Book Design and Book Production and Computer & Software and Definitions and Electronic Magazine and Genealogy and Marketing
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What’s It Mean? A-Z
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Post binding: See Chicago Screw
Point: Unit of thickness, one thousandth of an inch (0.001″).
Terms marked with an asterisk (*) are not generally used in our office.
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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 – email us your word, term or phrase and we will see if we can shed some light on the matter!
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Design Inspiration
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When designing mailing tools, consider the number your are mailing at one time as well as the number of times you may mail over the next year. Utilizing a permit imprint saves you time placing stamps on each item as well as saving money. There are several things you can do with an imprint that will have to be added to your camera ready layout. *******
In addition to retail postage (stamps), if you are mailing more than 200 at one time, Gregath can get you a marketing discount and you can skip the stamps. If mailing more than 500 at one time, first class mail imprint (no stamps) may be an economical option.
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More information can be found at
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/shipping/bulkmail.html
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Book Manufacturing Concepts – not in this issue
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Marketing advice
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For your information – in case you hadn’t noticed yet: USPS has renamed their business class mail rate again. Add standard mail rate to history along with third class, second class, and bulk mail. For business imprint, Standard Mail is still current, with USPS instructing the change to Marketing mail in the future.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/shipping/bulkmail.html
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Genealogy ideas
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The Connecticut State Library is producing a fine online resource for WWI information: http://ctinworldwar1.org/. This is an ongoing effort that may be a goldmine for some.
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Have a tip? e-mail us
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Computer aid!?!
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As we all continue to look at getting newer operating systems (OS), like Windows 10, keep in mind that not all of your old programs may work on the new OS – even anti-virus subscriptions.
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Book Design and Book Production and Computer & Software and Definitions and Electronic Magazine
Access, addition, application, bonus, code, coding, easter egg, generate, phone, produce, production, program, qr code, qr codes, quick response code, quick response codes, read, reader, scan, software, tech, technology, value, value added Gregath Company, Inc.
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QR (Quick Response) codes are Smartphone or tablet (with reader app) readable and may be used to to enrich and/or ease customer/reader interaction and experience. Some QR functionality may be inaccessible if not on an active internet connection. This type of code was envisioned as “open source”, so there are wide varieties of free and nearly free services available online: Start your search with the term “QR code generator”. Many sites that contain generators provide further free information from usage ideas to history and examples.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/design/qr.html
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Book Production and Marketing and Uncategorized and Updates
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5:35 pm
New publishing program: Personal POD.
This new program joins long-standing Advertise and Sell and Royalty programs to better assist authors.
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Events and Updates
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9:19 am
The Ottawa County Genealogical Society will meet Monday, May 16, 2011, in the Community Room of the First National Bank, 1749 North Main Street, Miami. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend this free event.
Presenting the program will be Carrie Ann Cook of the Twin Bridges area. Topic for the evening will be “Valuating & Evaluating Your Sources”. The basic debate is which standard is golden when researching family history. This lecture will explain the value and use of both the newer Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) and the older Preponderance of Evidence, as integrated into a thriving research plan.
Carrie Ann Cook is a published author, illustrator and free-lance photographer. She holds an AA and BS in Elementary Education. Having certified for teaching in several states, she has taught elementary classes as well as genealogy, writing and computer classes at the Northeast Technology Center, Afton, Oklahoma, as well as briefly serving the Miami Public Library as the Genealogy Department. Miss Cook has served in library and archival capacities for many years and participated in numerous ProQuest and Genealogical Library workshops and seminars. Her company continues to present professional workshops and seminars in library, archival, genealogical and historical areas. She has been lecturing across the country on genealogical and historical topics for nearly two decades. Currently, she serves as president of the Gregath Company, Inc. Carrie has been active in various professional, service and lineal organizations throughout the years, including the Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies and Genealogical Speakers Guild.
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Computer & Software
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99.9% of the books we produce are from Microsoft Word. However, it will depend on what the focus of your book is, as well as what software you are familiar with, and how much work you want the software to do for you. For instance, if the book is to contain many charts, a program that is geared toward generating these charts would be important. If you are working toward mainly fact oriented and are hoping the program will organize a manuscript, a program such as Family Tree Maker might be best. If you are looking for word processing and are familiar with the Corel family of products, you may not want to learn Microsoft Office. If you are wanting to go with fancy margins, clip art, photos, charts, tables, graphic elements on each page, etc., Microsoft Publisher may be the way to go. The bottom line, like so many other decisions comes down to you. It’s hard to beat making a wish list (I want the program to be able to…) and then looking for a product that fits best. Other factors, besides current software knowledge may be cost for new software, compatibility (if looking toward a hybrid or e-book).
Overall software we utilize most (remember, this doesn’t mean they are the best for you):
Manuscript: Microsoft Word (other Office programs such as Excel, Access, Publisher, and FrontPage can be helpful or used with Word, depending on project.)
Photographs: Adobe Photoshop
“Genealogy” Program (Charts, etc.): Family Tree Maker
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Computer & Software
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7:32 pm
Larger Type (MS Word and Internet Explorer – at least)
Software: (Mis)Spelling with Microsoft
While this trick may work with other programs, it seems to work like a dream in most MS Office programs. Do you have a word that seems misspelled but you don’t want to run the spell check? Right click the word, a option menu will pop up with several alternatives. Just click the correct on and the word will be fixed without having to run spell check.
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Events and Updates
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6:01 pm
Nine hours of genealogy instruction (four more hours to go) and all six hours of the writing track have been programmed for the 2009 Retreat on the Lake. More area information has also been added, for those who want to add “on your own” time to their all-inclusive retreat.
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Electronic Magazine and Genealogy
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Use Funeral Homes When Researching
Genealogists are fascinated with cemeteries. Besides being the final resting place for ones ancestors, cemeteries provide vital information. Tombstone and cemetery records often reveal more than death information. Cemeteries, however, are not the only sources of information regarding the deceased. Do not forget funeral homes.
Funeral homes are another resource for providing family information. Their records often contain biographical information not found on the deth certificate or in the obituary. They may also have a copy of the funeral program, printed eulogies, as well as a copy of the death certificate and obituary.
Funeral home records are private business documents. You do not have a legal right to view them. They are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act. Most funeral directors, however, are individuals who are more than willing to help genealogists.
Many funeral directors have allowed their records to be microfilmed. Often genealogical societies have published the records. For example, the Tulsa Genealogical Society has published 12 volumes of funeral home records. The Lawton Ritter-Gray funeral home records to 1994 are on microfilm and available at the Lawton Public Library.
If you do not know what funeral home was used, the death certificate or obituary should provide this information.
If you are looking for a list of funeral homes and cemeteries currently operating, go to www.imortuary.com. Select by location or browse the state and town. The address, phone number, web address and location on a map are given.
That web site is a quick and easy way to locate funeral homes and cemeteries throughout the country. Memorial parks, such as Sunset Memorial (Lawton) are listed under funeral homes and not cemeteries.
The site does not list all known cemeteries for an area. Not included are rural, inactive, family and small cemeteries. For example, Highland Cemetery (Lawton) is listed, but not the cemeteries in Cache, Indiahoma or Elgin. Local funeral homes can often provide you with a list of local cemeteries. They are experts on this subject.
The National Yellow Book of Funeral Directors and The National Directory of Morticians, both published annually, are excellent print guides to funeral homes. Arrangement is by state and town. Genealogy libraries, including the Lawton Public Library, often own a copy.
What if the funeral home is no longer in business? Again, ask the funeral home still in business as it may have the records of the old funeral homes or know where they may be located.
(This information was taken from Paul Follett’s column Tree Tracers published in the Lawton Constitution on December 10, 2007.)
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