Thank you Patty, 
 I wrote the book  about my mothers family surname SAAVEDRA, which were in Mapimi Durango, then in Santa Rosalia, Camargo then moved to El Paso, Tx. because of the Mexican Revolution. 
 I 'm afraid I posted my message on the wrong place in ranchos.
If one of the MODERATORS  would please move it to this site I would appreciate it very much.  I had a blast learning power point and learning how I could bring in all sorts of clip art, photos, documents etc.  It's definately worth the time and effort to learn, now all of my family will have a copy of the book "Saavedra Family Genealogy 1600's to XXI Century"   
in CD form instead of paper.  
Regards Yolanda Medina Saavedra de Perez
in Old El Paso

--- On Fri, 3/20/09, patty haro wrote:

From: patty haro
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] PUBLISHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 6:29 PM

That sounds great, congratulations!
And tell me, this is about Perez or Medina, because my mother´s mother name
was Medina.

Where can we see your work?

Regards.
Patty

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM, yolandamedinaperez <
windrocklili@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
> For the last two years I have been working on putting together my
mother's
> family history. It started out with an small idea and has grown into an
> extensive project. The printing of it became too expensive so I decided to
> go with a power point presentation format. This has allowed me to include
> many bells and whistles to the book and make copies for my family members.
> At first I wasn't sure of what to include so I did a "what to
include list"
> and used that as my guide. Next, what did I have, need and what did I
want
> to include... I wanted an interesting cover page for the book and then
> continued with a
> DEDICATION
> TABLE OF CONTENTS
> iNTRODUCTION
> MEANING AND ORIGIN OF OUR NAME/SPELLING VARIATIONS + MAPS
> LINEAGE CHARTS HISTORY OF WHERE ANCESTORS LIVED INCLUDING
> TIMELINES, MAPS, FOTOS, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, LISTS OF ANCESTORS,
> CHURCHES + FOTOS
> ARIAL MAPS, IMPORTANT SITES, CEMETERYHISTORY AND FOTO, ( information
> can be found on the internet & books) ANCESTRAL CHARTS
> MILITARY SERVICE ( INCLUDE FOTOS, SERVICE BRANCH RANK, YEAR SERVED,
> MEDALS AWARDED
> POEMS FAMILY WRITINGS / STORIES by you and other family members
> PHOTO GALLERY BY FAMILY & LABLED WITH NAMES & DATES
> FAMILY GROUP SHEETS
> FAMILY DOCUMENTS (BIRTH, DEATH, WW1 REGISTRATION CARDS, BAPTISMAL
> RECORDS,
> IMMIGRATION PAPERS, ETC.
> DNA REPORT
> ACKNOWLEDGEMTS LIST OF ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED
> SOURCES
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S INCLUDE PHOTO & SHORT BIO
>
> AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ALOT ONE CAN INCLUDE WHEN WRITING ABOUT OUR
> "FAMILIA"
> IT'S A PROCESS OF COLLECTING, ORGANIZING AND RESEARCHING, BUT
REMEMBER
> "iT'S ONLY HEARSAY, UNTIL IT'S IN PRINT" THIS QUOTE
HIT HOME WITH ME AND
> NOW THIS BOOK IS 35O+ PAGES LONG.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Joseph, I'm sooooo sorry,  about the confusion.  When I opened my mail the message below didn't show in the "general mailing list"  I assumed that I had posted it in the wrong place. All I wanted was for the message below the one that starts with "For the last two years"  to show in the general mailing list, so that most of the group could read it.  thanks for you help 
Yolanda

--- On Fri, 3/20/09, patty haro wrote:

From: patty haro
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] PUBLISHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 6:29 PM

That sounds great, congratulations!
And tell me, this is about Perez or Medina, because my mother´s mother name
was Medina.

Where can we see your work?

Regards.
Patty

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM, yolandamedinaperez <
windrocklili@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
> For the last two years I have been working on putting together my
mother's
> family history. It started out with an small idea and has grown into an
> extensive project. The printing of it became too expensive so I decided to
> go with a power point presentation format. This has allowed me to include
> many bells and whistles to the book and make copies for my family members.
> At first I wasn't sure of what to include so I did a "what to
include list"
> and used that as my guide. Next, what did I have, need and what did I
want
> to include... I wanted an interesting cover page for the book and then
> continued with a
> DEDICATION
> TABLE OF CONTENTS
> iNTRODUCTION
> MEANING AND ORIGIN OF OUR NAME/SPELLING VARIATIONS + MAPS
> LINEAGE CHARTS HISTORY OF WHERE ANCESTORS LIVED INCLUDING
> TIMELINES, MAPS, FOTOS, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, LISTS OF ANCESTORS,
> CHURCHES + FOTOS
> ARIAL MAPS, IMPORTANT SITES, CEMETERYHISTORY AND FOTO, ( information
> can be found on the internet & books) ANCESTRAL CHARTS
> MILITARY SERVICE ( INCLUDE FOTOS, SERVICE BRANCH RANK, YEAR SERVED,
> MEDALS AWARDED
> POEMS FAMILY WRITINGS / STORIES by you and other family members
> PHOTO GALLERY BY FAMILY & LABLED WITH NAMES & DATES
> FAMILY GROUP SHEETS
> FAMILY DOCUMENTS (BIRTH, DEATH, WW1 REGISTRATION CARDS, BAPTISMAL
> RECORDS,
> IMMIGRATION PAPERS, ETC.
> DNA REPORT
> ACKNOWLEDGEMTS LIST OF ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED
> SOURCES
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S INCLUDE PHOTO & SHORT BIO
>
> AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ALOT ONE CAN INCLUDE WHEN WRITING ABOUT OUR
> "FAMILIA"
> IT'S A PROCESS OF COLLECTING, ORGANIZING AND RESEARCHING, BUT
REMEMBER
> "iT'S ONLY HEARSAY, UNTIL IT'S IN PRINT" THIS QUOTE
HIT HOME WITH ME AND
> NOW THIS BOOK IS 35O+ PAGES LONG.
>
>
>
>
>
>