How to Trace Your African-American Roots: Discovering Your Unique History

by Barbara Thompson Howell

Explains how to trace the past through public records and discusses the importance of oral history in the African American tradition

247 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Barbara Thompson Howell has served as editor in chief of the Silver-Burdett Company and as an editorial executive at Time Inc. A Whippany, New Jersey resident, she is the sixth generation of her family to live on the same street in the same town and has spent almost three decades researching and documenting her family's history.