Writing Genealogy and Family History

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Comment by Sarah Coles on August 10, 2010 at 4:58pm

Dave,
I didn't market my books either as that was not my intention to sell books. I wanted to preserve memories for my immediate family. I just found that the types of books I wanted published to contain photos along with some history. None of them were genealogical books per se with set formats as in Ancestry.com publishing. The photo templates and page setups available in the program you download to use in Blurb just suited my purpose just fine. I only had two books printed of each of the three publications; one for my own home and the other for my daughter.

Comment by PF on August 10, 2010 at 3:37pm

Thanks Stephanie-
My first book was a very personal genealogy including living relatives and their ancestors, so the steep price of Ancestry.com worked OK because I produced only a limited number. It was the 250 page limit and it was all in color. It was meant to be a coffee table family heirloom kind of thing. I think I succeeded. But next time I want to go a little more in depth about history and place, maybe only using my real family as a framework for a larger story of population over extension and poverty driven emigration. Whatever I write, it will be a family gift, not something I will want to market.

Comment by Gus Marsh on August 10, 2010 at 3:24pm

I published 100 family history books on my maternal family in 2005, sold 70 the first year, 20 the second year and 10 the third year. Plan on republishing the book in 2025, if I can still hit the keys on this keyboard.

Comment by Sarah Coles on August 9, 2010 at 6:34pm

Dave, have you looked into Blurb Books for self-publishing? I have had them do 3 of mine and have another one in the works. I was very pleased with the results and found that Ancestry.com publishing price to be rather steep in comparison. Here's the link if you haven't checked it out.

http://www.blurb.com/

Comment by PF on August 9, 2010 at 6:24pm

I wrote a book last year using Ancestry.com's publishing piece. It turned out really nice, but I want to do something a little different the next time around. I really like Genealogywise's photo album creation ability and think is is a good first step to creating a book along with blog content. Is that something that might happen? A "self" publishing program?

Comment by Betty Snow on May 6, 2010 at 12:05pm

Julie I also have coal miners from Durham county in my family. I don't know if you are aware of the the web site about mining in the UK but it has lots of info. http://www.cmhrc.co.uk.

Comment by Julie Carr on May 6, 2010 at 10:58am

Would like to hear what you think of my new blog -- of course it's a work in process and still have many entries to write up but here is what I have so far

http://carrandcatterallgenealogy.blogspot.com/

and comments, correction, suggestion will be appreciated -- shrinerfamilytree@yahoo.com

thanks,

Julie

Comment by Myo on January 6, 2010 at 10:42am

Just joined to get help in putting together a family history and update for an upcomming family reunion. The first question I have is - where can I find a sample form for release of information to give to living members who want to be a part of the family update section? Thanks

Comment by Robin R. Cordell-Inge on December 27, 2009 at 3:12pm

Thank you everyone for sharing your information. I have done a lot of research and have lots of information and documents that I want to put into book form. This information has been very helpful...

Comment by Beverly Simpson on December 17, 2009 at 3:28pm

Lynn, thanks for the info...it was very helpful. I am still in the process of reading articles on thearemchairgenealogist.com. I have found alot of good stuff. I have been writing family stories for several years and intend to include them in my genealogy book, so I already have a farely large collection. I have discovered so much wonderful information on my ancestors that I hate not to include as much stuff as I can.

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