Finding your roots : how every American can trace his ancestors, at home and abroad

Americans interested in finding out about their personal heritages are shown that family-tree tracing can be done simply and inexpensively using such sources as public records, ship manifestos, and foreign registries TODAY MILLIONS of Americans of all kinds are searching for their forebears-from American Indians to those whose English ancestors stepped off the Mayflower to those whose African, Asian, Latin-American, and European ancestors arrived much later. Explains how Americans of every ethnic descent can trace their ancestors, lists sources of information and provides family tree charts