yanceyfamilygenealogy.org
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
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Many of us doing family history collect things like photos, letters, pictures of our family members. But how many of you have ever considered compiling a presentation or compilation that attempts to show the city, community, environment, and style and culture of a place where the family came from . . .
it really makes a difference in our ability to understand what life was like for our ancestor or person of focus - if we can visualize what the area that they lived was like.
Like if you ancestors came from Italy - - a collection of photos and music from Italy?
example: http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/DJY_ITALY.pps
(the link will download a file - and you will then need to open the downloaded file in Powerpoint format)
ENJOY
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@FamilySearch – Italia
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Dennis, when my mother passed away a year ago, I used a PowerPoint at her funeral. In the beginning, some thought that it would not be an appropriate way to remember my Mom. My goal was to share with my siblings, and Mom's grandchildren the information that she couldn't share with them. She had suffered from dementia for the last several years. I shared photos of things that she had done and places that she had lived. Many of her descendants did not know that she was a published author, worked as a shepherd, had crossed the ocean by ship, and many other interesting details. Even my siblings remarked that they hadn't known these things about her life.
I love that you have music to set the tone for the inspirational messages that you shared. I think this is a good idea to share with @Ancestor Treasures!
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Dennis, could you share how to make a PowerPoint with music and words that scroll like in this presentation? This is a very powerful presentation. The photos and the words are worth printing out.
It would be incredible to share this type of presentation with family members and include things that our ancestors said and places that they lived.
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the details would be far beyond the scope of a simple community post
however anyone who has been trained to use powerpoint - should be able to make a powerpoint like that.
Im sure there must be a ton of Powerpoint tutorials on the Internet.
but more than training - what I did was the result of repeated practice. You wont just learn it all one sitting or even two.
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Here is one free powerpoint tutorial (I'm sure there are tons more)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1CMxb90g7c
it claims that in 30 minutes you an create a powerpoint.
but of course that depends the quality and complexity of the presentation
what I did requires a good amount of practice across various sessions.
but being already familiar with other Microsoft products would surely be helpful.
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That brings up another question. (for anyone out there to answer)
Of all the tasks / things that can be done with computers and genealogy
1) what is one area that you would love to get training / education on? (if money and time was no issue) to improve your skills (or learn something new)
2) of all your computer/technology related skills - which one do you find is the most valuable to you as it relates to day to day genealogy work?
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