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Sources & Resources... These books can be ordered at Amazon.com -- click on a title for ordering information. Climbing Your Family Tree by Ira Wolfman A simple, easy to read guide about searching for your ancestors. Billed as the "Official Ellis Island Handbook," it gives the history of how Ellis Island came to be and briefly tells Annie Moore's story. Includes a foreward by Cyndi's List creator, Cyndi Howells, and an introduction by Roots author Alex Haley. Great for children and other beginners. They Came in Ships - A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record by John P. Colletta An excellent basic guidebook for locating passenger arrival records. Also includes a chapter that gives a brief chronology of New York's immigrant processing stations. Ships of Our Ancestors by Michael J. Anuta A book with pictures of the ships that brought our immigrant ancestors to America. Click on the title to see a list of the ships included in the book and ordering information. Also Recommended... Genealogy Online 8th Edition (2008) by Elizabeth Powell Crowe A helpful guidebook to finding your roots online. Roots by Alex Haley The book that started many people on their family history search. The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes In this enjoyable book, Oxford University genetics professor Bryan Sykes tells the story of how he came to discover that almost all Europeans (and those descended from Europeans) can trace their ancestry to seven women. He names them Ursula, Xenia, Helena, Velda, Tara, Katrine and Jasmine. The stories of each of these women and the clans they led are told, along with a discussion of how our mitochondrial DNA can be used to determine which of the seven we may be descended from. The genetic issues are discussed in relatively simple, straightforward language that most non-scientists will find easy to follow. Overall The Seven Daughters of Eve is a fascinating, ground breaking work. Highly recommended. More Recommended Genealogy Books |