What types of projects should I consider publishing?
Ask yourself: What research have you done or what materials do you have access to that other people would be interested in?
- family history/genealogy, for example, the award-winning More Lasting than Brass: A Thread of Family from Revolutionary New York to Industrial Connecticut by Peter Haring Judd (2004)
- profile of an ancestor or family group, such as Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall written by his descendant, Eve Laplante (2007)
- surname dictionary (such as a One-Name Study)
- photo book of a person, couple, or family (use a digital photo service such as PhotoWorks.com to create a hardcover photo book)
- history of a location
- photo history of a location
- house history
- transcriptions of cemeteries, business ledgers, personal letters, journals, Bibles, family memorabilia, etc.
- abstracts of wills, probates, newspapers, etc.
- indexes for obituaries, old town/county histories, court cases, etc.
Read the rest of this series of articles:
Genealogy 101: top 10 reasons to publish your research
Genealogy 101: top 10 reasons to publish on paper
Genealogy 101: top 10 writing tips
Genealogy 101: top 10 marketing tips for publishing your genealogy
Genealogy 101: publishing terms for the genealogist
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