HIST 687 - Genealogy and Family History

3 Credit(s)

Description:
This course introduces students to the vast array of materials available for researching the histories of individuals, families, and communities in the United States, Canada, Britain and Ireland over the past three centuries. It focuses on locating records and then “unpacking” them to ask not only what they can tell us but how, why and for whom they were created. The goal of the course is to give students the opportunity to learn to use the “building blocks” of history, the millions of records available online and the millions more being added every day, and “see” the past for themselves.

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