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Family Tree Books

Books for adults and kids to learn about tracing and researching your origins and family tree.

Harris County Public Library

17 items

  • Everything you need to uncover the clues to your family's rich legacy. Also available in ebook format.
    BookHoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2017] — 929.1 Hel
  • Advice on choosing the right test to answer your specific genealogy questions; helps you demystify and interpret the test results; discusses the ethics and future of genetic genealogy, and how adoptees can benefit from it. También…
    BookCincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, [2016] — 929.107 Bet
  • For 4th to 8th grade; National Geographic kids' series: Fun facts, lists, and sidebars offer additional tips and bring the dusty past to vivid life!
    BookWashington, DC : National Geographic Kids, [2018] — 929.1 Res
  • Discover easy genealogy research tips for finding local birth, marriage, and death records; federal and state censuses; and city directories.
    BookBlue Ash, Ohio : Family Tree Books, an imprint of F & W Media, Inc., [2017] — 911.73 Dol
  • 4th edition; uniquely addresses all the major genealogical record types and explains traditional and digital research strategies.
    BookNew York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2015] — 929.1 Mor
  • The Adoptee's Guide to DNA Testing

    How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-lost Family

    Weinberg, Tamar,
    A comprehensive guide to adoption genealogy that has the resources you need to find your family through genetic testing; strategies for connecting your genealogy to previous genealogists, detailed guides for using DNA tests and tools, plus…
    BookCincinnati, OH : Family Tree Books, [2018] — 929.107 Wei
  • Asian Americans in the Twenty-first Century

    Oral Histories of First- to Fourth-generation Americans From China, Japan, India, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Laos

    Journalist Joann Lee conducted interviews with students, stay-at-home moms, activisits, and others to illuminate a rich mosaic of contemporary Asian Americans. Lee draws out the captivating stories of her subjects in their own voices. She…
    BookNew York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2009, c2008. — 920.009 Asi
  • 3rd edition; includes a new chapter on the property rights of women, a revised chapter on the evaluation of genealogical evidence, & updated information on the 1920 census.
    BookBaltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., c2000. — 929.1 Gre
  • Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com

    How to Find Your Family History on the #1 Genealogy Website

    Hendrickson, Nancy, 1947-
    Updated in 2016 to include the most recent changes to the site; will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription. Also available in ebook format.
    BookCincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, [2018] — 929.102 Hen
  • Finding a Place Called Home

    a Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity

    Woodtor, Dee
    This book takes us back, step-by-step, including methods of searching and interpreting records, such as marriage, birth, and death certificates, census reports, slave schedules, church records, and Freedmen's Bureau information. …
    BookNew York : Random House, 1999. — 929.108 Woo
  • For PK to 2nd grade; See how families can be different from other families: includes diverse material related to citizenship, responsibility, immigration, and families; depicts real kids and families rather than models; introduces…
    BookHuntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, [2014] — 306.85 Dus
  • For PK - 2nd grade; In rhyme, a young Black girl celebrates the parts of herself that resemble other family members. She has her uncle's chin, a grandma's cheeks, and so on. At the end, she compares herself to a "little sprig" that will…
    eBookSourcebooks, 2022
  • For Kindergarten to 3rd grade; This book makes a great springboard for lessons on describing and sharing family histories and naming family relationships. Applicable in-class activities could include having children build their own family…
    Picture BookToronto ON : Kids Can Press, [2015] — Petric
  • For Kindergarten to 2nd grade; Social Studies series focused on concepts of family: looks at an average American family over four generations; useful in encouraging students to assemble their own family histories
    BookHuntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, [2014] — 306.85 Dus
  • In Search of Your European Roots

    a Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in Every Country in Europe

    Baxter, Angus, 1912-2005
    Baxter provides a great deal of useful information concerning genealogical sources located in 31 continental European nations. (For Ireland and Great Britain, see his earlier work, In Search of Your British and Irish Roots ). Names of…
    BookBaltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2001. — 929.107 Bax
  • Origin

    a Genetic History of the Americas

    Raff, Jennifer
    Using anthropological genetics, this book offers a unique view of past populations that is inaccessible by other modes of historical and archaeological research. Mitochondrial and Y chromosome sequences show the unfolding of human…
    BookNew York, NY : Twelve, Hachette Book Group, 2022. — 576.58 Raf
  • DVD format; 200,000 years ago we took our first steps in Africa. Today there are seven billion of us living across the planet. How did our ancestors spread from continent to continent? This is a global detective story, featuring the latest…
    DVD[London] : Wall to Wall Media Limited, [2015] — 930.1 Fir