Family & Community Historical Research Society

Submitting an article for publication in the Journal

FACHRS welcomes original contributions for publication that match the scope and objectives of FACHRS. Articles are considered on the understanding that they have not been previously published nor simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere.

While scholarly standards and presentation are essential, authors are urged to write in an accessible style, to avoid insensitive or unduly specialist language, and to be aware that readership is international. See previous articles.

Each submission should be accompanied by confirmation that the work is original and that FACHRS have permission to publish the work.

The editors welcome original contributions of between 4000 and 6000 words that match the scope of the Journal. Contributions are welcome from both independent and institution-based researchers from a wide range of disciplines and approaches.
Contributors should observe the journal's aim of encouraging the interaction of detailed micro studies with more general scholarly issues. Articles will thus be expected both to arise from detailed empirical research into specifics or and to go beyond the purely parochial or genealogical; the journal will also from time to time publish methodological or comparative articles designed to be of practical assistance for encouraging or fusing such research.
Three copies should be sent to one of the Editors.

They must be typed on one side of A4 paper, double spaced throughout, with ample margins. The front page should give title, author's names, address for correspondence (plus telephone, fax and email if possible), an abbreviated title (for running headlines within the article), and a publishable biography of up to 50 words (including institutional affiliation if applicable). The second page should repeat the title and provide a summary of no more than 150 words.