Sources and methods for family and community historians - Ruth Finnegan

This is the second edition of the fourth volume of the successful series Studying Family and Community History, published in conjunction with the Open University. With its aim of placing individual and localised cases in their social and historical context, this accessible and innovative series will stimulate and develop personal research in family and community history. This new edition of the fourth volume has been extensively updated. It serves as an invaluable tool for any research project on family or community history by offering guidance on sources, research strategies and techniques, the relevant libraries and archives, and how to present research findings.