Various ethnicities
Ancestry contains numerous genealogical databases and resources oriented towards specific races and ethnicities.
The National Archives links out to several online sites for genealogical research for different ethnic backgrounds.
Recommended Research Guides
- Newberry Library (Chicago) Ethnic Guides lists of resources held in the vast Newberry Library. You can look these up in HOLLIS and/or try to locate them via Interlibrary Loan.
- AfriGeneas ~ African American & African Ancestored Genealogy is an "An African ancestry research community."
- African American Genealogy - from the New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Your African American Genealogy Research Guide - top tips for where to find records for your African American ancestors
- JewishGen - The Home of Jewish Genealogy
Reference Books
Slave genealogy: a research guide with case studies, by David H. Streets. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1986, 87 p. - informative as to research of smaller farms and other landholdings (most slaves were not on large plantations)
They became Americans: finding naturalization records and ethnic origins, by Loretto Dennis Szucs. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, 1998, 294 p.
More ethnic genealogical guides are available. Try these proper Subject terms for searching in HOLLIS and WorldCat:
- African Americans -- Genealogy
- Jews – United States -- Genealogy
- Polish Americans – Genealogy
- Slave records
Native Americans
American Indian Genealogy - lists references useful for Native American genealogy
A Guide to Tracing American Indian & Alaska Native Ancestry - from the U.S. Department of the Interior
Women
Finding Female Ancestors and Maiden Names genealogy.com
Genealogy Names: Women University of Delaware Library
Reference Books
The hidden half of the family: a sourcebook for women's genealogy, by Christina K. Schaefer. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub., 1999, 298 p.
A genealogist's guide to discovering your female ancestors: special strategies for uncovering hard-to-find information about your female lineage, by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. Cincinnati, OH: Betterway Books, 1998. 152 p.