Genealogy’s Assumptions about Written Records and Originality

This article probes characteristics of writing relevant to assumptions genealogical practitioners make about written sources they use as evidence. Those infrequently examined assumptions include the assumption that writing represents past reality, that truth univocally denotes correspondence between...

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Main Author: Stephen B. Hatton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Genealogy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/1/21