To be allowed to do so you must accept certain conditions. Who will own your book files? My Canvas allows users to create books using its proprietary software. What could be simpler?īut, before choosing My Canvas as your publisher, you might want to ask some additional questions: Just plug your text and images into the templates provided and click your mouse to create a book. Ease of Use: My Canvas promises to provide all the tools you’ll need to create a book even if you have no technical knowledge at all.For many people the reasoning is simple, “I rely on Ancestry to help me research my genealogy, why shouldn’t I rely on it to help me put that genealogy into a book?” Ancestry’s Credibility: Ancestry is a well-known brand whose website will continue to offer My Canvas even after the service finally moves over to its new home at Alexander’s six months from now.There are two reasons My Canvas seems an attractive option to people who want to publish a family history, but don’t know much about how book publishing works. But this is a good time to ask whether My Canvas, the best known place to publish a family history, is really the best wayto create a family history book. At Stories To Tell we are always happy to see more opportunities for people to share their family history. There has been a good deal of celebrating in the genealogy community. Ancestry has found a new home for My Canvas.

Publisher family history book template