Writer's Guidelines for Family Histories

Publish your family history If you want to preserve your family history for future generations, then we have a program for you. You might even make enough money from the sales of your book to offset your expenses, provided you don't include the time it will take you to put a family history together.

Family histories are a labor of love, and we view it as a public service. Most of them are not written by professional writers. Instead, a family member who wants to preserve his or her family history for future generations usually ends up doing all the work.

We will edit (within reason) and layout your family history book, size and crop your photos, and print your books. We require that you round up advance sales for at least 50 books. Family history books generally retail for $14.95 to $19.95, depending on the number of pages. We are giving a discount to American military men and women, past and present, so their prices start as low as $9.95.

Send us a well-written, computer generated letter explaining what you want to do and how many books you will need. If we like your letter, we will send you our family history guidelines. Mail your letter to the following:

Spencer McKissicks
Family History Editor
Old American Publishing
1 Plaza South #416
Tahlequah, OK 74464


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