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Writing family history
History & The Arts

Writing family history

...family history. Some history is recalled in oral form, some in photographic and some in written form, as biographical or autobiographical evidence. Many aspects of this approach to writing are discussed in illuminating and perceptive depth, giving wide-ranging yet informative coverage of the topic. This material forms part of the course A173 Start writing family...
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Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...family history. Even if you do discover that you are not the first to chronicle the story of your clan, check the details that have been uncovered already; it can't hurt to ensure that the details are actually correct. Once you’ve exhausted your family's store of knowledge - if not patience - it's time to look for other artefacts, such as personal letters, photographs,...
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Bon départ: beginners’ French second edition
Languages

Bon départ: beginners’ French second edition

...Shopping video Buying a newspaper Staying Healthy 8 short snippets of people talking about what they do to stay healthy Origins and background video French speakers from non-metropolitan France speak about their origins and their family history Origins and background audio French speakers from non-metropolitan France speak about their origins and their family history...
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Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing

...family history by comparing their DNA to others from around the world. This information isn’t always accurate, and the tests can struggle to give precise details about exactly where someone’s ancestors came from. Ancestry tests may also reveal family secrets that are upsetting to the person taking the test and their family, like a child finding out their father...
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War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...space. Our new online course, Heritage, whose heritage? (A180), gives a more fulsome introduction. The two total wars of the twentieth century are the subject of the course Total war and social change: Europe 1914-55 (AA312). We also offer an appealing starter course for budding family historians, which covers some of these questions: Start writing family history (A173)....
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Language variety all but disappears from the Eurovision song contest
Languages

Language variety all but disappears from the Eurovision song contest

...family history rather than politics, as her own great-grandmother was one of the many deported. The big change this year is the way the votes will be announced and cast. In previous years, the votes from national juries have been merged with those of the local tele-voting thus producing the scores that each country awards. This year the scores announced will be those of...
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Methods in Motion: Clashing loyalties
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Clashing loyalties

...family histories offer new insight on the public and private loyalties of active communists, notably those in positions of leadership whose duties to the Party were often thought to lead to neglect of family responsibilities; a commitment to equality did not end a gendered division of labour in the communist home. The range of papers and their rich contributions on the...
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Melanoma: an emerging concern
Health, Sports & Psychology

Melanoma: an emerging concern

...family history of melanoma. Stages of melanoma The stages and the general expected five-year adult survival rates for each stage are noted below. However, it is worth noting that survival rate data for the various individual stages are not yet routinely available – this is often due to inconsistencies in the data collection by governments. Most survival data also...
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