I am very fortunate to have had an elderly lady relative to whom I was very close but, in a 'bloke sort of way' I didn't know, and didn't care, how I was related, it just seemed to be enough to know that I was related. As she was much older than me and was around from my earliest memory, I guess I figured she was an Aunt or some sort of Grandmother but all generations knew her as Auntie Anne.
Anyway, when my first daughter was born, Auntie Anne wrote a series of letters to her, telling her, in great detail, the family history from 9th September, 1863, to the then present day.
Over the years, I have actually been able to find photos and items to illustrate these letters and I have (finally?) turned them into a book.
It was via these letters that I found that my family came from the Orkney Islands, that I have visited there twice now and that I have met bloodline relatives and traced my family back many more generations.
The 'book' currently consists of 20+ PDF files, one for each letter plus a foreword and to date I have printed and spiral bound only a few copies one of which is in the Kirkwall Library on the Orkneys.
In the letters, Auntie Anne had asked my daughter, the first of her generation, to share the book with her siblings and cousins and I want to make that happen.
It is written in A4 landscape format and I want to have about 20 books printed and potentially leather bound with each copy being named for its recipient.
but how......?
Is PDF the right format, should I make it one complete book on PDF, should I buy a decent printer, print the 20 copies and take a bundle of paper to a book binder or is there something better?
fletty
Anyway, when my first daughter was born, Auntie Anne wrote a series of letters to her, telling her, in great detail, the family history from 9th September, 1863, to the then present day.
Over the years, I have actually been able to find photos and items to illustrate these letters and I have (finally?) turned them into a book.
It was via these letters that I found that my family came from the Orkney Islands, that I have visited there twice now and that I have met bloodline relatives and traced my family back many more generations.
The 'book' currently consists of 20+ PDF files, one for each letter plus a foreword and to date I have printed and spiral bound only a few copies one of which is in the Kirkwall Library on the Orkneys.
In the letters, Auntie Anne had asked my daughter, the first of her generation, to share the book with her siblings and cousins and I want to make that happen.
It is written in A4 landscape format and I want to have about 20 books printed and potentially leather bound with each copy being named for its recipient.
but how......?
Is PDF the right format, should I make it one complete book on PDF, should I buy a decent printer, print the 20 copies and take a bundle of paper to a book binder or is there something better?
fletty
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