Research Guides: Genealogy: Local and Regional Histories

Examples of Local Histories

Researching the cultural, political, economic, and social history of a particular country or region during the time period in which your ancestors lived can provide important context for understanding the genealogical information you find, as well as clues for how to proceed further with your research.

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer
Date: 1989
Boston's Immigrants by Oscar Handlin
Date: 1979
Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish exodus to North America by Kerby A. Miller
Date: 1988
Hawaii: A Bicentennial History by Ruth M. Tabrah
Date: 1980
Louisiana: A Bicentennial History by Joe G. Taylor
Date: 1976

Mississippi by John R. Skates
ISBN: 9780393056785
Date: 1979-04-01
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith
Date: 1963
The Paddy Camps: the Irish of Lowell, 1821-61 by Brian C. Mitchell
Date: 2006
Wisconsin German Land and Life by Heike Bungert (Editor); Cora Lee Kluge (Editor); Robert C. Ostergren (Editor)
Date: 2006