This is not the normal family publication that is completed.  Most of those are soft bound 100-300 pages.  The Heuer Family Book titled "Pioneer of Ahnapee contains 1054 pages, and includes 703 images consisting of maps, documents, and photographs of many of the 6,000 members of the descendants and their families.  It is 8.5" wide, 11" long and 3.5" thick, and is professionally bound.  The title of the book is beautifully embossed in gold leaf on the hard, dark-blue cover.  The print size is exactly as you see it here.

Publishing this book became an obsession for the family members involved.  It was a difficult, arduous process, tested relationships as there were definite opinions as to how the publication should look and what the content should or should not be.  By following the links we have provided below, you get a sense of the undertaking of this publishing project.  This entire project, including research trips to Poland (formerly Prussia), collection of data, writing, editing, rewriting, editing and rewriting and ultimately publishing this book involved the passion and dedication of our family members nearly ten years and a great deal of patience by all!

It was self-published by the authors on a Personal Computer using the publishing program, PageMaker.  The resulting publication was then transferred to CDs and sent to Algoma Printing, Inc. in Algoma, Wisconsin for printing.  After printing, it was shipped to Madison, Wisconsin to be sized, bound, and covered.  To view excerpts from published newspaper articles and written comments received from those who purchased the book for their personal library, Click Here

"Immigrants are Heros who made an Adventure on our behalf" - - - - - - - - - - - - - Garrison Keillor in Newsweek
 

RESEARCHING TIPS AND TACTICS

A REPRESENTATIVE STORY FROM THE BOOK

EXCERPTS FROM APPENDIX B (OUR APPROACH TO RESEARCH AND FORMATTING)

POINTS TO REMEMBER WHEN RESEARCHING  (TIPS AND TACTICS)

HOW WE HANDLED THE CONFLICT OF DATES

FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER - RESULTED IN GARBLED NAMES

OUR PUBLISHING OBJECTIVE AND GOAL

NAMES, HEUER NAME VARIATIONS & MEANING OF NAMES

PLACES, PLACE NAMES, TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS

PIONEERS OF AHNAPEE    (ALGOMA, WISCONSIN)

BOOK PDF's Online Here