Circulating Books (Print)
In Search of Our Roots : How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed their Past by Call Number: Sawyer E185.96 .G384 2009ISBN: 0307382400
Finding Answers in U.S. Census RecordsCall Number: Sawyer CS49 .S984 2002ISBN: 0916489981This book is a guide to understanding and using U.S. Census records for genealogical research.
Voyages: Slave Trade Database, and Accompanying Atlas
Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by Call Number: REF. G2446.E625 E48 2010ISBN: 0300124600Publication Date: 2010The maps in this volume are derived from the data and records contained in the slavevoyages.org database.- Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade DatabaseSponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emory University Libraries, Voyages is a publicly available database of information on 34,941 trans-Atlantic slaving voyages between the years 1514 and 1866. The information has been derived from documents held in archives and libraries on both sides of the Atlantic, and includes vessel names, slave traders and owners, the enslaved peoples, trading routes, ports, and individual names, as recorded at the time.
Online Reference Books
The following links lead to the Sawyer Library catalog. From there, current Suffolk University students and faculty may have access to these items online.
Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 52-55, (2006).ISBN: 0787679248Available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Notable Black American Men. Book II (2007).ISBN: 0787664936Available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Who's Who Among African Americans (2006)ISBN: 0787690317Users must either search for a name, or browse the contents by the Geographic or Occupation indexes.
Reference Books (Print)
The Source : A Guidebook to American GenealogyCall Number: REF. CS49 .S65 2006ISBN: 1593312776This reference work helps users to identify and use appropriate primary and secondary resources for genealogical research.
