Final thoughts on the Family Project

The family project was quite a learning experience. I learned that research is fun, but very time-consuming. Well documented notes and well organized notes make the job easier when you start writing. When I was putting together the project, I had trouble lining up the graphics with my text in Microsoft Word. Everytime I made a small change, the whole thing would change. I searched on the Web for some ideas on how to publish this book for the family and found that software from Adobe might have worked better for me in putting this project together. I will certainly keep that in mind though I would need some practice in using the Adobe software.

I think that in retrospect, I wish I had kept my writing on this project to be about one person instead of two. The short time was a factor and while I was able to accomplish most of what was in my proposal, I felt that I shorted myself on the final editing of the project. This project was bigger than I had anticipated so I spent too much time just putting it together. I think my family will be happy with the project. I did have fun learning how to research genealogy and putting what I learned together in a story. I would like to continue this and write other stories about family members as memoirs to them.