Family History Writing Contest
You can read all the Family History Writing Contest submissions on the Montana History Portal.
Publication
Missoula Public Library will publish all qualifying submissions under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. Read more about the license here.
Missoula Public Library will also upload all qualifying submissions to the Montana History Portal, which provides free and open online access to digitized resources that reflect Montana’s rich cultural heritage.
Recommended Reading
Blanchard, Gill. Writing Your Family History: A Guide for Family Historians. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, 2014.
Carson, Dina C. Publish Your Family History: A Step-by-step Guide to Writing the Stories of Your Ancestors. Niwot, CO: Iron Gate Publishing, 2015.
Finley, Carmen J. Creating a Winning Family History, rev. ed. Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society, 2010.
Gendler, Annette. How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History. Nana’s Books, 2019.
Kempthorne, Charley. For All Time: A Complete Guide to Writing Your Family History. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1996.
Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, 4th ed. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2024