1.   Find a local historian or architect who can help you in dating or describing it.

2.   They are also of fundamental importance for the local historian as they provide demographic data essential to a proper understanding of his chosen community.

3.   A full return will therefore allow the local historian to reconstruct the social structure of his community.

4.   The family and local historian can make a significant contribution here.

5.   The local historian W. G. Hopkins once claimed that every historian worth his salt should get mud on his boots.

6.   In giving the public access to information, we must prioritise the interests of the individual against the often broader and more long-term interest of the local historian.

7.   The Cove in Gilmerton has aroused widespread interest from local historians.

8.   Planning the memorial service took months, set in motion when a local historian saw a commemorative plaque on the wall of the British Legion.