Tracing Your Marginalised Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
$41.31
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2024
Summary
Often, our most fascinating ancestors are those on society’s margins. They might have been discriminated against due to personal misfortune, or have been a victim of society’s fear of difference. You may have ancestors who were poor, or sick, illegitimate, or lawbreakers. Were your family stigmatised because of their ethnicity? Perhaps they struggled with alcoholism, were prostitutes, or were accused of witchcraft.
This book will help you find out more about them and the times in whic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399061858 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399061852 |
| Author: | Janet Few |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Family History |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 234mm x 158mm |
| Series: | Tracing Your Ancestors |
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Critics Review
“Janet Few provides the reader with a glimpse of the historical and social background which informed various prejudices, anxieties and discriminatory behaviours that the people she writes about experienced. As she points out, the book is not intended to be a complete guide to researching every individual topic, but seeks instead to provide context and to offer extensive further reading and research possibilities.”– “The Local Historian, Vol. 54, No. 3”
About The Author
Janet Few
Janet Few is an author and educator who has been on a quest to uncover and preserve the stories of her ancestors since she was a child. She has a particular interest in those who are overlooked by history and is a co-founder of the A Few Forgotten Women project, which seeks to tell the stories of marginalised women.
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