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Tracing your ancestors through letters and personal writings : a guide for family historians

Symes, Ruth A.2016
Books, Manuscripts
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? This book looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs.
Author:
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Family History, 2016.
Collation:
ix, 270 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473855434 (pbk)
Dewey class:
929.341
LC class:
CS415
Local class:
929.341929.1
Language:
English
BRN:
1768790
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