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Building a data file from historical archives

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  2. These records, along with similar records from other colonies, are available on microfilm from the Public Records Office, London, England.

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  4. With larger data files, or where more than one data file is being used, a researcher may wish to employ more sophisticated techniques of identification such as that suggested by Ian Winchester, “The Linkage of Historical Records by Man and Computer: Techniques and Problems,”The Journal of Inter-Disciplinary History 1, 1 (Autumn 1970).

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  1. State University of New York, Potsdam

    James H. Levitt (assistant professor of history)

  2. Computer Science Department, State University of New York, Potsdam

    Claude E. LaBarre (member)

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Levitt, J.H., LaBarre, C.E. Building a data file from historical archives. Comput Hum 9, 77–82 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02404307

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