Genre: Non-fiction
Published: 2010
Personal rating: 5/5
Yearly count: 62
I picked this book up because I am interested in writing family history, which often amounts to writing the stories of one ancestor at a time. In that aspect it very much looks like a biography, so I had hoped this book might help me.
Many books that deal with writing family histories focus on the near past, where there are still people who remember it, and the ins and outs of using interviews as a source often play a huge role in those books. This book, however, dealt not only with writing the biography of a recently deceased person, but also of people who lived further back in time. Therefore it described methods of finding, interpreting and using information other than interviews. As such, I found this the best book I have yet to read about writing a biography or family history. It was not only informative, but also easy to read and understand. Highly recommended!
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