* Symbols Used on the Moving Here Site

In order to help you get around the site easier and recognise what you are looking at more instantly we use a number of symbols on the Moving Here site next to some words, sentences and items.

List of Icons Used in Migration Histories and Tracing Your Roots


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Links to a glossary item - the glossary is a list of words appearing on the Moving Here site with their meaning explained.
(*) Links to another page on the web outside of the Moving Here website.
(*) Links to another page within the Moving Here website.

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Links to a hitlist page in the Moving Here catalogue - which has items of a similar content to the one the user is clicking from. A hitlist is a page of items from the Moving Here catalogue which have something in common and have been brought together as the result of search.

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Links to a page with more information, perhaps a case study. This information is related to the page above but will be more specific and detailed.
(*) Links to an item within the Moving Here catalogue.

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Links to the Bibliography. This is a list of suggested further reading which compliments the chapter on the Moving Here site you are reading about.

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Links to Places menu. This is a link to a list of places mentioned in the text with some extra information about them provided.
(mailto link) Mailto link - can send an e-mail message to the person noted in the text.

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