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Getting Your Family Tree Chart Printed
When you're ready to submit your genealogy data
to have your family tree chart printed, the process is incredibly easy. Submitting your
data to us and ordering your family tree chart can be done either via e-mail, FTP, or
snail mail. If you have any questions, simply give us a call.
Here are the simple steps:
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You can be
sharing your family tree chart with family members in less than a week! |
- Simply design your family tree chart using the genealogy
software you're already using. If you're using Family Tree Maker, you can also
review our page about Family Tree Maker printing tips.
If your current software can't be used to design charts, we can import your GEDCOM data into a program will. We've included some design tips
further below for any type of genealogy chart.
- Add any enhancements to your family tree chart
that your genealogy software supports. We can also add enhancements
to your genealogy chart if you'd like.
- If you'd like to order completely online, simply
e-mail us a short note describing the type of chart you need printed, and include your
genealogy file as an attachment. If your genealogy file is too large to send as an
e-mail attachment, you can post it on an FTP server such as www.yousendit.com, Yahoo Briefcase or www.xdrive.com and
then e-mail us the link so that we can download your file.
- If you're ordering by mail, print our order form, and fill in the required information. You'll be
letting us know the type of family tree chart you'd like and the individual we're starting
from (i.e. - ancestors of John Smith, descendants of John Smith, etc.). Then, mail us the
order form along with your genealogy file on disk or CD.
- Upon receiving your genealogy data and order
form, we'll call or e-mail you if we have any questions.
- We will then print your family tree chart using your
settings and design directly from the genealogy software program you used. Our
turn-around time is normally only a few days, except around holidays and during the busy
summer family reunion season. Your family tree chart will then be shipped
to you in a triple-protective shipping container.
Tips For Designing Attention-Grabbing Family
Tree Charts
Everyone has their own ideas of what they want
their family tree chart to look like, so we're not going to tell you that it should look a
certain way. Here are some tips you might want to keep in mind during your design process:
- Decide early on if this is going to be your
finished masterpiece, or a work in progress chart that you'll be updating every year or
so. Will your project be for a genealogy wall chart that you'll be framing, or will it be
a big genealogy chart that you'll unroll to view.
 Printing your genealogy chart on large format, continuous roll
paper gives you the flexibility to include more information about each individual in their
box and to make each box larger if you'd like. You're no longer constrained by the size of
a piece of paper.- And, since you're no longer constrained by paper
size, make sure the size of the type you use is large enough for people to read. Consider
using 12 point type for each person's name and 9 or 10 point type for everything else.
Having an easily readable chart is important.
- Just because your software program allows you to
add a solid color background to the chart doesn't mean it's a smart thing to do. A plain
white background usually looks better,and is cheaper to print, than a solid color
background.
- A family tree chart that is printed on continuous
roll paper will have smaller dimensions than one that is printed on 8.5" by 11"
pieces of paper and then taped together. If your genealogy software program has an option
that allows you to have the boxes overlap the page breaks, select it. This will reduce the
wasted space in your chart due to the page breaks on 8.5" by 11" paper, and give
you a better idea of how it will look on continuous roll paper. In Family Tree Maker,
you'll find this option under tree format.
- The three widths of continuous roll paper that we
use are 24", 36" and 42" paper. If your genealogy software program
indicates that the height of your family tree chart is 36.2", consider doing some
minor layout modifications so that we will be printing on 36" paper instead of
42" paper. This will help keep your cost down.
- If you have an extremely long ancestral chart, of
40 or 50 feet for example, and you feel that it might be too large to unroll conveniently,
consider having us print it as two separate charts. You could have one ancestral chart for
yourself and the second ancestral chart on your spouse's side. Two separate charts of 20
or 25 feet each can be a lot easier to work with.
For additional ideas about designing your chart,
please visit our pages about Family Tree Maker printing tips
and enhancing your chart.
We're so sure you'll love our family tree
printing services that we confidently provide a complete money
back guarantee on all orders. Please call us at 630-653-8400 or e-mail us at sales@ancestryprinting.com if you have any
questions about having your chart printed.
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The fun of telling
your family's story
is easier with a printed family tree chart at hand. |
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