Preface |
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Introduction: Why Providing Family History Services Is a Great Idea |
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Chapter 1 Thinking Outside the Collection Box |
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Beginning at the Beginning: Defining Genealogy and Family History |
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The Main Essential in Family History Services |
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Organizing and Naming the Resources |
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Enhancing the Local Studies Collection |
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14 | (6) |
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Don't Go It Alone---Developing Partnerships |
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20 | (9) |
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Programming for Genealogists and Family Historians |
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29 | (6) |
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33 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 Record It: Preserving Family and Community History |
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Local Historical Writing and Traditional Formats |
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36 | (9) |
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Forms of Family Histories |
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45 | (6) |
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Online and Digital Recording of Family History |
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51 | (10) |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Tell It: Oral History for the Twenty-First Century |
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A Brief History of Oral History |
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Oral History and Local Studies Collections |
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Helping Families to Create Oral Histories |
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Chapter 4 Sort It: Assessing and Storing Home Sources |
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80 | (5) |
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What Is This and What Is It Worth? Common Questions about Family Items |
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The Personal Archive: Teaching Skills for Families to Preserve Their Own Items |
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88 | (2) |
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Storage Advice at a Glance |
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Chapter 5 Picture It: Gathering, Analyzing, and Storing Family Photographs |
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Enhancing Access: Organization |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (8) |
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Keep and Preserve: Storage of Photographs |
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113 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 The Negotiators: Asking and Answering Questions |
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The Mindset: What Information Providers Should Be Thinking in Order to Better Help Researchers |
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116 | (4) |
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120 | (14) |
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Administrative Aspects of Providing Family History Reference |
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134 | (8) |
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Technicalities: Using Genealogical Software, Online Trees, Message Boards, and Apps |
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142 | (7) |
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146 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Maximizing Access to Family History Materials |
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The Search for Information in a Family History Collection |
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150 | (4) |
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Major Cataloging Methods for Family History Items Explored |
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154 | (6) |
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Locally Driven Indexes and Databases: An Introduction |
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160 | (9) |
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Evaluating an Institution's Access to Family History Resources |
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176 | (1) |
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Chapter 8 Mining the Riches |
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180 | (7) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (10) |
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202 | (4) |
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Records Generated after Death |
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206 | (7) |
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213 | (4) |
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216 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Pooling Our Resources: The Digital Portal |
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217 | (28) |
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The Digitization Revolution |
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218 | (14) |
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Digitization for Smaller Institutions: Can We Do It? |
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232 | (8) |
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Reimagining the Role of the Public: The Intersection of Families and Cultural Heritage Institutions |
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240 | (5) |
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242 | (1) |
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Appendix A A Selected Annotated List of How-To Family History Titles |
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Appendix B The Locality Guide |
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251 | (6) |
Appendix C Associations Related to Local Studies |
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257 | (4) |
Appendix D Forms |
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261 | (2) |
Index |
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