Betty, A dear friend of mine (and 13th cousin, coincidentally) who loves genealogy as much if not more than me is a member of DAR. My friend told me her 4th cousin joined DAR partly because she is able to publish her research as a portion of the DAR's official publications. This way you don't have to self-publish, and your information gets into many libraries. Other societies, for example NEHGS, also take well documented family trees and publish sections of them, space permitting. I actually just purchased an online photo book that I filled with my JPG images of family homes (shells, really) from Ireland, maps of the Irish townlands, passenger lists images, ship images, naturalization paper, World War I draft card image, old family photographs, old newspaper clippings scanned, and tombstone photograph. I also told the story of my immigrant great grandfather and immigrant great grandmother, who their parents were and where in Ireland they were baptized, how they met in the US, about their children, where they lived, and when they died. It is just a 20-page glossy paperback, but it only cost $10, so I am anxious to see how it comes out. I collect all this stuff; it will be fun if I can actually see it in hardcopy on my bookshelf! My neighbor showed me a hardcover book that her daughter's father-in-law self-published about his own personal and family history. It was very well done, but I don't know how much it cost. Hopefully one day you will publsih something, too, Betty! Susan On 3/2/06, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Wouldn't it be nice if in the days we live in today -- we could take a part > of our family tree - or all of it - and have an official "book publisher" > be willing to publish our family-tree book or booklet ! >

Betty, Some time back there was information regarding a company that would publish small numbers in book form. I don't remember the details. Perhaps just knowing there was someone doing this you could search them out. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Daily<mailto:cullivans@gmail.com> To: MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] WELLINGTON, HOMER in Cambridge, Arlington, Belmont, etc. Betty, A dear friend of mine (and 13th cousin, coincidentally) who loves genealogy as much if not more than me is a member of DAR. My friend told me her 4th cousin joined DAR partly because she is able to publish her research as a portion of the DAR's official publications. This way you don't have to self-publish, and your information gets into many libraries. Other societies, for example NEHGS, also take well documented family trees and publish sections of them, space permitting. I actually just purchased an online photo book that I filled with my JPG images of family homes (shells, really) from Ireland, maps of the Irish townlands, passenger lists images, ship images, naturalization paper, World War I draft card image, old family photographs, old newspaper clippings scanned, and tombstone photograph. I also told the story of my immigrant great grandfather and immigrant great grandmother, who their parents were and where in Ireland they were baptized, how they met in the US, about their children, where they lived, and when they died. It is just a 20-page glossy paperback, but it only cost $10, so I am anxious to see how it comes out. I collect all this stuff; it will be fun if I can actually see it in hardcopy on my bookshelf! My neighbor showed me a hardcover book that her daughter's father-in-law self-published about his own personal and family history. It was very well done, but I don't know how much it cost. Hopefully one day you will publsih something, too, Betty! Susan On 3/2/06, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net<mailto:bbffrrpp@comcast.net>> wrote: > Wouldn't it be nice if in the days we live in today -- we could take a part > of our family tree - or all of it - and have an official "book publisher" > be willing to publish our family-tree book or booklet ! > ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx>