper that contains an alkaline (pH higher than 7 or an absence of acid) base and is often lignin-free.”
Acid Transfer: The act of acid migrating from one object or item to another. See Also Archival webpage.
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For other writing, printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossaries at
http://www.gregathcomany.com/info/dictionary and
http://www.gregathcompany.com/info/dictionary/writers.html
Run across a word that you don’t understand? Try us – contact us with your word, term or phrase and we will see if we can shed some light on the matter!
Catalog postage raise in effect Sunday, Feb 3 2013
Updates advertising, business, domestic address 9:22 am
As previously mentioned, our standard S&H for catalog orders now reflects USPS’s 2013 price increase: $12.00 for first item and $2.00 each additional to same domestic address.
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