24 years of personal research which needs to be academically recorded but how? I need some guidance, 24 years ago I started to research a specific topic which slowly developed into my collating related documented evidence that I accessed worldwide. Today, my research is finished and ALL the related historical documentation etc compiled. But now what? I am being told by those interested in my research and findings that I need to publically ensure such is available to others, but how. Unlike those that embarked on a PhD journey, my journey was one of a personal nature that ended up being Thesis style, any suggestions?
Options that come to mind:


Publish a monograph or a book. This requires either paying or somehow getting an academic publisher interested; depends heavily on what others think of your work. 
Submit article(s) to a peer reviewed journal. This option will likely not work in practice if you have no ties with the academic world. 
Produce the electronic version of the book, and offer it as a pdf in your own website. 
Expose the research in blog form.