A 52-page guide to the burial places of four generations of client's ancestry. Project included researching burial locations, on-site photography, creating a comprehensive organizational system, and of course the layout and formatting of all materials. I also got it placed in the FamilySearch Digital Library/Catalog for permanent online availability. (Note that you'll need a FamilySearch login to get access to the full version and that I updated this 2010 version in 2014.) Significant features:
Toolset for this project:
- Full-bleed maps of the region in which each cemetery is located (with addresses, hours, and contact information for regional resources such as museums and family history centers).
- Full-bleed aerials of each cemetery (with GPS coordinates and burial sites markers).
- Ground-level photographs of each gravesite, accompanied by map and portrait insets.
- Life outlines for each ancestor.
Client and user feedback below (excerpts from conversations and e-mail correspondence). Full disclosure note: I am related to the client.
- "You continue to amaze and delight me. I love the updated cover."
- "I went to the sites when I was younger, but I would have no idea how to find them now without this booklet."
- (More to come.)
- Fireworks CS4 (Mac) for all image manipulation, tables, etc.
- MS Word for Mac 2008 for text layout.
- Quantun GIS (1.4.0) to access aerial survey GeoTIFF images.
- Box Shot 3D (2.13.2) to create book images on the life outlines introduction page.
- Christoph Vogelbusch’s Create Booklet PDF Service (1.1) for imposition (i.e. to create a ready-to-print PDF where all pages properly match after being printed, folded, and stapled together).
