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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... piece of information such as a birthdate . A professional genealogist would cite a source for every date , name , or small piece of informa- tion . Obviously , the difference is partly whether one is writing about people and the details ...
... piece of information such as a birthdate . A professional genealogist would cite a source for every date , name , or small piece of informa- tion . Obviously , the difference is partly whether one is writing about people and the details ...
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... pieces , then replate the whole with silver . Here are the best tips . 1. First , make sure the item is not sterling or nickel silver . These do not need or take replating . 2. Is the piece very old silverplate , such as rare eighteenth ...
... pieces , then replate the whole with silver . Here are the best tips . 1. First , make sure the item is not sterling or nickel silver . These do not need or take replating . 2. Is the piece very old silverplate , such as rare eighteenth ...
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... pieces . 1. Use different color highlighter pens to remind yourself , say , that one piece of information belongs in chapter one but you will use this other quote in chapter four . 2. Write in the left margin of the page , beside each piece ...
... pieces . 1. Use different color highlighter pens to remind yourself , say , that one piece of information belongs in chapter one but you will use this other quote in chapter four . 2. Write in the left margin of the page , beside each piece ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Culture Citing and Caring | 56 |
A Historians Approach to Family | 85 |
Copyright | |
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