ROOTS-L Resources: Specialized Research Areas

    For people in specific ethnic, religious, or social groups, there are sometimes special resources and research techniques that prove useful. Here are some files that discuss the tools and techniques for researching some specific ethnic, religious, and social groups, such as Jewish and Cherokee ancestry, Quakers, and the Masons.

    Adoptees

  • genealog.adoptee: Help for adoptee genealogical research. See also Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: Adoption and Adoptee Resources.

    African Ancestored Genealogy

  • genealog.af-amer1: Brief review of "Generations Past, A Selected List of Sources for AfroAmerican Genealogical Research".
  • genealog.aframer1: Selected references for African-American research.
  • genealog.qafrblak: A listing of materials found in the catalog of the Library of Congress having to do with researching African ancestors. See Library of Congress files for help on how to use this information.
  • See also Afrigeneas - African American Roots

    Ethnic Cleansing

  • genealog.ethnic-c: A brief history of ethnic cleansing.

    Freemasonry

  • faq.mason: An overview of freemasonry and some starting research directions. For more information (not genealogical), see also www.freemasonry.org

    Hispanic Genealogy

    At this time, we don't have any ROOTS-L files that pertain especially to Hispanic genealogy. If this area is of interest to you, though, there are many excellent references on Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: Hispanic, Center & South America, and the West Indies

    Jewish Genealogy

  • faq.jewish: A lot of information on beginning genealogy, not necessarily Jewish, plus (of course) excellent info on Jewish research, too. An older version of this information, split between two files, may be found in genealog.jewishg1 and genealog.jewishg2. The most current version can be accessed from JewishGen (the site to visit if you're interested in Jewish genealogy, trust me!)
  • genealog.augusto1and genealog.augusto2: The Yizkor Book of Augustov. Part I has surnames A-K, while Part II covers surnames K-Z.

    Mental Hospital Patients

  • genealog.menthosp: Clearly, mental hospital patients are different than ethnic or religious groups. But there are specialized resources for researching them, so I have included this file here.

    Native American Research

  • genealog.5tribes: Freedman Members of the Five Civilized Tribes -- a bibliographic overview.
  • genealog.cheroke1: An overview of Cherokee history, tips for conducting Cherokee genealogical research, and a bibliography of major research sources.
  • genealog.qcheroke: A listing of Cherokee related materials found in the catalog of the Library of Congress. See Library of Congress files for help on how to use this information.

    Quaker Resources

  • genealog.quaker: Abbreviations and terms used in Quaker research.
  • genealog.quakerc1: Old and New Style Quaker dates.
  • See also The Plainfield Quakers.

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