Writing your family history : a guide for family historians / Gill Blanchard.
Writing your family history : a guide for family historians / Gill Blanchard.
Writing your family history : a guide for family historians / Gill Blanchard.
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Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Family History, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2019/2295
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Language
English
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Physical content
152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Who, what, where, when, why and how -- What kind of ancestral story -- When to stop researching -- Developing writing skills -- Make it interesting: 'bringing the past to life' -- The nitty gritty: from editing, proofreading and acknowledgements to copyright -- Publishing.
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Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Family History, [2015]
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
Designed for anyone who wants to bring their ancestors' stories to life. She looks at ways of overcoming the particular problems family historians face when writing a family history--how to deal with gaps in knowledge, how to describe generations of people who did the same jobs or lived in the same area, how to cover the numerous births, marriages...
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Writing your family history : a guide for family historians / Gill Blanchard.
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"Step-by- step guide to developing a written family history. Features examples of family histories for researchers to follow. Writing exercises and advice on layout and publishing"--Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2015
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Call Numbers
G 2019/2295
Record Identifier
74VKVylJyP0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVylJyP0X
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ISBN
9781781593721
DDC
929.1072
MMS ID
991024236414002626
