Family Histories
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We can take your family photos, plus some short stories (one or two paragraphs
per person), along with basic family data that you provide us (names, birthdates,
marriages, etc) and create an interactive Family Tree for you. The
cost is $50 for either a CD or a Web Site, with an extra $10 for both.
This is a great way to share your family heritage with your friends and
relatives!
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Offer good for up to 4 generations of coverage. Additional preparation,
including geneological research, charged at $20 / hour.
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Archival storage of Family Trees provided at no extra cost.
One backup CD included. Additional copies $5 each, upon request.
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Turn-around time is typically one evening, or 2 hours while you wait.
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To order, call 866-446-2424, or you can email
us with all your information as text and attachments. Work will be
done, but not turned over to you until paid for.
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Check out our Referral Program to see how
you can make money on this too!
Family History Books
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These are full-sized books, either soft or hard cover, with your family's
picture on the front, and your family's surname as part of the title.
You provide as much information and research as you can, with most of it
coming from diaries, letters, photo albums, birth and marriage data, and
personal interviews. Additional research can be done by us of public
and geneological records, etc.
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A chapter will be written for each member of your family tree that you
provide information for, with the remainder grouped into a general chapter.
Each of these chapters will serve as a mini-biography, including that individual's
basic data, plus educational, work, travel, and military histories where
available, plus whatever information that you provide us on their exploits,
challenges, and accomplishments, etc. You control the content.
We will include what you want (within the bounds of propriety), written
in whatever style you prefer.
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We reserve the right to edit and exclude objectionable content as necessary.
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No biographical chapters can be more than 20 pages long. If you have
significant information about a particular member of your family that could
result in more than 20 pages, you should consider submitting this person
as a separate biography candidate.
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Also included will be sections for pictures, a Family Tree diagram, and
Funny Stories about things that happened to family members.
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The Funny Stories section can be placed at the front for easy access by
children. This will be a special section that your whole family will
love. Use it to pass down the stories that you grew up hearing, as
well as things that have happened with your own children. Several
blank pages can be inserted for you to add stories as they happen, post-publishing.
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The Funny Stories section can also be illustrated for an additional fee,
depending on the artist.
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Your Family History Book will be published with an on-demand publisher.
This means that you pay only for the actual setup and printing costs, usually
between $400-600. Up to 5 copies will typically be provided as part
of the cost.
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No attempt at marketing will be done for your book.
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There is no minimum number of copies required for you to buy. This
eliminates having an inventory of books.
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Additional copies of your book can be ordered for only the cost of printing
them.
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Textual modifications and additions, to update your Family History Book
as changes happen in your family, can be requested through the publisher
for an additional fee.
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Our charge for writing and preparing your book will be $20 / hour, plus
expenses. We can negotiate a Level of Effort contract requiring us
to work only so many hours per week if necessary, to keep the project within
your budget. Many families find that they can make their Family History
Book a reality by pooling their resources. Call us and let us help
you come up with a plan to preserve your family's history with your own
Family History Book.
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If your family's story looks like it could be marketable, or of significance
to the local community, we can negotiate on the price, in exchange for
the rights to market it. A contract will be required but will be
different than the contract for separate biographies (click
for sample), since this will be for a one-time charge.
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Check out our Referral Program to see how
you can make money on this too!
While not for everyone, the Family History Book can be a cost-effective
way of providing your family with a detailed record of their ancestral
heritage. Hardbound copies with quality paper and glossy covers can
become family heirlooms. In any event, your entire extended family
will treasure this book for generations to come. Call us at 866-446-2424
to arrange an interview.
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