Designed with both the novice and the professional researcher in mind, this text provides reference resources and introduces a methodology specific to investigating African-American genealogy. In the second edition, information has been reorganized by state. Within each state are listings for resources such as state archives, census records, military records, newspapers, and manuscript collections. The authors are co-founders of the Ethnic Genealogy Research Center at Queens College in New York. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - (Book News)