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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Donna Beasley |
| ISBN: | 0028608429 9780028608426 |
| OCLC Number: | 35280690 |
| Description: | xvi, 192 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. How to begin -- Chapter 2. Oral history -- Chapter 3. Slavery-the tie that binds us -- Chapter 4. Out of slavery -- Chapter 5. The African connection -- Chapter 6. Writing and publishing your findings -- Chapter 7. Working with technology -- Appendix A. African-American historical and genealogical societies -- Appendix B. Libraries and consulates -- Appendix C. State resources -- Appendix D. Books -- Appendix E. African-American genealogy microfilm sources. |
| Responsibility: | Donna Beasley ; [foreword by William Haley]. |
Abstract:
Family Pride, a comprehensive resource designed to help you unlock the mysteries of ancestral heritage, provides step-by-step instructions on how to research your African-American family history and genealogy. It explores the basic techniques needed to conduct a search, including how to gather names, dates, places, relationships, and family documents; reveals the best places to find that information, from interviews with relatives to census reports, church records, the.
National Archives, and the Internet; details ways to overcome barriers unique to African-American genealogical searches; traces the impact of slavery and the Great Migration on family history; and demonstrates how to write and publish a finished document of your search. Filled with practical, easy-to-use information and personal accounts, and complemented by a foreword by William Haley, son of Roots author Alex Haley, Family Pride is an indispensable road map for both.
the novice and the experienced genealogist in discovering and preserving a family's genealogical treasures.
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