Summary: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. finds out who we are and where we come from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2014
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Summary: Trace your Eastern European ancestors from American shores back to the old country. This in-depth guide will walk you step-by-step through the exciting-- and challenging-- journey of finding your Polish, Czech, or Slovak roots. You'll learn how to identify immigrant ancestors, find your family's town of origin, locate key genealogical resources, decipher foreign-language records, and untangle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3437 AlzoDubrish, Douglas M. (Douglas Martin)
Summary: The author recounts his search for his biological family, from documents to DNA analysis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUBRISH, DOUGLAS M. DUBSummary: This course of 15 half-hour lectures presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929 DISCall number: DVD 929 DIS
Morton, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2019
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1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 929 MORHanna, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Priv. Print. [J.J. Little & Co.] 1900
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977 HannaMcDonnell, Michael A.
Summary: "A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view, centered on the Odawa tribe of Northern Michigan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Native McDonnellOgle, Rex
Summary: "This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle's memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and living on the streets after his father discovered he was gay. When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend, and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay--and leave. Rex left, driving toward the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an Imprint of W. W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 OGLKobabe, Maia
Summary: "In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 FederationSummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVHuegel, Kelly
Summary: Huegel Madrone provides realistic advice for teens who are LGBTQ, questioning whether they might be, or are just interested in knowing more about LGBTQ history and rights. Also included are practical suggestions on dealing with homophobia; dating; creating a more accepting school environment; and reconciling your sexual/gender identity with cultural and religious beliefs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2018
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Summary: "In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their mission, the fledgling Georgetown University. Journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns has broken new ground with her prodigious research into a history that the Catholic Church has edited out of its own narrative. Beginning in the present, when two descendants of a family enslaved by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 SWACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 SWASummary: 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 FINGrundset, Eric
Contents: Developing a Massachusetts and Maine research strategy -- Major research centers in Massachusetts and Maine and elsewhere -- Geographical factors: affecting research in Massachusetts and Maine -- Pre-revolutionary events in the province of Massachusetts -- General histories of the American Revolution in Massachusetts -- General revolutionary war sources -- The government of massachusetts as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.374 GrundsetShapiro, Dani
Summary: "In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA, Dani Shapiro received the astonishing news that her beloved deceased father was not her biological father. Over the course of a single day, her entire history--the life she had lived--crumbled beneath her. In just a few hours of Internet sleuthing, she was able to piece together the story of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAPIRO, DANI SHACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHAPIRO SHACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio ShapiroSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINNewton, Maud
Summary: "Maud Newton's ancestors have vexed and fascinated her since she was a girl. Her mother's father, who came of age during the Great Depression in Texas, was supposedly married thirteen times, and survived being shot in the stomach by one of his wives. His father purportedly killed a man in the street with a hay hook, and later died in a mental institution. On her father's side, a Massachusetts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NEWTON, MAUD NEWHarris, Duchess
Summary: "Growing Up LGBTQ explores what life is like for adolescents in the LGBTQ community, including topics like coming out, bullying and discrimination in school, and mental health. It also examines the creation of community and found family for LGBTQ people. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 306.76 HARSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINBalis, Andrea
Summary: "A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Peterson’s® Master the ACT® provides a wealth of test-taking strategies and skill-building exercises to help students prepare well for the ACT® exam. All strategy content and practice tests reflect the latest changes to the ACT®. Students will find state-of-the-art study tools in this extensive guide, • Hundreds of practice questions, including a full-length diagnostic test to evaluate their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 PETFormat: 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
Grundset, Eric.
Contents: Developing a South Carolina and Tennessee research strategy -- Major research centers in North Carolina and Tennessee and elsewhere with pertinent Revolutionary War collections -- Geographical factors affecting research in North Carolina and Tennessee -- Pre-revolutionary events in the Province of North Carolina -- General histories of the American Revolution in North Carolina and Tennessee --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 2016