tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post3388642690546216690..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Linking Local historyTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-91275624878112087152009-11-21T00:20:06.771+13:002009-11-21T00:20:06.771+13:00Thanks for the link Lisa - and for your comment Ja...Thanks for the link Lisa - and for your comment Jayne. A great encouragement to keep busy, though now I have more blogs to follow.Ianhttp://linkinglocalhistory.pbworks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-61821977809967990142009-11-19T13:31:36.641+13:002009-11-19T13:31:36.641+13:00I agree, Jayne. It pays to treat oral history as y...I agree, Jayne. It pays to treat oral history as you would any other source of information on local history. Sure, it's based on people's memories, and we all know that memories are fallible and prone to the teller's interpretation of what really happened. But, oral history does indeed provide clues, and a point of view on the past which you don't get from academic histories. TheyTimespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-79528886671328184272009-11-19T12:34:16.036+13:002009-11-19T12:34:16.036+13:00That's a great list of resources he has there,...That's a great list of resources he has there, he's been very busy! :)<br />Good to see oral history included; for too long (here in Oz at least) oral history traditions have been dismissed as "unreliable" when they can yield so many clues/answers.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851305238478213940noreply@blogger.com