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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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Presentation on-line
Local
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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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