PUBLISHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

For the last two years I have been working on putting together my mother's family history. It started out with an small idea and has grown into an extensive project. The printing of it became too expensive so I decided to go with a power point presentation format. This has allowed me to include many bells and whistles to the book and make copies for my family members. At first I wasn't sure of what to include so I did a "what to include list" and used that as my guide. Next, what did I have, need and what did I want to include... I wanted an interesting cover page for the book and then continued with a
DEDICATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
iNTRODUCTION
MEANING AND ORIGIN OF OUR NAME/SPELLING VARIATIONS + MAPS
LINEAGE CHARTS
HISTORY OF WHERE ANCESTORS LIVED INCLUDING
TIMELINES, MAPS, FOTOS, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, LISTS OF ANCESTORS, CHURCHES + FOTOS
ARIAL MAPS, IMPORTANT SITES, CEMETERYHISTORY AND FOTO, ( information can be found on the internet & books)
ANCESTRAL CHARTS
MILITARY SERVICE ( INCLUDE FOTOS, SERVICE BRANCH RANK, YEAR SERVED, MEDALS AWARDED
POEMS
FAMILY WRITINGS / STORIES by you and other family members
PHOTO GALLERY BY FAMILY & LABLED WITH NAMES & DATES
FAMILY GROUP SHEETS
FAMILY DOCUMENTS (BIRTH, DEATH, WW1 REGISTRATION CARDS, BAPTISMAL RECORDS,
IMMIGRATION PAPERS, ETC.
DNA REPORT
ACKNOWLEDGEMTS LIST OF ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED
SOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S INCLUDE PHOTO & SHORT BIO

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ALOT ONE CAN INCLUDE WHEN WRITING ABOUT OUR "FAMILIA"
IT'S A PROCESS OF COLLECTING, ORGANIZING AND RESEARCHING, BUT REMEMBER
"iT'S ONLY HEARSAY, UNTIL IT'S IN PRINT" THIS QUOTE HIT HOME WITH ME AND NOW THIS BOOK
IS 35O+ PAGES LONG.