DETAIL
INSTRUCTIONS
A. What
to Write
1. Introduce your ancestors,
including names, dates, and special recollections. Please check spelling and dates for
correctness.
2. Present your immediate
family, including names, dates, and your special memories related to Pitt County
3. Provide a history of a
Pitt County church, club, or organization with information not included in Volume I.
B. Preparing the Article
1. Double-space
articles (typed or printed from computer), and use uppercase and lowercase
letters, not all caps. Remember to write
in complete sentences in paragraph form (outlines and lists are unacceptable). Include a title for the article.
2. Limit your
article to 1,000 words. The Chronicles
Committee reserves the right to edit articles for grammar.
3. Devote the
last paragraph of your article to your sources (where you found your
information, such as a family Bible, personal knowledge, cemetery records,
census records, wills, deeds, etc.).
4. At the end
of your article, make a list of every name that should be included in the index
(last name, first and middle).
5. Include your
name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number at the bottom of your
article.
C. Photographs
1. Include, at a cost of
$10.00 each, glossy photograph(s)—maximum 8 x 10—in color or black and
white. Do not send a photocopy.
2. Place your return address
label on the back of the photograph for identification.
3. Write a caption for the
photograph on a label or sticky note and place on the back of the photograph.
4. Enclose a stamped,
self-addressed envelope for the eventual return of the photograph.
D. Submitting the Article and Photographs
1. Complete the order form
with your name and address. To order one
or more copies of Chronicles of Pitt County Pitt County
Mail your article, photograph(s), self-addressed
envelope, order form, and check or money order to the address on the order form
Order
Form Deadline: March
1, 2004
Name
_______________________________________________________
UPS Address __________________________
(no P.O. boxes, please)
City, State, ZIP __________________________
Telephone _____________________________
E-mail address _________________________
Quantity Amount
Local _____ Copy/Copies of Chronicles of
Pickup @ $53.50 (includes tax)……………………………$_________
UPS _____ Copy/Copies of Chronicles of
Delivery @
$60.00 (includes tax and UPS shipping)………$____________
Photographs ____ Photograph(s)
to be included with article @ $10.00
each.
$____________
Pictorial
page(s) honoring individual, family, or organization @ $150.00 each$__________
Total
Enclosed $____________
Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope for
the return of your pictures.
Mail order form, check,
article, photographs to:
Chronicles of
307 Queen Anne’s Road
For additional
information, contact liz_sparrow@yahoo.com or jewellebaker@cox.net