I seem to be looking more and more lately into the circumstances surrounding family events and getting background information - the social circumstances can reflect what was actually going on. I think sometimes you can't get the full picture without looking at it from different angles. If there are several members of the family working in the same industry was it the main industry for the area? Is this what everyone worked at? Or was the family the exception?
Local history is very linked with family history - how could it not be when the families of the area created the local history? And social history can show the general mood of the country, and also how your family members would have been thought of if they did certain things!
Bye for now!
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