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Copy your manuscript onto archival quality paper. Use double-sided printing to reduce paper costs and the thickness of the final book. Choose a sturdy binding that will wear well. | Copy your manuscript onto archival quality paper. Use double-sided printing to reduce paper costs and the thickness of the final book. Choose a sturdy binding that will wear well. | ||
=== | === Writing and Sharing Your Family History === | ||
Sharing your own family history is valuable for several reasons. <br>• It helps you see gaps in your own research and raises opportunities to find new information. <br>• It helps other researchers progress in researching ancestors you share in common. <br>• It draws other researchers to you who already have information about your family that you do not yet possess. <br>• It draws together researchers with common interests, sparking collaboration opportunities. For instance, researchers in various localities might choose to do lookups for each other in remote repositories. Your readers may also share photos of your ancestors that you have never seen before. | Sharing your own family history is valuable for several reasons. <br>• It helps you see gaps in your own research and raises opportunities to find new information. <br>• It helps other researchers progress in researching ancestors you share in common. <br>• It draws other researchers to you who already have information about your family that you do not yet possess. <br>• It draws together researchers with common interests, sparking collaboration opportunities. For instance, researchers in various localities might choose to do lookups for each other in remote repositories. Your readers may also share photos of your ancestors that you have never seen before. | ||
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Other links to preparing/writing/printing a family history <br> | Other links to preparing/writing/printing a family history <br> | ||
== | == Sharing Your Information == | ||
After you have written your family history, you may want to allow others to use it. You may choose to print only a few copies to distribute to family members. If the cost of creating your family history is high, you may consider selling it. You may also consider donating copies of your family history to libraries or other institutions or posting it on the Internet. | After you have written your family history, you may want to allow others to use it. You may choose to print only a few copies to distribute to family members. If the cost of creating your family history is high, you may consider selling it. You may also consider donating copies of your family history to libraries or other institutions or posting it on the Internet. | ||
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If you decide to make your family history available to others beyond your immediate family, please do not include information in it about people who may still be living. As a general rule, first obtain permission before publishing information about people who were born in the last 100 years for whom you have no death date. | If you decide to make your family history available to others beyond your immediate family, please do not include information in it about people who may still be living. As a general rule, first obtain permission before publishing information about people who were born in the last 100 years for whom you have no death date. | ||
=== Donating a Copy to the | === Donating a Copy to the FamilySearch Library === | ||
If you wish to donate your family history to the | If you wish to donate your family history to the FamilySearch Library, please follow the guidelines available https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/donations here]. | ||
=== Donating Copies to Other Institutions === | === Donating Copies to Other Institutions === | ||
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Libraries and other institutions, such as historical or genealogical societies in the area where the family lived, may also appreciate having a copy of your family history. | Libraries and other institutions, such as historical or genealogical societies in the area where the family lived, may also appreciate having a copy of your family history. | ||
You can find addresses and other information from one of the following reference books, which you can find at the | You can find addresses and other information from one of the following reference books, which you can find at the FamilySearch Library or at a public or university library: | ||
''American Library Directory.'' 49th ed. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1996–97 (FS Library book 973 J54a 1996–1997). This book is organized alphabetically by state and town. It lists addresses, telephone numbers, and fax numbers and describes each library’s holdings and special interests. | ''American Library Directory.'' 49th ed. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1996–97 (FS Library book 973 J54a 1996–1997). This book is organized alphabetically by state and town. It lists addresses, telephone numbers, and fax numbers and describes each library’s holdings and special interests. | ||
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