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 166
... librarians usually rolled their eyes and shook their heads in disgust . At first this bewildered me because I respect librarians and office staff tremen- dously . These are the people who really run things ; they know how everything ...
... librarians usually rolled their eyes and shook their heads in disgust . At first this bewildered me because I respect librarians and office staff tremen- dously . These are the people who really run things ; they know how everything ...
Page 167
... librarians were using it . The derisive definition went something like this : Genies are people who come into the library thinking we're going to show them how to do their family histories . They always think it should be easier and ...
... librarians were using it . The derisive definition went something like this : Genies are people who come into the library thinking we're going to show them how to do their family histories . They always think it should be easier and ...
Page 168
... Librarians and Archi- vists , " Sherrill , who is Director of Public Services at the Tennessee State Library and Archives , explained how better to solicit aid from the librarian , who may “ cringe and break into a cold sweat " when she ...
... Librarians and Archi- vists , " Sherrill , who is Director of Public Services at the Tennessee State Library and Archives , explained how better to solicit aid from the librarian , who may “ cringe and break into a cold sweat " when she ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Culture Citing and Caring | 56 |
A Historians Approach to Family | 85 |
Copyright | |
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