Documenting Your Journey: Episode 55

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Celebrate the holidays by recording your family history. Learn quick tips for getting your family history book into library stacks.

Ep. 55: December 2012

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In this episode:


Top Tips: See Your Name on the Bookshelf

Sunny Jane Morton, author of the article “Shelf Life” in the December 2012 issue of Family Tree Magazine shares six steps to get your family history book into library stacks.


Best Websites: British Ancestry on FindMyPast

Lisa talks with D. Joshua Taylor of brightsolid about the FindMyPast.com website, which specializes in British genealogical records.


Family Tree University: Creating a Family History Book

Tyler Moss, Online Editor at Family Tree Magazine, provides tips from the class Creating a Family History Book: Start-to-Finish Guidance for Assembling and Printing a Family Keepsake.


The Publisher’s Desk with Allison Dolan

In this episode Allison recommends:

  • The Editor’s Pick Ultimate Collection: Genealogy Websites
  • Nancy Hendrickson’s Discover Your Family History Online
  • City Guides CD, all published in the magazine to date, plus some not yet published
  • Computer Bootcamp for Genealogists class

Your Host: Lisa Louise Cooke

Lisa Louise Cooke

Listen to Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems and Genealogy: Family History Made Easy podcasts in iTunes and visit her website for great research ideas, podcast episodes and videos.

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