Not that anybody asked, but I've been busy for over a year printing Cerlox bound copies of the book "Whidden New Hampshire, Nova Scotia and Beyond 1662-2002 a family odyssey" (the title is rendered in Penguin font but that isn't available here), a limited edition to discover the things I need to know to proceed with a campaign to raise funds for a hard copy edition.
The book is two volumes, over 1,600 pages with 26 pages of B&W and color photos, table of contents and table of illustrations (both volumes have the TOC/TOI for both volumes), preface, appendix with updated register reports created after the book was generated in 2002, an introduction to DNA and genealogy, bibliography, source citations and index.
Having completed this limited printing, I no longer will take orders as have discovered what I wanted with this experience.
Included with the book is a set of CD/2-DVDs with maps of as many provinces/territories and states as I could get maps of, some PDF but many a scan of a paper map in JPG format with provided JPG and PDF viewers for Windows and Macintosh. These are only available if you buy the book; not available otherwise. Much more is included including many photos of Whiddens and others, scanned images of "Recollections of Thomas Jones Whidden" about 1863, "Whidden-Whitten" by Sybil Noyes, "Genealogical Record of the Antigonish Whiddens" by David Graham Whidden, "The Story of Some Descendants of Rendol and Sarah Whidden of Calais, Maine ...." by Foster Cook Whidden et al and "The Story of a Canadian Family" in three of seven volumes including Whidden, Longfellow, Rev. Hugh Graham and Gammell and other families.
Wish me luck in my fund raising campaign. I need patrons with deep pockets to pay for directory pages to print between 500 - 2,500 copies in hard cover. You will be very impressed with the result.
Look for an announcement later for info on the hard cover edition.
Ray Whidden
Edmonton, AB
August 2008
