Introduce yourself - What's your publication?

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Permalink Reply by Donna Pointkouski on July 10, 2009 at 4:09pm

Hi, Keith. I've written for the trio of magazines published by Moorshead Publications: Internet Genealogy, Family Chronicle, and Discovering Family History. I am also the publications chair for the Polish Genealogical Society of America (PGSA).

Permalink Reply by Banai Lynn Feldstein on July 11, 2009 at 12:29am

I am the editor for the newsletter of UJGS, the Utah Jewish Genealogical Society; which used to be quarterly, but now seems to be 2 or 3 times a year. I try not to churn out the same things as other JGS newsletters, with as much original material as possible, but it's hard to keep a good newsletter going when you have a very small society (< 30) and almost no one is writing anything for it.

I also write my own family newsletter, issued annually.

Permalink Reply by Linda and Tony Knight on July 12, 2009 at 6:16am

I am the Editor of the Hampshire Family Historian - the quarterly Journal of the Hampshire Genealogical Society in the UK.
Its approx 80 pages each issue - must get back to the September draft!
Was appointed to the post in September 2006.

Tony Knight

Permalink Reply by Keith Bage on July 18, 2009 at 10:12am

Tony,

80 pages!!! That's a huge number. What size pages, A5? That must be a real struggle to fill. Do you incorporate advertisments etc?

Permalink Reply by Linda and Tony Knight on July 19, 2009 at 2:28pm

Yes it is A5 - we have not previously included adverts but this is something we are looking into with a view to offsetting costs.

Permalink Reply by Deborah Dale on July 12, 2009 at 3:10pm

Hello, I am the new editor of "The Beacon," the newsletter of the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society in Washington State. "The Beacon" is published monthly, except July and August---so I fancy I've some time to get ready for the next issue. This is my first editorship.

I look forward to learning a lot from this group.

Permalink Reply by Christy Fillerup on July 14, 2009 at 10:48pm

Hello. I am on the Crossroads committee for the Utah Genealogical Association. We publish quarterly. I currently am writing a quarterly column on Utah research with each column focusing on a specific county. I look forward to discussion issues relative to writing and publishing in Genealogy with others involved in the same thing.

Christy Fillerup
www.millenealogy.com

Permalink Reply by Myra Vanderpool Gormley on July 18, 2009 at 11:10am

It is interesting to learn about the publications and work of other writers and editors in this field. I'm Myra Vanderpool Gormley -- a retired newspaper woman and syndicated columnist and author of five books. I also have written for various U.S. publications, such as Colonial Homes and Ancestry magazines. One of my favorite experiences was being co-editor/editor of the RootsWeb Review for a number of years. That "job" provided me with contact with family historians around the world who shared their stories and adventures, and taught me some humbling lessons about the English language.

Permalink Reply by Tamura Jones on July 20, 2009 at 7:13am

Years ago, I wrote and edited for several Dutch computer publications, including PC Magazine and PC World.
I am the author of Undocumented Windows, the first book about undocumented Windows internals.

For a few years now, I have been maintaining a online magazine on my own domain, where I can publish in English without worrying about deadlines or length limitations :-)
Access is free. It contains articles, news and reviews about technology and genealogy.
It is a bit advanced at times, and I make no excuses for that. There are plenty of sites and publications aimed at beginners already.
Some of the articles, such as the recent series on FTW TEXT, are aimed at genealogy software developers,
but most can be enjoyed by everyone. Readers really seem to like the genealogy software reviews and the GeneAwards.
One of the latest articles is GenealogyWise.

Permalink Reply by Karen Rhodes on August 17, 2009 at 1:55pm

I've written a few articles for my genealogy society's quarterly. My most ambitious project to date bears fruit later this year or early next year. My book on the colonial, territorial, and state censuses of Florida will be out from McFarland. It's called Non-Federal Censuses of Florida, 1784-1945: A Guide to Sources.