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Using Derivative History Sources
Using Derivative History Sources to Find Primary Sources.
Sometimes in Genealogy research, we get so wrapped up searching primary sources that we tend to overlook derivative sources. How to use these valuable treasures.
· A brief look at how history books are compiled and written.
· Examples of family records found only in history books.
· Examples of history books gone wrong.
· How these records lead to original sources and help give context to the lives of our ancestors.
· Using World Cat to locate forgotten history books.
· Hatitrust.org and similar online repositories. Different ways to search their content.
· Writing Citations for derivative sources.