(+) From Lloyd’s Library by Lloyd Bockstruck: Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia

The following article was written by and is copyright by Lloyd Bockstruck.

Genealogists aspire to publish their research in order to preserve and share copies with other family members and to make their findings available to fellow researchers wherever they might be. They place copies in libraries and historical societies located in the areas of ancestral homes and in major genealogical repositories where interested parties in the future will be able to locate them.

Preparing a manuscript for publication is no longer a dreadful experience, but that does not mean that a compiler should be excused from devoting a great deal of forethought to the finished product. Sundry genealogical programs and software masquerade as publishing Lorelei. Clip art is touted as a tool to improve the finished product. Too often the end production is typographically unpleasant and distractive. That term, like “blog,” hardly conveys any impression of confidence and authenticity. Numbering systems are likewise relegated to the genealogical cemetery as each genealogist seeks to discover a new and improved organizational scheme to reflect generations and placement in the family.

Rarer and rarer is the new publication a model of research with source citations and transcriptions of primary sources in which the compiler takes the reader through the research process to reveal how the conclusions have been ascertained.

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