North Carolina Genealogists And Historical Newspapers: Usage, Contextualization And Critical Family History

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  • April 27, 2022
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  • Bradley, Sarah
    • Hussman School of Journalism and Media
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  • Historical newspapers are a valuable tool for modern genealogists. With the digitization of newspapers, more family researchers are using them in their practice than ever before. This thesis examines how active North Carolina genealogists access, authenticate, evaluate, interpret, and contextualize historical newspaper records produced from 1877 to 1918. Notably, this qualitative research study also explores if and how interviewed North Carolina genealogists practice critical family history in their newspaper research. Results explore participant’s genealogy backgrounds, how they use and understand historical newspapers as sources, if and how they practice historical contextualization, how they align with five of Scodari’s (2016) requirements for critical family historians, and how they practice, consider, and value power dynamics and critical family history in their genealogy research.
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  • McDonald, Trevy
    • Hussman School of Journalism and Media
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  • Bachelor of Arts
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  • 2022
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  • English

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