Publish or Perish

By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack Premium

Looking to make your family history last? Whether you want to write your own “Roots” or “Angela's Ashes” or just hope to record your research in a form your relatives might actually read, here's how to plan, write and publish your own family history book.

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