Making Personalized Genealogical Maps 5 February 2013

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Making Personalized Genealogical Maps

5 February 2013

Georgia

South Carolina

EastFlorida

Jacksonville

Saint Augustine

Cumberland Island

FernandinaAmelia Island

Saint Marys

Darien

Savannah

PurysburgHardeeville

EuhawChurch

Edisto IslandBeaufort

Charleston

Savannah River

Augusta

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

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Why Make Personalized Genealogical Maps?

• Show the appropriate abstraction– Washington DC Metro Abstractions

• …

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Washington DC Metro Abstraction - 1

Abstraction: • Useful for

getting around in a car• Not useful for getting around by Metro

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Washington DC Metro Abstraction - 2

Abstraction: • Not Useful for

getting around in a car• Very useful for getting around by Metro

Abstractions help you convey the information you want to get acrossTo the reader

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Why Make Personalized Genealogical Maps - 1?

• Eliminates clutter

• Early maps might not be accurate

• Place names may have changed

• Not useful for family migrations

Provide an abstraction for

almost anything

1639 Spanish Florida

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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

Georgia

South Carolina

EastFlorida

Jacksonville

Saint Augustine

Cumberland Island

FernandinaAmelia Island

Saint Marys

Darien

Savannah

PurysburgHardeeville

EuhawChurch

Edisto IslandBeaufort

Charleston

Savannah River

Augusta

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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

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Overview of PowerPoint 2

Home

FileHomeInsertDesignTransitionsAnimationsSlide ShowReviewViewAdd-insFormatPens

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Demo

1. Select a Template2. Create Desired Boundaries3. Mark Points of Interest4. Remove Template5. Group Segments6. Insert Points of Interest

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Demo1. Select a Template

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Demo2 Create Desired Boundaries

Go to View 400%Enter Lines as desired

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Demo

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Demo2. Create Desired Boundaries3. Mark Points of Interest

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Demo4. Remove Template

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Demo5. Group Segments

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Demo6. Add Points of Interest

●Manatee

Cedar Key ●

●Pelot (Lithia in 1905)

Newnansville●●St. Augustine

●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island)●Tallahassee

●Tampa

Key West●

●Pig Town (Gainesville)

Bradenton ●

●Jacksonville

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Demo

●Manatee

Cedar Key ●

●Pelot (Lithia in 1905)

●St. Augustine

●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island)●Tallahassee

●Tampa

Key West●

Bradenton ●

●Jacksonville

Newnansville●●Pig Town (Gainesville)

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Exporting Personalized Maps

As PowerPoint Slide Set (ppt)As PowerPoint ObjectsAs Adobe (pdf)As Image (jpeg, png, gif, etc.)

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Exporting Maps

As PowerPoint Slide Set (ppt)

.ppt or as .pptx

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Exporting MapsAs PowerPoint Objects

Copy & Paste

PowerPoint Objects canBe pasted to

many productsSuch as WordAnd Microsoft Office clones

Try it it your Favorite App

But Not Scalable

●Manatee

Cedar Key ●

●Pelot (Lithia in 1905)

●St. Augustine

●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island)●Tallahassee

●Tampa

Key West●

●Pig Town (Gainesville)

Bradenton ●

●Jacksonville

Newnansville●

●Manatee

Cedar Key ●

●Pelot (Lithia in 1905)

●St. Augustine

●Fernandina Beach (Amelia Island)●Tallahassee

●Tampa

Key West●

●Pig Town (Gainesville)

Bradenton ●

●Jacksonville

Newnansville●

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Exporting MapsAs Adobe (pdf) 1

Options for Single Page, etc.

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Exporting Maps

As Adobe (pdf) 2

Whoa – Not Quite what we expected

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Exporting Maps

As Image (jpeg, png, gif, etc.)

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Exporting Maps

As Image (jpeg, png, gif, etc.) 2

Fully ScableGreat for Internet!!!

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Sizing Maps4”x3”

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Sizing Maps24”x20”

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

Questions

30Last Chance to Ask Questions

Future PlansSuggestions for FutureMGS Computer SIGs:

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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?????

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