Orcas Island PressFamily histories · Sourced & bound

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Tell us who the book is about and what the family already knows. Take your time; "not sure" is always a fine answer, and the research is ours to do. You'll read a draft before anything is final.

1. Choose your book

Family BookMost families

A complete family history, researched and written to our series standard. Sourced, story-first, with your review of a reading draft before the final.

Cousin EditionBranch

Your side of the family's own book — a shorter, branch-scoped edition built from an existing family book plus focused new research.

Looking for a full commissioned heirloom project? Ask us about the Heritage Commission — it starts with a conversation, not this form.

What kind of project is this? *

2. About you

Your name *

Email *

All project updates come here.

Phone (optional)

Your relationship to the family *

3. Who is the book about?

One person or a couple. Dates like "about 1890" are perfect. Tick "not sure" for anything you don't know.

Person 1

Full name *

Maiden name (if known)

Born — when not sure

Born — where not sure

Died — when not sure

Died — where not sure

Father's name not sure

Mother's name (maiden if known) not sure

The book is about a couple (add spouse)

Spouse

Full name *

Maiden name (if known)

Born — when not sure

Born — where not sure

Died — when not sure

Died — where not sure

Father's name not sure

Mother's name (maiden if known) not sure

Married — when not sure

Married — where not sure

4. What you already know Places they lived (one per line — towns, farms, streets, churches) Children and key relatives not sure What you already have Files you'd like to share now (optional — you can also send them later)

Drafts (PDF/DOCX), GEDCOM or CSV family trees, photo zips, permission letters. Files aren't uploaded from this page — only their names are listed with your answers. You can send the files themselves later.

5. Ancestry.com (optional)

Never send your Ancestry password. We will never ask for it. A tree link, public username, viewer invite, or GEDCOM export is all we need. Privacy

Do you (or a family member) have an Ancestry.com account?

Family trees often include living people. We use living people's details only for your project and never publish them without consent. Online trees are treated as leads, not proof.

6. Anything else that might help (optional) Anything else that might help (stories, places, surnames, tips)

Family stories, nicknames, spelling variants, towns, churches, where records might be, what you'd love the book to include.

We treat stories as leads to check, not as facts — that's how the book stays trustworthy.

7. How would you like your book? PDF — a finished, print-ready digital book PDF + printed book — the PDF plus a printed, bound copy shipped to you

Where should we ship the printed book? (You can update this on your project page before it prints.) Privacy

Ship-to name * Address * Address line 2 (optional)

City *

State / region *

ZIP / postal code *

Country *

Phone for the carrier (optional)

8. A few promises we ask of each other * I understand the book may involve living people. Their details are used only for this project and are not published without their consent. Privacy * For any photos or documents I share, I've told you honestly what I know about where they came from and whether I have the right to share them. * This builds on an existing family book. I have (or will get) permission to reuse its material, and I'll tell you who holds it.

See Our promises — what we promise, and what we don't.

Next you'll review your order. Nothing is charged here, and your answers stay on your computer. Work on your book starts only after we confirm your order with you.

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