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Polk County Family Histories
Book II The book will be a hardback,
library quality, smyth-sewn 8 1/2 by
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Pre-order your copy now at the
pre-sale price of $49.00!
Books will NOT be shipped until 2013!
A pre-order guarantees you a book!
Please use PayPal ordering only for book
orders alone, not book orders with story
submissions. If you are submitting a story and pictures
also, please send
check or money order with flyer to PCGS.
Click below to download flyer to send in with your story and
picture submissions (pdf format)
Please consult the flyer for sample stories and submission rules.
DEADLINE EXTENDED--STILL
COLLECTING STORIES!
Flyer
If you OR your ancestors lived in Polk County, we WANT
your STORY!
If you are a recent transplant to Polk County, we WANT your
STORY!
Published in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press, page 1, 6
April 2011,
written by Charlotte Marsch, www.bolivarmonews.com
Polk County Genealogical Society published the first
Polk County Family Histories
book in 2004 and is preparing to publish a second family history
book in 2012.
The book will be a compilation of family histories written by people who live in Polk County.
“It’s for people like me who didn’t get a
story in the first book
and really wish I had,” said PCGS secretary Leta Gass.
It also is an opportunity for families that were
included in the
first book to include updated information.
Story sections
The book will include three main sections.
(One story and picture submission is free, within the word
count.)
Additional words over the word count limit listed for
each section are 10 cents each.
One photo is included free with each story. Additional photos
are $10 each.
• Family stories — Tell about your family in 500 words or less.
Susan Sparks, PCGS president, emphasized that anyone
living in Polk County
now — even without a long history of family in the county
— should submit a story.
“You don’t have to originate here,” she
said. “If you are in Polk County today, you
are shaping Polk County’s history.”
• Military stories — Military stories are limited to 200 words.
“The focus is on people who have served from Polk County,” Sparks said.
• Century Farm stories — Word count limit is 300 words.
University of Missouri Extension gives this recognition
to farms that have been
in the same family for 100 years or more. This section will
feature
Century Farms in Polk County.
The book will be a limited edition!
To ensure receiving a copy, purchase it for the pre-publication
price of $49.
Make checks or money orders payable to Polk County Genealogical
Society Inc.
Books can be ordered online at www.pcgsmo.com using PayPal.
(Stories CANNOT be submitted with PayPal book orders.
Must be submitted separately.)
Submission guidelines
• Typed stories should be double-spaced. Digital
copy — submitted on CD or via e-mail —
must be in Microsoft Word, Word Perfect or Word Pad format.
For Mac users, it needs to be a .doc, .txt or .rtf file.
• Type all names in full. Count all of the words and total them at the end of the article.
• Write the story in third person — he, she, they, them rather than I or we.
• Each story must be signed by the writer. Provide
your name, address, phone
number and e-mail address to be used for verification if needed.
• Photos should be a professional copy, NOT a photocopy.
• Photos submitted on CD or via email need to be
scanned at a minimum of 600 dpi,
unless the photo is larger than a 5x7, then 300 dpi is adequate.
Save it in a .TIF format (preferred) or a .JPG (in the largest
file format possible).
Camera files need to be in large format, also.
Stories and photographs can be submitted three ways:
• In person at the PCGS Research Facility on the
southeast corner of the
square in Bolivar, MO. Can be submitted in writing, typed copy or
on CD.
• Via the U.S. Postal Service. Send to Polk County
Genealogical Society Inc.,
Attn: History Book, PO Box 632, Bolivar MO 65613-0632.
• Via e-mail to info@pcgsmo.com.
A flyer with more details about the book, as well as a
book order and story
submission form can be downloaded here-- Flyer
Other information
Businesses and non-profit organizations can purchase
space to feature their
business or organization, and memorials/tributes are available
for purchase.
PCGS also is looking for historic photos that have never
been published
to be considered for inclusion in a section of historic
photographs.
Credit will be given to the submitter, and the photos are
published for free.
For more information, call PCGS at 777-2820 or send e-mail to info@pcgsmo.com.
Polk County Genealogical Society, Inc.
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in Bolivar, Missouri, United States of America
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