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: A Study in Acculturation by Oscar Handlin
Date: 1979
California: A Bicentennial History by David G. Lavender
ISBN: 0393055787
Date: 1976-06-01
Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish exodus to North America by Kerby A. Miller
Date: 1988
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith
Date: 1963
Hawaii: A Bicentennial History by Ruth M. Tabrah
Date: 1980
Louisiana: A Bicentennial History by Joe G. Taylor
Date: 1976

Mississippi: A Bicentennial History by John R. Skates
ISBN: 9780393056785
Date: 1979-04-01
19th Century Chinese and Japanese Settlements in California: America's Pacific Founding Fathers by Daniel Metraux
ISBN: 9781495511936
Date: 2024-02-01
The Paddy Camps: The Irish of Lowell, 1821-61 by Brian C. Mitchell
Date: 2006
Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco by Douglas Henry Daniels
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ISBN: 9780520073999
Date: 1991-04-16
Wisconsin German Land and Life by Heike Bungert (Editor); Cora Lee Kluge (Editor); Robert C. Ostergren (Editor)
Date: 2006