Sources and Methods

A Sources and Methods item was introduced into Local Population Studies in No. 76 (Spring, 2006). This item considers a range of sources and methods commonly used in local population history. These vary in sophistication and complexity, but are intended to be of benefit to the broad LPS readership, and are accompanied by worked examples. Each item is written by an experienced population history practitioner, and will usually address both the possibilities and the pitfalls of the respective sources and methods under discussion. It is intended that over time these short articles will build into an increasingly comprehensive compendium of guidance on the essential sources and methodologies employed in local population history. The articles in this series published to date are reproduced below.

Local Population Studies Number 84 (Spring 2010)
A REVIEW OF METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MORTALITY 'CRISES' USING PARISH REGISTER DATA
Andrew Hinde

Local Population Studies Number 82 (Spring 2009)
INFANT MORTALITY
Chris Galley

Local Population Studies Number 80 (Spring 2008)
MEASURING ILLEGITIMATE FERTILITY
Nigel Goose

Local Population Studies Number 79 (Autumn 2007)
CALCULATING CRUDE BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR LOCAL POPULATIONS DURING THE ‘PARISH REGISTER ERA’
Andrew Hinde

Local Population Studies Number 78 (Spring 2007)
ESTIMATING LOCAL POPULATION SIZES AT FIXED POINTS IN TIME: PART II—SPECIFIC SOURCES
Nigel Goose and Andrew Hinde

Local Population Studies Number 77 (Autumn 2006)
ESTIMATING LOCAL POPULATION SIZES AT FIXED POINTS IN TIME: PART I—GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Nigel Goose and Andrew Hinde

Local Population Studies Number 76 (Spring 2006)
THE COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE
Andrew Hinde

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