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On The Bookshelf • Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History by Katherine Scott Sturdevant (Betterway Books) • Generations: Your Family in Modern American History by Jim Watts and Allen F. Davis (McGraw-Hill) • Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You by David E. Kyvig and Myron Marty...

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