Books   Genealogy handbooks and manuals are located under the call number 929.1. Here you will find:  Books of information about specific countries and ethnic groups such as Asian Americans, Canada and French Canadians, Chinese Americans, England, Europe and European Americans, France, Germany and German Americans, Great Britain, Hispanic Americans, Ireland, Italy, Japanese Americans, Jews, Latin America, Native Americans, Polish Americans, Portugal, Prague, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Wales.  How-to Guides  929.1 Best Best, Laura. Genealogy for the first time: Research your family history. 929.1 2000 Croom Croom, Emily Anne. The sleuth book for genealogists: Strategies for more successful family history research. Research Methods 929.1 Hinckley Hinckley, Kathleen W. Locating lost family members & friends: Modern genealogical research techniques for locating the people of your past and present. 929.1 2000 Melnyk Melnyk, Marcia.  The weekend genealogist: Timesaving techniques for effective research. Print Resources  FRAMRM 016.9291 2001 Kemp  Kemp, Thomas Jay. The American Census Handbook 929.1 1998 Szucs Szucs, Loretto Dennis. They became Americans: Research in U.S. naturalization records. Internet Resources, Including Software And Databases  929.1 Crume Crume, Rick. Plugging into your past: How to find real family history records online / 929.1 Kemp Kemp, Thomas Jay. Virtual roots 2.0: A guide to genealogy and local history on the World Wide Web. Forms And Genealogical Project Management Methodology FRAMRM 929.1 Dollarhide Dollarhide, William Managing a Genealogical Project. 929.1 Fleming Fleming, Ann. The organized family historian: How to file, manage, and protect your genealogical research and heirlooms. 929.1028 2000 Christian Christian, Peter. Web publishing for genealogy. At call number 929.1028: Digitizing and Preservation of Family Documents and Photographs  929.1028 McClure McClure, Rhonda R. Digitizing your family history: Easy methods for preserving your heirloom documents, photos, home movies and more in a digital format. Web Publishing  929.1028 2000 Christian Christian, Peter. Web publishing for genealogy. At call number 929.1082: Matrilineal Kinship or Finding Female Relatives  929.1082 Carmack Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. A genealogist's guide to discovering your female ancestors: Special strategies for uncovering hard-to-find information about your female lineage. 929.1082 Schaefer Schaefer, Christina K. The hidden half of the family: A sourcebook for women's genealogy. At call number 929.2: Resources for African Americans  929.1 1999 Howell Howell, Barbara. How to trace your African-American roots: Discovering your unique history. Top Useful Websites Ellis Island www.ellisisland.org  Records of passenger ships arriving at Ellis Island, New York. RootsWeb www.rootsweb.com  Connecting people and resources for genealogical research.  FamilySearch www.familysearch.org  A website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, world leaders in genealogical research. The National Archives Genealogy Page www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/  Records to search for building your family's history, and ideas about how to start, from the National Archives.  Websites change! Please email us if you have difficulty with a site on this list. We'll try to identify and correct the problem.   Top We Can Help! For professional assistance locating the information you need: Telephone the Main Library Reference Department at 508-532-5570, extension 4361.  Email your questions through our "Ask A Librarian" page. Visit the Main Library or the McAuliffe Branch for free access to the Internet and databases, and for assistance with research.  Top June 2005

More information? See these guides to Framingham's local history resources. Family Genealogies Framingham Genealogy Resources Framingham History Oral Histories on Video