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== '''Put Up a Genealogy Web Page''' == | == '''Put Up a Genealogy Web Page''' == | ||
Sharing your genealogy on an Internet website is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to publish your findings. Genealogical record keeping software like ''Personal Ancestral File'' can help you generate the material for your genealogy Internet site. Then all you have to do is find a web server host. For suggestions on these and other details see [[Create a genealogy web page|Create a Genealogy Web Page]]. | Sharing your genealogy on an Internet website is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to publish your findings. Genealogical record keeping software like ''Personal Ancestral File'' can help you generate the material for your genealogy Internet site. Then all you have to do is find a web server host. For suggestions on these and other details see [[Create a genealogy web page|Create a Genealogy Web Page]]. | ||
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== '''Write a Family History''' == | == '''Write a Family History''' == | ||
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To begin such an association, you can advertise in a major genealogical magazine such as [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=233848&disp=Everton%27s+genealogical+helper%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''The Everton Genealogical Helper Magazine''] or in the newsletter of the local genealogical society where your family settled. For a list of local genealogical societies see [http://www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html Historical and Genealogical Societies of the United States]. | To begin such an association, you can advertise in a major genealogical magazine such as [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=233848&disp=Everton%27s+genealogical+helper%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''The Everton Genealogical Helper Magazine''] or in the newsletter of the local genealogical society where your family settled. For a list of local genealogical societies see [http://www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html Historical and Genealogical Societies of the United States]. | ||
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== '''Donate Your Files''' == | == '''Donate Your Files''' == | ||
On occasion it may not be possible to publish your findings. If you have a significant amount of material about a family, an archive or historical society may be interested in your files. Be sure they are well organized so others can find information in the collection. If possible, index your materials. The Family History Library is willing to microfilm organized collections of material. Computerized collections should be contributed to the ''Pedigree Resource File''. | On occasion it may not be possible to publish your findings. If you have a significant amount of material about a family, an archive or historical society may be interested in your files. Be sure they are well organized so others can find information in the collection. If possible, index your materials. The Family History Library is willing to microfilm organized collections of material. Computerized collections should be contributed to the ''Pedigree Resource File''. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
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