M. Williams

Researching Local History

The Human Journey

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This practical book provides a fascinating - and often moving - account of Professor Williams' adventures into the past of his own family and community. He demonstrates local history methodology through his research into ancestry, migration, work, war and religion in the towns and villages of England and Wales. Richly illustrated throughout.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781138836280
• ISBN-10: 1138836281
• Artikelnr.: 41251209

Autorenporträt

M. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. The Why and How of Studying History.
Chapter 2. Given in Evidence.
Chapter 3. That Which is Written.
Chapter 4. Notes, Notebooks and Archives.
Chapter 5. One Society at One Particular Time: Caerleon in the Great War.
Chapter 6.The Matter of Polulation.
Chapter 7. Labelled for Posterity: Using Surnames as Tracers of Family
Movement.
Chapter 8.Tracing the Welsh.
Chapter 9. Getting it Together.
Chapter 10. But What is it All For?
Further Reading