• Croom, Emily Ann. Unpuzzling Your Past. Cinncinnati, OH: Betterway Publications, 1995. 3rd ed.

• Douglas, Ann. The Family Tree Detective. New York, NY: Firefly Books, 1999.

Online Resources

• Family Search .org ( LDS- Church of Latter Day Saints ) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/Welcome/frameset_information.asp

   

• Genealogy Society (NGS) Youth Resources Page: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/youth.cfm

   

• Ellis Island http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/

   

• National Archives http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/

   

• Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/    / Research Guides http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/

   

• US Genweb Project http://www.usgenweb.org/

   

• Ancestors – PBS series http://www.byub.org/ancestors/

   

• Social Security Index http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

   

Databases

Ancestry.com – ask a librarian for access

Historical newspapers

Charts and forms ( in pdf )

Pedigree form  31826_PedChart.pdf

Family group sheet  31827_FamGrpRe.pdf

Research log 31825_ResLog.pdf 

Research questions  researchquestions.pdf

Checklists checklist1.pdf 

Timeline timeline1.pdf

Decorative fan chart fan_chart.pdf 

Interesting video presentation on researching immigration records

Other Genealogy Resources for Educators

• Where I Come From: http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=309

• Learning About Immigration through Oral History: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/oh1/ammem.html    

• All in the Family—Discovering Relatives and the Genetic Connections between Them: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20000502tuesday.html

• America Dreams through the Decades: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream/task.html

• Cemeteries Are Historical, Not Solely grave:http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19981030friday.html