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History for Genealogists: Using Chronological Time Lines to Find and Understand Your Ancestors
by Judy Jacobson
c2009
Dividing an ancestor's life into workable parts (such as childhood, marriage, old age) can help the genealogist in many ways.
- Historical time lines can help genealogists choose paths of research.
- Historical time lines can help genealogists spot problems in their research.
- Historical time lines can help summarize a person's life.
- Historical time lines can help genealogists to follow the right person when two or more persons have the same name in the same area at the same time.
- Historical time lines can help demonstrate how families are interconnected
Some of the historical events that influenced our ancestors
- Wars
- Religious persecution
- Disease
- Poverty
- Natural disasters
In her book, Jacobson includes chronological lists of these events to help the genealogist understand what may have influenced their ancestors to leave their homeland.
"There is a history in all men's lives."
-Shakespeare King Henry IV
