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Author Moore, John S. (John Scott), 1937-

Title Counting people : a DIY manual for local and family historians / John S. Moore
Edition First edition
Published Oakville : Oxbow Books, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)
Contents List of figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The agenda of local population history -- Sources and methods -- The study of medieval populations -- English population history, 1538-1837 -- The registration era, 1801-2011 -- Researching, writing, publishing -- Appendix: a case study : the population of Frampton Cotterell (Gloucs), 1086-1801 -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book shows how amateur historians can use computers with appropriate programs to provide numerical illustrations of various historical topics as well as easing their researches. A final chapter covers research and publishing in local history. The bibliography provides advice on local historical studies in England and Wales and a full list of sources for population history in England and Wales as well as guidance on the use of computers in local studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Population -- History -- Methodology
Statistics.
Demography -- methods
Statistics as Topic
Family Characteristics -- history
statistics.
HISTORY -- General.
Statistics
Population
Population -- Methodology
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Population -- History
Great Britain -- Population -- History -- Sources
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
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