How To Research Local History 2e
Published on 13. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-1-84528-276-9 (ISBN)
Description
Do you want to know to know more about the history of your street or parish, find out about the people who lived in your area and what they did, or discover more about a particular building? "How to Research Local History" will help get you started on how to interpret documents such as census returns, rating books and maps, and where to find them. It will introduce you to the delights of street directories and old newspapers, lead you to fascinating websites that can save you a lot of research time and talk you through the best of research methods to use in archives.
Reviews / Votes
"'A good, clearly written survey of the scope of local history and countless resources that feed into it.' Your Family Tree"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84528-276-9 (9781845282769)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
09/2006
How To Books Ltd
€33.62
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Person
Pamela Brooks, a romance novelist, journalist and local history aficionado, has spent a great deal of time in archives researching previous books, Norwich: Stories of a City and Norwich, Street by Street. Here she passes on first-hand experience, practical tips and key websites to support your research. Pamela is also author of How to Research Your House.
Content
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Preparing to research; 3. Finding a person; 4. Finding out about a building; 5. Finding out about an event; 6. Searching for resources; 7. Using maps; 8. Looking at street directories; 9. Looking at local newspapers archives; 10. Looking at oral history; 11. Using the internet; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Index.