This will be my last update and final version of my family history. It's all done except for putting the block of text into a handbound cover. Actually, there are two volumes to the history. I've tried to include everything pertinent including complete ancestral lines to over a dozen families in our ancestral background, famous ancestors, photos, various documents, letters and notes from relatives and as much anecdotal history as I could find (as opposed to just dates).
The process for assembling a hardbound book goes something like this (keeping in mind that the print is only on one side of a couple hundred pages of 11x8.5" paper:
1. Put together the block of pages.
2. Glue the spine side of them.
3. Drill holes close to the spine and sew the pages together. I used waxed dental floss for its strength.
4. Attach end pages and glue again.
5. Glue a saddle (also called a mull) to the spine of the block.
6. Glue the 1/8" cardboard covers and spine to a cloth cover.
7. Setting the block properly within the cover, glue each end page to the covers while also glueing the saddle to end page and the cover.
Some photos are shown to the right of the book blocks, with saddle, cardboard sheets from which I cut the covers. It's not all finished yet, but close.
