#AtoZChallenge - P is for Periodicals, Podcasts, Preserving and Publishing

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You could say that I have covered Periodicals already under J for journals.

 However, while I've been compiling these posts, I have also been walking the dog every morning and listening to some Podcasts.

 What podcasts do I listen to?  Anything and everything really but you might be interested in the following genealogy podcasts....

 Genealogy Guys

 Genies Down Under

 Genealogy Gems

 The National Archives

 Anyways, I was listening to the Genealogy Guys and I kept hearing them mention the PERSI Index on Find My Past.  It's amazing what you don't know about tools that you use on a regular basis.  So I will mention it now for what it is worth.  You can access the PERSI index on Find My Past!!!  You can search it here. You can read about what it is here on the lovely Family Search wiki.

 If you have invested in resources for your genealogy library be they books, CDs, certificates...whatever you are probably interested in Preserving them or at least looking after them for posterity.

State Library of Queensland's website has some easy to read guides here. Whether you want to know how to choose shelving, handle books, preserve your digital content or deal with an emergency, there's a guide to help you.

 Library of Congress has the most beautiful bookmarks to remind you how to preserve your family treasures here.

 I have, of course, invested in some books as well.  I think I have already mentioned Shauna Hicks Your Family History Archives.  And I also have a copy of Stopping the rot: a handbook of preventive conservation for local studies collections by Helen Price.

 Publishing 
This could as easily come under W for Writing but I think it is worth mentioning that at some stage you might also be interested in writing and publishing your own family history. Whether you choose to self-publish online through a blog or in a hard copy there are many publications to help you.  We've probably all got some books on writing/publishing on our shelves.  I have Peter Donovan's - So, You Want to Write History ? and Joanna Beaumont's How to Write and Publish your Family history.  Noeline Kyle is also very popular in this area. I have recently invested in Blogging for Dummies, just to make sure I've got the basics covered and I am very impressed with Ros Petelin's How Writing works: a field guide to effective writing which I think I am going to have to purchase.

 Have you any pronouncements or pearls of wisdom you would like to share with the family history community in this regard ?

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