Today marks the first full month of The First Families Project and I'm happy to announce that we now have 2 volumes available.
The First Families of Edgefield County, SC
The First Families of Newberry County, SC
Each of these are available on Amazon for the Kindle and in other formats via our website.
Eleven more volumes are in the editing stage and should be available shortly.
First Families of Baldwin County, GA (Milledgeville)(2 vols).
First Families of Clinch County, GA (2 vols.)
First Families of Cobb County, GA (Marietta)
First Families of Columbia County, GA
First Families of Pulaski County, GA (Hawkinsville)
First Families of Richmond County, GA (Augusta)
First Families of Alexander County, NC
First Families of Edgefield County, SC (2 vols.)
First Families of Newberry County, SC (2 vols.)
We now have 25 County websites in the works and are looking for people who are interested in helping out.
Several people have dropped me a note saying "I am involved with XYZ project. Can I also participate in The First Families Project?"
The answer is YES, ABSOLUTELY. The First Families Project is about Publishing Historical Research. It goes a step beyond what most "projects" are trying to accomplish in that the final step in the Historical Method of Research - or any other method is "Publish Your Findings." Whatever your area of interest we can work together to take it from lists and web pages and notes to publication.
This yields an interesting and important note regarding preserving your work. I think given the fluid nature of the internet there is virtually no guarantee that ouw work will be preserved even ten to twenty years out if this is our only place it is presented. Publishing your work gets it into a form that, not only, can be offered for sale to other researchers, but also that we can preserve in the Library of Congress and other archives for future generations.
The publishing process of editing, proofing, indexing, page layout, etc. is a lot of work, but something most all of the "Xyz project" members are familiar with to some degree.
We invite you to join us. Stop by and take a look and particularly browse our showcase site, Edgefield County, SC, then drop me a note if you're interested in giving a hand.
John Rigdon
The First Families Project
http://www.researchonline.net/first/index.htm
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Welcome to 2011
Happy New Year and welcome to 2011.
Today marks the official launch of The First Families Project although we have been hard at work in the background getting things ready to go.
We now have ten community projects underway and three First Family books are in the final stages of editing.
First Families of Edgefield County, SC
First Families of Baldwin County, GA
First Families of Alexander County, NC
It's a start. We're very proud of the job folks have done so far, but there are millions of stories yet to be told and we invite you to join us.
Many people spend their entire life researching their family history, only to have the stories lost because they fail to publish their findings. The First Families Project is about helping and supporting the publishing of your research.
Get rich quick - certainly not.
Get rich slow - probably not.
But we'll enjoy the journey together and have the satisfaction of seeing our work help others along their quest.
Human beings look separate because you see them walking about separately. But then we are so made that we can see only the present moment. If we could see the past, then of course it would look different. For there was a time when every man was part of his mother, and (earlier still) part of his father as well, and when they were part of his grandparents. If you could see humanity spread out in time, as God sees it, it would look like one single growing thing--rather like a very complicated tree. Every individual would appear connected with every other.
- C. S. Lewis
Today marks the official launch of The First Families Project although we have been hard at work in the background getting things ready to go.
We now have ten community projects underway and three First Family books are in the final stages of editing.
First Families of Edgefield County, SC
First Families of Baldwin County, GA
First Families of Alexander County, NC
It's a start. We're very proud of the job folks have done so far, but there are millions of stories yet to be told and we invite you to join us.
Many people spend their entire life researching their family history, only to have the stories lost because they fail to publish their findings. The First Families Project is about helping and supporting the publishing of your research.
Get rich quick - certainly not.
Get rich slow - probably not.
But we'll enjoy the journey together and have the satisfaction of seeing our work help others along their quest.
Human beings look separate because you see them walking about separately. But then we are so made that we can see only the present moment. If we could see the past, then of course it would look different. For there was a time when every man was part of his mother, and (earlier still) part of his father as well, and when they were part of his grandparents. If you could see humanity spread out in time, as God sees it, it would look like one single growing thing--rather like a very complicated tree. Every individual would appear connected with every other.
- C. S. Lewis
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