How do you research your history?

Answer 1

Your personal history, you could talk to your family. People remember things differently, but you can usually get some good stories about your childhood that you don't remember.

Your family history, you could also interview your family, but this time about each other, and about their own earliest memories. After you get what they know and you want to go further back, there are family history websites and family history centers in most towns (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has excellent ones, and they are free to the public).

Another option is to hire a professional genealogist who will do the leg work for you, and find out as much as they can. If you don't want to do that and you can't find much online, a good place to start is the census, and then checking local records about names that you find from the census records.

Answer 2

To research history, start with specific questions or topics of interest. Utilize a variety of reliable sources, including books, academic journals, and reputable websites. Libraries and archives are valuable resources, and online databases provide access to digitized primary sources. Evaluate sources critically, cross-reference information, and consider different perspectives to form a well-rounded understanding of the historical event or period you are studying.