How To Research Local History 2e

How To Research Local History 2e by Pamela Brooks

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.

"'A good, clearly written survey of the scope of local history and countless resources that feed into it' Your Family Tree"

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.

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ISBN 13	9781845282769
ISBN 10	1845282760
Titre	How To Research Local History 2e
Auteur	Pamela Brooks
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Little, Brown Book Group
Année de publication	2008-05-13
Nombre de pages	226
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