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Understanding Documents for Geneaology & Local History - Softcover

Durie, Bruce

 
9780752464640: Understanding Documents for Geneaology & Local History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0752464647 ISBN 13: 9780752464640
Verlag: The History Press, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Genealogists and local historians have probably seen every birth, marriage, death and census record available, and are adept at using the internet for research. However, once they have learnt everything they can from them, the next step is reading and understanding older documents. These can be hard to find (not many are online), are often written in challenging handwriting and use legal and other unfamiliar terms. Some will be in Latin, antiquated English or Scots. Readers need to be able to understand the nature and intent of a range of documents as well as the palaeography (the handwriting) and orthography (the 'shape' of the contents). Wills, testaments, contracts, indentures, charters, land records, personal letters, official records, Church records and others, mainly from the period 1560 to 1800. Also covered are dates, numbers, calendars, measurements and money, abbreviations, transcription conventions, letter-forms and glossaries, and it includes a Latin primer.

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Bruce Durie hosts a BBC Radio geneaology program called Digging Up Your Roots and is the author of Scottish Genealogy.

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Verlag
The History Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0752464647
ISBN 13 
9780752464640
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
448
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