Bücher der Reihe Oryx American Family Tree Series

This major contribution to young adult genealogy studies helps create ethnic pride, self-esteem, and awareness of the extraordinary accomplishments each ethnic group has brought to the American experience.

This guide gives students the tools to trace their ancestry, teaching them to collect data, obtain and evaluate documents and sources, use the latest electronic tools for researching, and conduct accounts of historical events in family life.

This guide provides middle school and high school students of German descent with the tools they need to research their family history. It focuses on specific challenges young people of German descent face, and provides historical background, instructions and resource lists.

This major contribution to young adult genealogy studies helps create ethnic pride, self-esteem, and awareness of the extraordinary accomplishments each ethnic group has brought to the American experience.

This guide assists students in understanding Mexican American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

This guide is one in a series which explains the process of genealogical research. It covers topics such as culture, time, continuity, and change and individual development and identity, while also showing students how to employ skills such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

"... this is a well-written and rich resource". -- School Library Journal review of A Student's Guide to British American GenealogyThis groundbreaking series is the first to explain the "how-to's" of genealogical research in simple, jargon-free language. The Oryx American Family Tree Series explores how to research family history for 12 different ethnic groups. Each volume begins with an overview of the group's historical and cultural background, then guides readers through each step in tracing their own genealogical heritage, with practical advice on how to-- locate important family documents and other vital sources of information-- conduct interviews with family members and record eyewitness accounts of key events-- use the latest electronic research tools-- research your background if you are adopted or come from a nontraditional family-- preserve family history for future generationsEach volume is written in a friendly, narrative style and is extensively illustrated with full-color and black-and-white photographs. Hundreds of valuable resources unique to each ethnic group are also listed and annotated, including genealogical organizations, books, magazines, journals, videos, and special libraries and archives.The Oryx American Family Tree Series provides an easy-to-follow road map for anyone interested in tracing a family history -- from junior high and high school students to adults who require a basic primer. Every library will want to make this practical, highly readable series available to its patrons.Each volume is produced as a sturdy 6 x 9 casebound publication, 192 pages, and printed on acid-free paper.

This guide assists students in understanding Irish American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

This guide assists students in understanding Native American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

This guide assists students in understanding Jewish American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

This guide assists students in understanding Italian American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

This guide to Scandinavian American Genealogy provides middle school and high school students of Scandinavian descent with historical background information, instructions and resource lists for compiling their family histories.