Summary: 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 FINSummary: 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: 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 FINSummary: Renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. weaves together genealogical detective work with cutting-edge DNA analysis to trace the ancestry of a diverse array of trailblazing public figures. The result is a captivating cross-section of history, illustrating that diversity is both America's strength and its constant.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINGreenwood, Val D.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.1 GREZorn, Walter Lewis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Published by the author] 1954
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.2 ZORStevenson, Noel C.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aegean Park Press 1989
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.1 STEPfeiffer, Laura Szucs
Summary: This is "an overview of a large number of sources that are often overlooked. It discusses where these records can be found, offers some options for locating these records through the Internet, and provides a selected bibliography of background information and methodology."--Publisher description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry 2000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.1072 PFERose, Christine.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: CR Publications 2004
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3 ROSAllen, Desmond Walls.
Summary: A step-by-step guide to investigating your family tree and discovering your family history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Family Tree Books 2011