History for genealogists : using chronological time lines to find and understand your ancestors / by Judy Jacobson

Author:: Jacobson, Judy
Published:: Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield, [2016]
Copyright Date:: ©2016
Edition:: Revised edition with 2016 addendum incorporating editorial corrections to the 2009 edition / by Denise Larson.
Physical Description:: x, 310 pages ; 26 cm

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Contents:

Seeing ancestors in historical context -- Creating a timeline -- Why did they leave? -- How did they go? -- Coming to America -- Myths, confusions, secrets and lies -- Even harder to find missing persons -- Social history and community genealogy -- State by state -- Region by region.

Summary:

History lays the foundation to understand a group of people. Genealogy lays the foundation to understand a person or family using tangible historic evidence.

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ISBN:

9780806357683 (pbk.)
0806357681 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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