Generations past
Subtitle: a selected list of sources for Afro-American genealogical research
By: compiled by Sandra M. Lawson.
Publisher: Library of Congress; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: African Americans -- Genealogy -- Bibliography
Genres: Bibliography.
Description: This book "is a selected list of books in the collections of the Library of Congress compiled primarily for researchers of Afro-American lineages. Included in this bibliography are guidebooks, bibliographies, genealogies, collective biographies, United States local histories, directories, and other works pertaining specifically to Afro-Americans. Emphasis is on books that contain information about lesser-known individuals of the nineteenth century and earlier, although Afro-American business and city directories published through 1959 are listed"--Introd.
Notes: Includes index.