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Local history is the study of history in a geographically local context and it often concentrates on the local community. It incorporates cultural and social aspects of history. Historic plaques are one form of documentation of significant occurrences in the past and oral histories are another. Local history is often documented by local historical societies or groups that form to preserve a local historic building or other historic site. Many works of local history are compiled by amateur historians working independently or archivists employed by various organizations. An important aspect of local history is the publication and cataloguing of documents preserved in local or national records which relate to particular areas.
In a number of countries a broader concept of local lore is known, which is a comprehensive study of everything pertaining to a certain locality: history, ethnography, geography, natural history, etc.
Usage examples of "local history".
His inspiration taking flight, he explains, 'I'd like to get local history into the curriculum.
He's never driven a car, but has explored all around Dornoch on his bicycle, and, sometimes, enjoyed excursions farther out with his friend, the local history buff, Jimmy Bell.
Pamela's local history was always detailed and frequently unreliable.
The Boman had cut the aqueduct at its source, and for the first time in local history, water had to be drawn from the many canals.
Rachel said drily, having crammed three thousand pages of local history on her first journey here, many years earlier.
Hattan had some difficulty persuading his wife that there was no real need for a wedding that'd go down in local history books, and I diverted her rather smoothly by raising the Issue of Eldara's wedding gown.