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From: "Mills" <>
Subject: RE: Documented Events
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:28:41 -0600
In-Reply-To: <008601c4d9a0$b46af640$2802a8c0@vaio480>


<1400 page two-volume family history
beside my desk had some of the most interesting details in small footnotes.>


Un-hunh! Another reason why compilations need editing :). If we put our
interesting details in the narrative and use our notes only for sources, the
narrative is a lot more interesting and there's a much smaller note section
for people to groan over!

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG
*Isle of Canes*
*Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian*
*Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers,
Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians*
& other works on history and historical research



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