I’ve shared the benefits of printed family histories, but what if you are printing a family history.
What are some aspects of this endeavor you may want to keep in mind?
- Is my family interested
- What format is the family interested in? {Printed, CD, digial}
- What can my family afford?
- Have I verified all of my facts?
- Am I including proper documentation and sources?
Make a list and double check - Do I need help in completing this endeavor? –these are often huge projects that take anywhere from several people to a committee.
- Have I contacted everyone I need to contact?
- Am I taking my time to put together a worthwhile project?—I would rather take longer to put the project together than to rush through it and have a haphazard endeavor.
- Is this a project my family will cherish?
- Have I included everyone?
- Have I handled delicate situations with tact?
- Am I being truthful about our family?
- Have I included the history of the family or ancestors?
- Do I want to include pictures? How much more will this costs?
- Have I made sure I’m not just copying information from the internet without double checking for verification?
- Are there any copyright infringements I need to worry about?
What other lessons have you learned from printing your family history?