Making Personalized Genealogical Maps 5 February 2013

1. Making Personalized Genealogical Maps5 February 2013 Savannah River South Carolina Augusta Euhaw Church Georgia Charleston Edisto Island Purysburg Beaufort Hardeeville Savannah Darien Saint Marys Cumberland Island Fernandina Amelia Island Jacksonville http://www.colket.org/genealogy/MGS/ East Florida Saint Augustine

2. Presentation on-line Local http://www.colket.org/genealogy/MGS/

3. Overview • Why Make Personalized Genealogical Maps? • Overview of PowerPoint • Creating Genealogical Maps • Exporting Genealogical Maps • Sizing Personalized Maps

4. Why Make Personalized Genealogical Maps? • Show the appropriate abstraction • Washington DC Metro Abstractions • …

5. Washington DC Metro Abstraction - 1 • Abstraction: • Useful for getting • around in a car • Not useful for • getting around • by Metro

6. Washington DC Metro Abstraction - 2 • Abstraction: • Not Useful for getting • around in a car • Very useful for • getting around • by Metro ss Abstractions help you convey the information you want to get across To the reader

7. Why Make Personalized Genealogical Maps - 1? 1639 Spanish Florida • Eliminates clutter • Early maps might not be accurate • Place names may have changed • Not useful for family migrations Provide an abstraction for almost anything

8. Why Make Personalized Genealogical Maps - 1? • Abstracts key information • Depicts the information you want to convey • Can easily be used to show family migrations Provide an abstraction for almost anything Savannah River South Carolina Augusta Euhaw Church Georgia Charleston Edisto Island Purysburg Beaufort Hardeeville Savannah Darien Saint Marys Cumberland Island Fernandina Amelia Island Jacksonville East Florida Saint Augustine

9. Overview of PowerPoint 1 • Product by Microsoft in Microsoft Office • Available as Academic/Home version for ~ $110. • Many free software packages available with similar functionality for PC and Macs • PowerPoint can produce a single graphic (jpg), a slide set (ppt), adobe (pdf). Really useful for dealing with custom pictures/images. • Available here at Library for free on Library Computers

10. Overview of PowerPoint 2 File Home Insert Design Transitions Animations Slide Show Review View Add-ins Format Pens Home

11. Demo Select a Template Create Desired Boundaries Mark Points of Interest Remove Template Group Segments Insert Points of Interest

12. Demo Select a Template

13. Demo 2 Create Desired Boundaries Go to View 400% Enter Lines as desired

14. Demo

15. Demo 2. Create Desired Boundaries 3. Mark Points of Interest

16. Demo 4. Remove Template

17. Demo 5. Group Segments

18. Demo 6. Add Points of Interest ●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island) ●Tallahassee ●Jacksonville ●St. Augustine Newnansville● ●Pig Town (Gainesville) Cedar Key ● ●Tampa ●Pelot (Lithia in 1905) ●Manatee Bradenton ● Key West●

19. Demo ●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island) ●Pig Town (Gainesville) ●Tallahassee ●Jacksonville ●St. Augustine Newnansville● Cedar Key ● ●Tampa ●Pelot (Lithia in 1905) ●Manatee Bradenton ● Key West●

20. Exporting Personalized Maps As PowerPoint Slide Set (ppt) As PowerPoint Objects As Adobe (pdf) As Image (jpeg, png, gif, etc.)

21. Exporting Maps As PowerPoint Slide Set (ppt) .ppt or as .pptx

22. Exporting Maps As PowerPoint Objects ●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island) ●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island) ●Tallahassee ●Tallahassee Copy & Paste ●Jacksonville ●Jacksonville ●St. Augustine ●St. Augustine Newnansville● Newnansville● ●Pig Town (Gainesville) ●Pig Town (Gainesville) Cedar Key ● Cedar Key ● ●Tampa ●Tampa ●Pelot (Lithia in 1905) ●Pelot (Lithia in 1905) ●Manatee ●Manatee Bradenton ● Bradenton ● PowerPoint Objects can Be pasted to many products Such as Word And Microsoft Office clones But Not Scalable Try it it your Favorite App Key West● Key West●

23. Exporting Maps As Adobe (pdf) 1 Options for Single Page, etc.

24. Exporting Maps As Adobe (pdf) 2 Whoa – Not Quite what we expected

25. Exporting Maps As Image (jpeg, png, gif, etc.)

26. Exporting Maps As Image (jpeg, png, gif, etc.) 2 Fully Scable Great for Internet!!!

27. Sizing Maps4”x3”

28. Sizing Maps24”x20”

29. Overview • Why Make Personalized Genealogical Maps? • Overview of PowerPoint • Creating Genealogical Maps • Exporting Genealogical Maps • Sizing Personalized Maps

30. Questions Last Chance to Ask Questions

31. Future PlansSuggestions for FutureMGS Computer SIGs: • Exploring The On-Line 1940 Federal Census– October 2012 • Ten Useful Computer Tips for Genealogical Research – November 2012 • Making Custom Linage Charts – January 2013 • Making Personalized Genealogical Maps – February 2013 • Transitioning To Windows 8 & Touchscreen – March 2013 • Posting Genealogical Files to Your Home Page (Don Campbell) • Getting Pictures into Family History (Gay Schoenknecht 941-778-8689) • Exploring New York Times Archive • Exploring First Search • Posting Stuff to WWW • Explore Infoweb • Exploring MyHeritage.com (not to be confused with Heritage Quest) • Exploring Ancestry.com • Beginning Computer Stuff • SteveMorse.org • Using Iphone for Genealogy • Ten Useful Internet Tips for Genealogical Research • Other Useful Programs • What else would you like to have addressed at future Computer SIG Meetings?????

32. Pointless Genealogical Photograph?? Wafa Aunt Nashwa Samiraha Alimah Cousin Badra