A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors. How to Find and Record Your Unique HeritageTracing one's African American ancestry can be uniquely challenging. This guide helps overcome the obstacles and pitfalls of specialized research by offering a proven, three part approach. Part One covers the post Civil War era to the present, showing readers how to access and utilize sources ranging from census records and vital documents to oral histories. Part Two provides comprehensive coverage of pre Civil War experience research. Since this is