----- Original Message ----- From: "Derick S. Hartshorn" <derick@twave.net> To: <CATAWBA-WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 5:22 PM Subject: Gaston County Heritage Book > WANTED - FAMILY STORIES FOR THE UPCOMING GASTON COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK! > > All families with residence, former residence, or roots in Gaston County > are cordially invited to submit their family history to the upcoming Gaston > County Heritage Book, North Carolina Volume I, to be published in 2000. > Stories of 500 words and one photo will be printed FREE. > > There will also be a section for stories of Gaston County places and > events. We are especially interested in church, club, organization, and > community histories or stories. These histories or stories of 500 words and > one photo will also be printed FREE. > > The deadline for submission of a story is September 1, 2000. In addition to > the free 500-word story and photo, extra space is available in the book @ > $0.10 for each word and @ $12.50 for additional photo, or an additional 1 > column wide block of photo space. The story should be typewritten and > double spaced on 8 1/2" X 11" white bond paper. (No onionskin.) > > At the end of your story state the name and address of the person > submitting the story, word count, and sources for the story. (Source > example: personal knowledge; family records; Gaston County public records; > Archives & History at Raleigh.) Please contact a Heritage Book Committee > Member if assistance is needed in typing a story. It's best to submit a > glossy, black and white photo COPY, NOT an ORIGINAL photograph; however, > high quality, good contrast, laser copies will be considered. We will > accept 35mm color or studio quality color prints. Do NOT send IRREPLACEABLE > ORIGINAL photos. NO photostats or faded Polaroids will be printed. Identify > your picture with a return address label, or print lightly on the back, > including a phone number. We will accept any size photo up to 8"x 10", but > these photos will be reduced to a one column width, unless you pay an > additional fee. A concise caption, limited to 8-10 words, is needed for > each photo. Please type this caption at the bottom of your story and on a > label attached to the back of the photo. > > Enclose a self-addressed, stamped, envelope for the return of your picture. > Make sure the envelope is large enough for the photo and postage is > sufficient. If you need assistance please contact a Committee Member: > Chairman, Paul Dellinger 735-6561; President, Neal Caskey 276-1004; Kathy > Haynes 922-5084; Joyce Hansel 263-4928; Sarah Grissop 263-2983; Bruce > Cloninger 435-4725; Max Robinson 827-6300; Bob Ewing 825-5503; Bob Brown > 824-2760; or Jack Cannon 521-9070. > > You are invited to order a copy of the Gaston County Heritage Book now. > Only those who pay in advance are assured of obtaining one. The deadline > for book orders is September 1, 2000. The cost is $45.00 with $4.95 postage > per book if mailed. After the deadline the cost will go up! To order a book > include your name, address, and number of books wanted. If your word count > is over 500, please indicate how many, and enclose 10 cents per word. > > Mail your stories and book orders to: > The Gaston County Heritage Book Committee, P.O. Box 995, Dallas, NC 28034. > E-mail at: heritage2000@hotmail.com or ostrich@bellsouth.net. > > The Heritage Book Committee sincerely hopes that each of you will submit > your family or topical story. > > > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > 781,000+ surnames =|= Archives =|= 16,100 discussion listss > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > >