Family Record
For some of us, our love of history starts close to home. Photographs from generations past, treasured heirlooms passed down from parent to child, stories told so often they become legend—such objects and experiences can often be our first encounter with the past. So why not use that connection with undergraduate students? Teaching historical methods using family history and genealogical research, as Mary Ann Mahony shares in this issue, helps students connect their ancestors’ individual experiences to broader historical contexts and challenges many of the assumptions they bring with them to class.
Image: John R. Staples/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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