Black Roots A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree

Name: Black Roots A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree
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ISBN: 9780684847047

ISBN-10: 0684847043

ISBN-13: 9780684847047

Edition: 2001

Authors: Tony Burroughs

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Trace, document, record, and write your family's history with this easy-to-read, step-by-step authoritative guide. Finally, here is the fun, easy-to-use guide that African Americans have been waiting for since Alex Haley published Roots more than twenty-five years ago. Written by the leading African American professional genealogist in the United States who teaches and lectures widely, Black Roots highlights some of the special problems, solutions, and sources unique to African Americans. Based on solid genealogical principles and designed for those who have little or no experience researching their family's past, but valuable to any genealogist, this book explains everything you need to…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 2/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface


Why a Need for This Book?


Introduction



Preparing to Research What Is Genealogy?


Why Research Genealogy?


Fundamentals: The Building Blocks of African American Genealogy Organizing


Before It Gets Messy Preserving the Past and the Present Managing Your Research



Beginning Steps Oral History


The Most Important Thing You Can Do The Family Archives


Researching Family Records Family Group Sheets


The Pedigree Chart Records in Cemeteries Records in Funeral Homes


Vital Records Going to the Library Social Security Records U.S. Census Records



Stepping into the Future Electronic Genealogy


Computers and the Internet Writing the Family History I Can't Stop Now


Continuing the Search Putting It All Together


Appendixes


Glossary Acronyms


Biography of Robert Elliott Burroughs Traps Directory of Sources


Bibliography


Index