Methodology, techniques and instruments for the demographical exploitation of parish records

Authors

  • Ana Prieto García UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v11i1.4318

Keywords:

demography, parish books, analysis of records, databases

Abstract

This paper intends to show the usefulness and importance of the parish records for works of historical and demographic character and provide an overview of the methodological approaches and tools to extract information from such records in order to develop a study on evolution of the population. To do this, the possible methods of exploitation of the sources, content analysis techniques and basic computer programs for their development are presented.

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Author Biography

Ana Prieto García, UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA

Licenciada en Humanidades por la Universidad de Extremadura (2010), con premio extraordinario. En posesión del Máster Universitario de Investigación en Arte y Humanidades. En la actualidad desarrolla su tesis doctoral bajo la dirección del Dr. D. José Pablo Blanco Carrasco y subvencionada por la Fundación Fernando Valhondo Calaff.  Su línea de investigación, desarrollada dentro del proyecto de investigación  Familia y comunidad rural: Mecanismos de protección comunitaria en el interior Peninsular (ss.XVIII-1900), se enmarca dentro de los estudios sobre la familia, centrándose especialmente en las estrategias matrimoniales. Es autora de diferentes trabajos, tales como, “Familia y endogamia en el mundo rural extremeño durante la Guerra de la Independencia”, en la revista de Tiempos modernos; “Familia y endogamia en el mundo rural extremeño durante la Época Moderna”, Comercio y cultura en la Edad Moderna; “La nupcialidad soyana: análisis demográfico, 1750-1850” en Cauriensia;  “Familia, hogar y agregados domésticos en la primera mitad del siglo XIX en Extremadura”, dentro del libro Familias e individuos: patrones de modernidad y cambio social (siglos XVII-XIX).

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Published

2017-06-13

How to Cite

García, A. P. (2017). Methodology, techniques and instruments for the demographical exploitation of parish records. Ibersid: Journal of Information and Documentation Systems (ISSNe 2174-081X; ISSN 1888-0967), 11(1), 63–66. https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v11i1.4318

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Case studies, research in progress, short articles and notes

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