Multigenerational Information: The Example of the Icelandic Genealogy Database
- 23 September 2010
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Nature
- Vol. 675, 221-229
Abstract
The first part of the chapter describes the Icelandic Genealogical Database, how it was created, what it contains, and how it operates. In the second part, an overview of research accomplished with material from the database is given.Keywords
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