Crafting a Personal Family History - A Guide Plus a Case Study: Three Generations of the Hinds Family in New York's Adirondack Mountains

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface & Acknowledgements
Between Constructing a Genealogy and Writing a Personal Family History
Acknowledgements
Introduction; I. Personal Family History vs. Family History
II. Beyong the Genealogical Foundation: Collect Every Trace of Your Family
III. You Can't Just Rely on the Internet
IV. Fact or Fiction
V. Analysis
VI. Fact: Near Certainty vs. Trust
VII. Reading History Analytically
VIII. How to Treat Gaps in Existing Records, or What is the Proper Role of Historical Context in a Personal Family History
IX. If Serial Records Exist, Comparisons Can Legitimately be Made
X. Be Selective: You Can't Adequately Do Everything
XI. We're Stuck with Our Ancestors
XII. Citations
General Map of the Region
Map of the High Peaks Region
Chapter 1--The Setting: A Geographical and Historical Overview
Chapter 2--A Brick Wall: John Dillon Hinds
Chapter 3--Sarah Galusha's Antecedents
Chapter 4--Sarah and John Marry, and Raise a Family
Chapter 5--John and Sarah' Daughter, Emma
Chapter 6--The John Hinds Family and Religion
Chapter 7--The House John Hinds May Have Built
Chapter 8--An Irish Emigrant Acquires Land
Chapter 9--A World of Possessions
Chapter 10--Earning a Living, Providing for a Family
Chapter 11--Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 12--The Hinds-Shumway Household's Web of Kin and Kith
Chapter 13--Expanding on Tidbits While Avoiding Empty Speculation
Chapter 14--Henry Hinds' First Family
Chapter 15--The McLeods: The Scottish Connection
Chapter 16--Henry Hinds' Second Family
Chapter 17--Henry Hinds' First Profession, Farmer
To Their Own Soil: Agriculture in the Antebellum North
Chapter 18--Henry Hinds' Second Profession, Collier
Chapter 19--Loose Ends: Henry Hinds
Chapter 20--Bert Hinds' Families
Chapter 21--The Taylors: An English Connection?
Chapter 22--The Next Door Neighbor: An Oblique View
Chapter 23--A Return to the Catholic Church
Chapter 24--Bert Hinds: A Jack-of-All-Trades
Chapter 25--Epilogue
Appendix I--Step by Step Advice for Writing Your Personal Family History: Based on the Introduction
Appendix II--Alternative Approaches to Presenting a Personal Family History
Appendix III--Selected Chronology of Adirondack History, with an Emphasis on the High Peaks Region and the AuSable River Area
Appendix IV--Genealogical Summary
Appendix V--Credits for Illustrations
Index
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