Stirpes, Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society, Inc., is published four times a year, in March, June, September and December. Deadlines for each issue are on the 15th of the first month in the quarter in which the issue is published as listed below. Contact stirpes@txsgs.org for details or if you have questions about a potential submission.
- March deadline is January 15
- June deadline is April 15
- September deadline is July 15
- December deadline is October 15
The editorial board solicits articles and materials such as letters, diaries, photographs, and book reviews relating to Texas genealogy and history.
Publication Terms
Stirpes has no quotas with respect to authorship or content.
Edited works may be submitted to the author for review at the end of the editing process prior to publication.
The author retains copyright to his work. The Texas State Genealogical Society retains the right to print this material exclusively for one year dating from its first printing in Stirpes.
The writer may use and distribute his material for presentations, lectures, seminars, or for similar purposes.
Content Requirements
- One digital copy of manuscript sent to the editor at: stirpes@txsgs.org.
- Preferred manuscript length of 1,500 – 5,000 words, exclusive of source notes. Longer manuscripts will be considered and in certain cases encouraged. A series will be considered for lengthy works.
- Please send text in Word, rft, txt format. Use 12–point type and single spacing.
- Photo images, illustrations, maps, and tables that enhance the article are encouraged. Images not owned by the author must include a source citation and acknowledgement from the author that they have permission to use that image. Images captured from the internet not in the public domain will not be accepted.
Submitting Images
- Scan images to 600 dpi or higher at a physical size of 4 x 6 inches or larger.
- Send the original, unenhanced scans as separate files. Please do not imbed the images in the article text.
- We will not accept original photos. All images must be digital and at 600 dpi or better.
- Please send the source for each of your images to the editor in an e-mail.
Style Requirements
Please follow The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed., 2003) for general form and style, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed., 2003) for spelling and word division, and Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills (1st ed., 2007) for citation models unique to genealogy and history. Stirpes follows Chicago’s recommendation with regard to the use of the ellipsis to indicate omissions.
Endnotes & Footnotes
See Chicago for bibliography style or reference-list style.
Factual statements beyond common knowledge should be presented as endnotes or footnotes. Notes should relate precisely to the paragraph to which they are assigned, but if a broader reference is intended, such as to multiple paragraphs or pages, this should be explained in the note. Each numeral indicating a note should be placed at the end of a sentence, not the in the middle.
The author’s name and full title of the work should appear in the first citation of a source, followed by parenthesis containing edition number (if appropriate), location, press, and year of publication. A volume number in multi-volume works follows the title. The closing parenthesis is followed by page number(s). Subsequent citations only need include the author’s last name, the short title, volume, and page number(s). Ibid. may be used if the preceding footnote is identical.
Sample Citations
For additional information on citing sources, see Chicago or contact the editor.
Single-Volume Works
First citation:
James P. Bevill, The Paper Republic (Houston, Bright Sky Press, 2009), 105.
Subsequent citation:
Bevill, The Paper Republic, 147.
Multi-Volume Works with Multiple Editors or Authors
First citation:
Lynda Laswell Crist, ed., Kenneth H. Williams and Peggy L. Dillard, assoc. eds., The Papers of Jefferson Davis 10 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,1999), 33 and 178.
Subsequent citation:
Crist, et al., The Papers of Jefferson Davis 10, 369-387.
Revised editions:
First citation:
Virginia M. Meyer, John Frederick Dorman, eds. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 (3rd ed., Richmond, 1987), 167-218.
Subsequent citation, immediately following:
Ibid., 223.
Journal articles:
First citation:
Bryson Caldwell Cook and Janet Stacey Porter, “Nathaniel Porter (1692-1758) of Farmington and Bethlehem, Connecticut, and his Family,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 164 (January 2010), 57.
Subsequent citation:
Cook, et al., “Nathaniel Porter of Farmington …,” 60-62.
Newspaper Articles
First citation:
John P. Kelly, “Swimming Upstream,” Dallas Morning News, September 23,1993.
Letters, Manuscripts, Archived Documents
First citation:
James Turner to Martha Turner, May 14, 1852, Series I: Box 1, Folder 1, Ann Marie Stewart Turner letters, 1857-1913, Woodson Library, Rice University.
Charles Conrad Abbott, “The After-Thoughts of Age: a Series of Out-Spoken Essays” (10 notebooks), Box 1, Folder 1-2, no. 3, Charles Conrad Abbott Papers, 1770-1919, Princeton University Library, Manuscripts Division.
Anson Jones to Joseph Lane, land grant in Jasper County, Texas for 25 labors, n.d. (contains Republic of Texas seal), Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, Texas.
Websites
First citation:
Estelle Corder, “Residents in Randolph County, Alabama—Church Records of Shiloh Baptist Church,” East Texas Family Records 10, no. 1 (1986), http://texashistory.unt.edu, 18-19.
Ebooks
First citation:
John Witherspoon, The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D.L.L.D., Late President of the College at Princeton, New Jersey …, Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, ed., (Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1802), http://books.google.com/books/, 34.