Genealogists as a "community of records"

American Archivist

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-113

  Yakel, Elizabeth ^a   Torres, Deborah A ^a  

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EID: 78649852314     PISSN: 03609081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17723/aarc.70.1.ll5414u736440636     Document Type: Article

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29. Interestingly, a recent book by Stephen Pavuk, The Story of a Lifetime: A Keepsake of Personal Memoirs, helps individuals structure the family narrative process (Santa Fe, N.M.: Triangle, 2000).
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