The producers of Family Chronicle and Internet Genealogy magazines have a new project on their plates. Discovering Family History, a new magazine targeted specifically to beginners, will start publishing soon. Halvor Moorshead, the publisher and editor of all three magazines, says that the seed of the idea for Discovering Family History was sown while exhibiting their other genealogy magazines at an event in Toronto last September, called “The Word on the Street.” Some 200,000 people attended this event, put on for those interested in books and literacy.

“We sold plenty of subscriptions to both magazines,” said Moorshead, “but I found that I was continually explaining to new subscribers some real genealogy basics — steering them to Cyndi’s List and other places that listed beginner’s courses. These people were smart enough; they just needed something more basic than what we were selling. It was sobering to realize that there might be a big market for a genealogy magazine that dealt with the basics."

If you want a sneak peek of the new magazine, a full 56-page preview issue can be downloaded at www.discoveringfamilyhistory.com.