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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... historians about geneal- ogists ' noble efforts beneficial to social historians — that is , indexing projects and public records preservation.3 Not only were some historians attempting to persuade other historians that genealogists ...
... historians about geneal- ogists ' noble efforts beneficial to social historians — that is , indexing projects and public records preservation.3 Not only were some historians attempting to persuade other historians that genealogists ...
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... historians . The purpose of this book is to introduce genealogists ( family historians ) to the ideas , methods , and sources for building appropriate historical context around their genealogical information . The book will convey the ...
... historians . The purpose of this book is to introduce genealogists ( family historians ) to the ideas , methods , and sources for building appropriate historical context around their genealogical information . The book will convey the ...
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... historians . When historians consider these sources , they usually see them in other profes- sional categories . Knowing these categories- " speaking the language " -may help you when addressing historians , librarians , archivists ...
... historians . When historians consider these sources , they usually see them in other profes- sional categories . Knowing these categories- " speaking the language " -may help you when addressing historians , librarians , archivists ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Culture Citing and Caring | 56 |
A Historians Approach to Family | 85 |
Copyright | |
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