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From: Robert Price <>
Subject: Re: First Family Newsletter
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:30:05 -0600


arlene parnes wrote:

> How about someone (with time and knowledge) starting
> newsletter List?
> Arlene
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Selna V <>
> To: <>
> Date: Saturday, March 28, 1998 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: First Family Newsletter
>
> >I've been the editor of Evans Events and it is a very
> enjoyable process for
> >me. A newsletter exciting and fun. My newletter is
> published quarterly
> (make
> >sure you watch that you don't need to publish around the
> holidays). I
> started
> >out with six pages, printed on both sides, folded and
> stapled. This way I
> >only needed to use one first class stamp. This way you
> don't have to buy
> >envelopes. This does sometimes gets butchered in the mail
> though. With
> all
> >the information I keep gathering on such a common name, I
> have increased
> the
> >size to twelve pages, put in an envelope. Other editors
> have recommended
> that
> >I keep the subscription year the same for all subscribers,
> so there is only
> >one time when renewal letters have to go out. I have
> adopted this idea and
> it
> >works great for me. I use clip art from my Printmaster
> program, and also
> scan
> >in pictures from all the Dover clip art books that you can
> easily get from
> the
> >library.
> >Genealogists are by nature supposed to be resourceful. In
> order to keep
> your
> >publication reasonably priced, make through use of the
> library resources.
> >There are books on how to edit newsletters, all the clip
> art books
> mentioned
> >above, books on genealogy in general, and about particular
> families, books
> on
> >different genealogy programs, and on and on. Make full use
> of them.
> >I always proofread my newssletter when I print it, and then
> make sure
> someone
> >else (my sister) proofreads the newsletter before I make
> copies, in case I
> >made any errors that I missed. Just a way to get a quality
> publication.
> >I get copies at Staples, but check around for prices from
> time to time.
> >I have fun putting quotes about endurance, perserverance,
> and life in
> general,
> >under some of the clip art. Jokes may be fun, but you have
> to be careful
> that
> >they don't offend anyone.
> >The more common the name, the more subscribers you have a
> chance of
> getting.
> >If you are doing this for a small family, with more current
> information,
> you
> >will have to be careful of libel issues, and may have a
> harder time
> charging a
> >reasonable price for the newsletter. If you are having a
> newsletter about
> >descendants of a particular couple, I wouldn't break the
> newsletter into
> >different branches. It seems like a lot of work to have
> four newsletters
> >instead of one. For a smaller family, you might have a
> more difficult time
> >getting information to put in the newsletter.
> >
> >I hope these tips help. The people on this mailing list
> have been very
> >helpful and encouraging to me, and I thought I'd return the
> favor.
> >
> >Shelina
> >

Sounds like a great idea to me!

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