New Technologies Applied to Family History: A Particular Case of Southern Europe in the Eighteenth Century.

In this article, the author explains how the support of new technologies has helped historians to develop their research over the last few decades. The author, therefore, summarizes the application of both database and genealogical programs for the southern Europe family studies as a methodological...

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Publicado en:Journal of Family History Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 248 - 263
Autor principal: Pérez García, Manuel
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Jul2011
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Sumario:In this article, the author explains how the support of new technologies has helped historians to develop their research over the last few decades. The author, therefore, summarizes the application of both database and genealogical programs for the southern Europe family studies as a methodological tool. First, the author will establish the importance of the creation of databases using the File Maker program, after which they will explain the value of using genealogical programs such as Genopro and Heredis. The main aim of this article is to give detail about the use of these new technologies as applied to a particular study of southern Europe, specifically the Crown of Castile, during the Late Modern period. The use of these computer programs has helped to develop the field of Social Sciences and Family History, in particular Social History, during the last decade.