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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Page 70
... give her a ruby ring . He dispensed three ruby rings . When Archie and Kate married , their ring bearer was Kate's little niece , Frances . Frances had become Archie's pet and he made her feel special . Frances formed the idea that ...
... give her a ruby ring . He dispensed three ruby rings . When Archie and Kate married , their ring bearer was Kate's little niece , Frances . Frances had become Archie's pet and he made her feel special . Frances formed the idea that ...
Page 108
... give some social history to write , even though it does not give us the satisfaction of having famous kin . It was customary when compiling family photograph albums to treat them as edifying books for the parlor table . Many families ...
... give some social history to write , even though it does not give us the satisfaction of having famous kin . It was customary when compiling family photograph albums to treat them as edifying books for the parlor table . Many families ...
Page 210
... Give the book a deeper meaning than just your family history . Reiterate that meaning and your major themes in both introduction and conclusion , the former as though you are setting out to make your point and the latter as though you ...
... Give the book a deeper meaning than just your family history . Reiterate that meaning and your major themes in both introduction and conclusion , the former as though you are setting out to make your point and the latter as though you ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Culture Citing and Caring | 56 |
A Historians Approach to Family | 85 |
Copyright | |
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