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Local and family historians are often afraid to use numerical data (Statistics) in their research and writing. Yet numbers are an essential part of much historical work, obviously in population history but also in local studies of agriculture, industry and social history. Counting People shows how amateur historians can use computers with appropriate programs to provide numerical illustrations of various historical topics as well as easing their researches. A final chapter covers research and publishing in local history. The Bibliography provides advice on local historical studies in England and Wales and a full list of sources for population history in England and Wales as well as guidance on the use of computers in local studies.

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'Fellow John Moore has written an excellent introduction to local and family history in which he sets out to answer all the questions that hundreds of undergraduates and postgraduates have put to him in forty years of teaching. ' SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter for anyone wanting to promote their research, the advice is very detailed and methodical. -- Barbara Jarvis Genealogists Magazine Use this book as it suggests: a DIY manual. It has a good index and an excellent bibliography -- Mary Fraser The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 75 (August 2014)

'Fellow John Moore has written an excellent introduction to local and family history in which he sets out to answer all the questions that hundreds of undergraduates and postgraduates have put to him in forty years of teaching. ' SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter December 2013 for anyone wanting to promote their research, the advice is very detailed and methodical. -- Barbara Jarvis Genealogists Magazine June 2014 Use this book as it suggests: a DIY manual. It has a good index and an excellent bibliography -- Mary Fraser The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 75 (August 2014)

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John Moore is a specialist on Scottish cartography and has published widely on the subject over a period of many years. He is currently Collections Manager at Glasgow University. He is the author of Glasgow: Mapping the City (Birlinn, 2015).

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