Types of History Poll

Here are the results of our 21st Unlock the Past poll - What types of history are you involved in? One hundred and two people voted casting a total of 342 votes. Obviously the predominant interests of those responding was family history (98%) but there is a broad range of interest in other areas of history as well with local history (43.1%) and social history (30.4%) being the most popular. There were also interesting comments under "Other" - who even knows what archaeoastronomy is?

 Response                     # votes     % voters

• Family history                    100           98.0
• One name study                 16           15.7
• Biographical research           29           28.4
• Local history                       44           43.1
• Social history                      31           30.3
• Church history                    18           17.6
• School history                     12           11.8
• Community history               24           23.5
• Sporting history                    6             5.9
• Industrial history                   7             6.9
• Military history                     30           29.4
• Maritime history                   17           16.7
• Other                                 8             7.8

Other comments

• regional history
• archaeoastronomy
• medical
• one place study (family names)
• nobility
• Sth Aust development
• Pioneers and Explorers
• MonteVideo Maru Search

Where the voters came from

• Australia - 95
• New Zealand - 3
• United Kingdom - 1
• Unknown - 3