Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social HistoryKatherine Scott Sturdevant shows you how to use social history -- the study of "ordinary people's everyday lives" -- to add depth, detail, and drama to your family's saga. Book jacket. |
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... family history skills . factual detail that they miss the big - picture answers to why and how questions . You can have the best of both worlds . Writing a family's history in historical context may actually make it commer- cially ...
... family history skills . factual detail that they miss the big - picture answers to why and how questions . You can have the best of both worlds . Writing a family's history in historical context may actually make it commer- cially ...
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... family's lives ? 7. How did the change of seasons affect the family's daily lives and work ? 8 . Where / how did they get food , water , or fuel ? 9. Where did the family come from before that ? 10 . Did any of them prefer one place to ...
... family's lives ? 7. How did the change of seasons affect the family's daily lives and work ? 8 . Where / how did they get food , water , or fuel ? 9. Where did the family come from before that ? 10 . Did any of them prefer one place to ...
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... family's saga . She'll provide you with the instruction you need to accu- rately investigate your family's unique history , including their Daily lives - use the Elements of Social History as the background context of your family ...
... family's saga . She'll provide you with the instruction you need to accu- rately investigate your family's unique history , including their Daily lives - use the Elements of Social History as the background context of your family ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Culture Citing and Caring | 56 |
A Historians Approach to Family | 85 |
Copyright | |
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