Avoid The Pitfalls in Native American Genealogy - YouTube
- - By Nancy Lecompte
Tuesday’s Tip – Interpreting primary sources – the 6 ‘w’s | Essex Voices Past
- Each primary source you can decode will give you a layer or building block towards historical truth.
- So understanding the ‘tricks’ of decoding sources are vital to the craft of being a historian.
- a primary source doesn’t have to be a document – it could be anything!
- What?
What is the document you are looking at? - When?
When was your document created? - Was your source written at the period you are studying or was it written afterwards or retrospectively (and therefore with the benefit hindsight)?
- Who?
Who created it? Who was the intended audience? - Where?
Where was your document written - Why?
There should be lots of ‘whys’ on your mind when you analyse your source:
Massachusetts Indians in the Revolutionary War | Native Heritage Project
Maine Indians and the Revolutionary War | Native Heritage Project
Ne-Do-Ba – Gwilodwogan (Wabanaki People) | Native Heritage Project
- - By Nancy Lecompte
March 31, 2012
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