Writing Genealogy and Family History

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Comment by Slægtens Historie on January 7, 2012 at 4:02am

http://video.visitdenmark.com/video/3495646/denmark-on-demand-american

Se how we helped Bob!

Happy New year to all!

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Comment by Slægtens Historie on June 16, 2011 at 2:41pm

If you have Scandinavian Roots, maybe I can help you!

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Comment by George Geder on September 27, 2010 at 10:03am

Do you have 'Blended Families' or "Multicultural Families" in your ancestry?

Read and share your thoughts at http://bit.ly/9ki5Xl

Comment by Sarah Coles on August 11, 2010 at 6:07am

Heather, Glad you found the link useful. I was so pleased with the results on all my books. It was fun to do and the results far surpassed my expectations. What I particularly liked was the fact that all the information I put into the books was kept in the Blurb software right on my own computer which is not the case in some other self-publishing sites. Good luck with your project and let us know how your book comes out.

Steph

Comment by Heather Valdez Chambers on August 10, 2010 at 6:42pm

I've never heard of Blurb, but it looks great and I've already started on one of my books. Thanks for the link!

Comment by Gus Marsh on August 10, 2010 at 6:09pm

I have so many cousins the world over, most of them heard about the Lange Book 1525-2005 before I even got started. I had problems with translation and proofing, but finally got the project together in 2005. In my 232 page book, there are only two living people, my mother, who is 87 and an aunt. I did not write much about them in order to protect their ID.

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 D S 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/

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