A guide to African American history and genealogy shares advice on tracing a family's African roots, explaining how to use the Internet, census reports, and other records to trace a family tree.

"The Grassroots Genealogy Workshops are a seies of dialoques, instruction and presentations concerned with black family history and lineage. The workshops focus on the lesser known and used bodies of materials that document black family presences prior to 1865"-- Introd., leaf [5].

"How to Trace Your African-American Roots is a practical guide that shows you how to use the basic resources of every genealogist to trace your ancestors and more. It takes into account the deprivation wrought by slavery and its impact on the African-American family. How to Trace Your African-American Roots recognizes the importance of oral history in the rich African and African-American tradition and explains how you can bridge the gap created...