Do People Grow on Family Trees?
Written by Leona O. on Aug 11, 2022
This book is Genealogy for Kids & Other Beginners but there is so much information even for genealogists who have been working on their family history for years.
Written by Ian Wolfman, Foreword by Alex Haley, and Illustrations by Michael Klein.
The book was published in 1991 and now, (2022) we have so many more tools for genealogy research. Cell phones, the internet, more research sites which are a great addition to land line phones and addresses.
Contents:
Where Do You Come From? A look into your past
How We Got Here. American Immigration
Finding Your Families. Beginning your search
Coming to America. Immigration adventure begins
Exploring the Past. Step by step guide
Becoming an American. "Melting Pot"
The Name Game. History of family names
The Paper Chase. How to find documents
You Could Look it Up. Resources
Sharing the Wealth. Share with others
Appendix:
A great beginner book for introducing young people or beginners into genealogy. ( )

It's a great resource, providing places/addresses/websites to begin searching, like cemetaries, ship manifests, census documents, marriage and death certificates. It also features interesting photos of immigrants arriving on Ellis Island. ( )