Step 5: Additional Sections to Include

Your history may include one or more of the following sections. (This list of additional sections to include is taken from a publication entitled Preparing a Family History for Publication, prepared by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and can be found at FamilySearch.org in the Resource Guide section or follow this link http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Outline_-_Preparing_a_Family_History.ASP)

Title Page: The title page is generally the first page after the cover. It contains the title and, if applicable, the subtitle, your name as the author, as well as the place and date of publication.

Copyright Statement: Copyright statements generally appear on the back of the title page. They generally include information that tells readers when the history was published and who to contact for more information. A sample copyright statement is:
© 2007 by John Brown. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents: The table of contents lists chapters and sections of your history, and gives their page numbers. It also serves as an outline of your history and guides readers to the sections of most interest to them. Your word processor can generate this for you.

Other Preliminary Sections: These are optional pages that you may want to include.
Dedication - A dedication contains the name of the person to whom you are dedicating your history and a brief statement explaining why. It is usually written on the page after the copyright page.

List of Illustrations - A list of illustrations contains the name and page number of each picture, map, or illustration in the history.

Foreword, Preface, and Acknowledgments - A forward is a statement about the history written by someone other than you. A preface is a statement written by you and describes why you wrote your history, shows gratitude to persons or institutions who helped, etc.

Final Sections: These are optional sections as well, found at the back of your book.
Appendices - material or information not essential to the main body of the text but may be useful to readers who want more specific information about a topic. This might include certificates you have received throughout your life, talks you have given, papers you have written, etc.

Index - An index should list all of the individuals, place names, and subjects mentioned in your history.