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If you have picked up this book you may well already be collecting information about your family and its history. You have names, dates, places - possibly going back centuries. So have you ever considered writing it up and leaving your archive for present family members and future generations to enjoy? Perhaps you have been put off by a lack of time, or the fear of criticism when other begin reading your work? Your worries are unfounded, says John Titford.

Writing up your family's history, and preparing it for publication, can be one of the most rewarding things you ever do. In this book he explains how straightforward the whole process can be, from getting started and assembling the material you have, to actually writing and then producing it yourself in a printed form, simply and inexpensively.

This book contains carefully-presented advice on all aspects of the process including editing, laying it out and printing. The results of all your labours will almost certainly bring immense satisfaction to you and your family. This book offers a stimulus of practical encouragement to all those involved with tracing their ancestors.

Illustrated; 128pp; p/bk