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From: "arlene parnes" <>
Subject: Re: First Family Newsletter
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:23:31 -0500


How about someone (with time and knowledge) starting newsletter List?
Arlene
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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
>

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