Below are several publications that accept stories that feature individuals or families. Some require peer review before publication.

If you have a story of an individual or family member, look at the submission guidelines for periodicals from their home state to see if there is a possible match.

Note: The number following the publication indicates how many libraries around the world include the periodical in their collection. A “Y” indicates the periodical is in the collection at the Library of Congress. This information was collected from the WorldCat.

Alaska History (150Y)

• Publisher: Alaska Historical Society
• Website: http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/publications/alaska-history/submissions-subscriptions/

The Journal of Arizona History (286Y)

• Publisher: Arizona Historical Society
• Website: http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/welcome-to-journal-writers-guidelines/

Arkansas Historical Quarterly (848Y)

• Publisher: Arkansas Historical Association
• Website: http://arkansashistoricalassociation.org/?page_id=10

California History (746Y)

• Publisher: California Historical Society
• Website: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/publications/

Delaware History (266Y)

• Publisher: Delaware Historical Society
• Website: http://www.dehistory.org/research-research/delaware-history-journal

The Florida Historical Quarterly (495Y)

• Publisher: Florida Historical Society
• Website: https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly

The Georgia Historical Quarterly (932Y)

• Publisher: Georgia Historical Society
• Website: http://georgiahistory.com/publications-scholarship/the-georgia-historical-quarterly/

The Hawaiian Journal of History (382Y)

• Publisher: Hawaii Historical Society
• Website: https://www.hawaiianhistory.org/publications/journal/

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (962Y)

• Publisher: Illinois State Historical Society
• Website: http://www.historyillinois.org/

Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (218Y)

• Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
• Website: http://www.indianahistory.org/our-services/books-publications#.VCl3eBbDVz3

THG: Connections (4)

• Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
• Website: http://www.indianahistory.org/our-services/books-publications#.VCl3eBbDVz3

 The Annals of Iowa

• Publisher: State Historical Society of Iowa
• Website: http://www.iowahistory.org/publications/the-annals-of-iowa/index.html

The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (599Y)

• Publisher: Kentucky Historical Society
• Website: http://history.ky.gov/the-register-of-the-kentucky-historical-society/

 Kentucky Ancestors Online

• Publisher: Kentucky Historical Society
• Website: http://kentuckyancestors.org/submission-guidelines/

 

Maine History (70Y)

• Publisher: Maine Historical Society
• Website: http://www.mainehistory.org/publications.shtml

Maryland Historical Magazine (369Y)

• Publisher: Maryland Historical Society
• Website: http://www.mdhs.org/publications/maryland-historical-magazine

The Massachusetts Historical Review (536Y)

• Publisher: Massachusetts Historical Society
• Website: http://www.masshist.org/2012/publications/mhr

Michigan History Magazine (381Y)

• Publisher: Historical Society of Michigan
• Website: http://www.hsmichigan.org/publications/michiganhistory/

Chronicle (105N)

• Publisher: Historical Society of Michigan
• Website: http://www.hsmichigan.org/publications/chronicle/

Journal of Mississippi History (291Y)

• Publisher: Mississippi Historical Society [Mississippi Department of Archives and History]
• Website: http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/interact/subscribe/journal-of-mississippi-history/featured-article-archive/

Missouri Historical Review (491Y)

• Publisher: The State Historical Society of Missouri
• Website: http://shs.umsystem.edu/publications/mhr/index.shtml

 Gateway (149Y)

• Publisher: The Missouri Historical Society
• Website: http://www.mohistory.org/publications/magazines

Montana: the Magazine of Western History (773Y)

• Publisher: Montana Historical Society
• Website: http://mhs.mt.gov/pubs/magazine.aspx

Nebraska History (354Y)

• Publisher: Nebraska State Historical Society
• Website: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/index.shtml

American Ancestors Magazine (234Y)

• Publisher: New England Historic Genealogy Society
• Website: http://www.americanancestors.org/contribute-to-american-ancestors-magazine/

Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (165Y)

• Publisher: Nevada Historical Society
• Website: http://museums.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=461&Itemid=224

Historical New Hampshire (198Y)

• Publisher: New Hampshire Historical Society
• Website: http://nhhistory.org/publications/index.html

North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains (2)

• Publisher: The State Historical Society of North Dakota
• Website: http://www.history.nd.gov/publications/index.html

Timeline (205Y)

• Publisher: Ohio Historical Society
• Website: http://www.ohiohistory.org/publications/timeline

Chronicles of Oklahoma (537Y)

• Publisher: Oklahoma Historical Society
• Website: http://www.okhistory.org/publications/chronicles

Oregon Historical Quarterly (707)

• Publisher: Oregon Historical Society
• Website: http://www.ohs.org/research/quarterly/about-ohq.cfm

Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (822Y)

• Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• Website: http://hsp.org/publications/pennsylvania-magazine-of-history-biography

South Carolina Historical Magazine (606Y)

• Publisher: The South Carolina Historical Society
• Website: http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/?page_id=23

Caralogue

• Publisher: The South Carolina Historical Society
• Website: http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/?page_id=23

Southwestern Historical Quarterly (1011Y)

• Publisher: Texas State Historical Association
• Website: http://www.tshaonline.org/shqonline

Tennessee Ancestors (142Y)

• Publisher: East Tennessee Historical Society
• Website: http://www.easttnhistory.org/research/publications

Utah Historical Quarterly (311Y)

• Publisher: Utah State Historical Society
• Website: http://heritage.utah.gov/history/quarterly

Vermont History (331Y)

• Publisher: Vermont Historical Society
• Website: http://vermonthistory.org/research/publishing-program#vermont-history-journal

 

Other Historical Associations (Publications need to be identified):

• Colorado http://www.historycolorado.org/
• Connecticut http://chs.org/
• Idaho http://history.idaho.gov/
• Louisiana http://louisianahistoricalsociety.org/
• Minnesota http://www.mnhs.org/
• New Jersey http://www.jerseyhistory.org/
• New Mexico http://www.hsnm.org/
• New York http://www.nyhistory.org/
• North Carolina http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/
• South Dakota http://history.sd.gov/
• Tennessee http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/history/
• Virginia http://www.vahistorical.org/
• Washington http://www.washingtonhistory.org/
• West Virginia http://www.wvculture.org/
• Wisconsin http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/
• Wyoming http://www.wyshs.org/
• Washington DC http://www.historydc.org/