Today’s genealogists have lots of options as far as the ultimate goal for their efforts.
There are other options besides just locating one’s ancestors and kinfolk, and putting them on charts and on a genealogy computer program.
One is creating a family website to share the information, or placing them on ancestry.com or familysearch.org. You could create a Kindle book on amazon.com.
Another great option is a published book to be shared and treasured for decades.
There are a lot of ways to bring a book to publication, once you have created it on a word processing program. It is critical to always have an index and to be sure, if you are transferring your genealogy program data into book format, that you know all the ups and downs of that process.
While most people write their books themselves, some hire professionals to create one. Such is the case of “Hammack Cousins: Hammack and Hammock Families in England and America, 1569-2010,” written by Thomas Daniel Knight — a history professor in Texas, but a Georgia native — who researched and wrote this very detailed history of one family, sponsored by Felix M. Hammack.
The result is a detailed, easily read and very nice-looking production, something any family would be proud of. This book contains much more than charts of the descendants, something important if you expect folks to enjoy reading it. This Hammack line lived in Virginia, the Carolinas and Greene County, among other places. There is an important appendix of Hammacks that didn’t fit into this line of descent.
This 860-page, hardback book is available for $89 from Felix M. Hammack, 1169 N.W. Constellation Drive, Bend, OR 97701.
Georgia Archives newsletter
The Georgia Archives has resumed issuing a newsletter, From the Vaults, and the latest is on their website, georgiaarchives.org, with the link on their homepage. Contents cover various activities, as well as document restorations in progress and new library acquisitions. It is funded by the Friends of Georgia Archives and History and will supersede that organization's newsletter. See fogah.org.
DNA discounts
The major DNA sites, familytreedna.com and ancestry.com, are offering discounts on DNA tests until Dec. 31. Don't let this opportunity go by. Remember, if you don't test, you will find out nothing; if you do, you could learn a lot. DNA is now a must in doing genealogy research.
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