Summary: This course of 15 half-hour lectures presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929 DISCall number: DVD 929 DIS
Summary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINMorton, Sunny Jane
Summary: Records created by the major Christian denominations before 1900 in the United States are an underutilized resource for family historians. In these records, you may find ancestors' births, maiden or married names, marriage details, death, family relationships, other residences, and even immigrants' overseas birthplaces. You may uncover information about ancestors who have been unnamed in other...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 929 MORGreenwood, Val D.
Summary: "In every field of study there is one book that rises above the rest in stature and authority and becomes the standard work in the field. In genealogy that book is The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. It instructs the researcher in the timeless principles of genealogical research, while identifying the most current classes of records and research tools. It is both a textbook and an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.1 GRESummary: In sharing their stories, uses every tool available, from cutting-edge DNA research to old-school genealogical sleuthing to reveal long-buried secrets. Spanning the globe, the series compiles family trees that trace throughout the United States and Canada; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Germany, Poland, Ireland, Russia, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSmith, Janet Elaine.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kinseeker Publications 1996
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 SmithSummary: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores fascinating ancestries and family mysteries for an array of notable guests. This season features actors Pamela Adlon, Amy Carlson, Terry Crews, Tony Danza, Raúl Esparza, Kathryn Hahn, Rebecca Hall, John Leguizamo, Regina King and Lena Waithe; Broadway stars Nathan Lane and Leslie Odom, Jr.; superstar chef David Chang; talk show host and author Mario Lopez;...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: Professor Gates' journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's fascinating ethnic mixture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINJacobs, A. J.
Summary: Traces the author's three-year investigation into what constitutes family, describing how, after receiving an e-mail from a stranger who claimed to be a distant cousin, he embarked on an effort to build the biggest family tree in history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 929.1 JACSummary: Speakers include: Deborah Abbott, Jennifer Alford, Jan Meisels Allen, Jan Alpert, Ron Arons, Gordon Atkinson, Jen Baldwin, Warren Bittner, Angie Bush, Jason Butterfield, Rorey Cathcart, Linda Coffin, Audrey Collins, Lisa Louise Cooke, Deena Coutant, Billie Fogarty, Diane Florence Gravel, Michael Gugel, Hudson Gunn, Deborah Gurtler, Jane G. Haldeman, Cyndi Ingle, A.C. Ivory, Jordan Jones, Thomas...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 FederationFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American French Genealogical Society 1978
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5 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.344 American 1978-1979Call number: R GEN 929.344 American 1980-1981 Spring
Call number: R GEN 929.344 American 1981-1982 Spring
Call number: R GEN 929.344 American 1991-1992 Autumn
Call number: R GEN 929.344 American 1991Spring / 2000 Autumn
MacEntee, Thomas
Summary: Lately, has the prospect of going back and citing sources or proving facts and evidence brought you down and ruined your genealogy buzz? Do you throw up your hands and say, "I give up!" only to return to the same review and edit process days or weeks later? If you are like me, you need a genealogy makeover. Better yet, a Genealogy Do-Over. Now I want you to come along.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 MacEnteeDubrish, Douglas M. (Douglas Martin)
Summary: The author recounts his search for his biological family, from documents to DNA analysis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUBRISH, DOUGLAS M. DUBFinnell, Arthur Louis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clearfield 2001
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.344HuguenotSummary: "Accuracy is fundamental to genealogical research. Without it, a family's history would be fiction. This manual presents the standards family historians use to obtain valid results. These standards apply to all genealogical research, whether shared privately or published. They also apply to personal research and research for clients, courts, and other employers. The standards address...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company 2019
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 GENCarangelo, Lori
Summary: Find your family, find yourself! Carangelo offers the largest collection of updated resources and methods in order to overcome roadblocks for finding anyone-- with or without a name to start-- and at little or no expense. She shares 'how to' secrets of experienced investigators and much more, to help you find information on adoptees, birth relatives, unaccompanied migrant children and their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Access Press 2021
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 362.82 CARNational Genealogical Society
Summary: The NGS Quarterly captures the challenge of modern genealogy and proves that thoroughly researched and well-written family history is never boring!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [National Genealogical Society] 1912
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5 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929 NAT DEC. 2013Call number: GEN 929 NAT DEC. 2017
Call number: GEN 929 NAT JUNE 2015
Call number: GEN 929 NAT MAR. 2015
Call number: GEN 929 NAT MAR. 2016
Lewis, Percy Williams
Summary: Ebenezer Williams was born June 6, 1769. He died October 9, 1844 in Painesville, Ohio.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lewis 1974