LEGACY Thru Generations
Anthropology Strategies can Enhance Family Histories
As a cultural anthropologythe holistic study of humanity in its broadest context in all times and places, ancient and contemporary professor and a passionate genealogist for several decades, I realized that anthropology research strategies could add much to any genealogical or familya family is group of people consisting of parents and children living together in a household; family members can also live away from parents or in a different household history project.
That is why I wrote the book Beyond Names and Dates. This book, along with the courses that complement it (see below) willa document stating how a person wants real and personal property divided after death More help your family histories come to life and be more meaningful, I hope you enjoy them!
Great Stories Bestow Life to Names and Dates
If you have wanted your ancestors to come to life, this book can lead you in all the right directions. Unlocking the past through better research (knowing what to look for) is possible.
Cultural anthropology is a wide-ranging subject. It covers everything that human beings have ever encountered in their everyday lives. You can learn what your ancestors’ lives were all about. They did not live in a vacuum. They had the same struggles in their life that you have in yours. They had ambitions, setbacks, accomplishments, failures, health issues, and social and economic upheavals. They witnessed wars and catastrophic weather events. They had hopes and dreams when they left their homelands for better opportunities.
Anthropology research strategies are literal road maps for delving into the past in an organized way. Writing a family history or finding a lost ancestora person from whom you descend; grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-great grandparents, etc., direct-line ancestor, forefather or forebear More can be a transformative journey. This book can take you on that journey.
Beyond Names and Dates Courses
Beyond Names and Dates Book required for these courses.
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Beyond Names and Dates – Course One – Ethnographic Research
Beyond Names and Dates – Course Two – Search for Meaning
Beyond Names and Dates – Course Three – Ethnohistory
Beyond Names and Dates – Course Four – What is Memory?
Beyond Names and Dates – Course Five – Ethnology
Connecting Ethnography to Genealogy Research
Connecting Ethnographya descriptive compilation of a culture based on fieldwork using ethnographic methods such as interviewing and participant observation; it may include research and description of an individual's culture, an entire cultural group, or a business culture to Genealogythe study of family origins and history; genealogy is a combination of two Greek words meaning family and science; therefore, the science of studying a family's history; More Research The first ethnography writing I completed was in the form of a personal history of my great aunt, Virginia. I did not realize my...