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Family
Reunions: Exploring Your Roots
Library of Congress – http://www.loc.gov American Memory – http://memory.loc.gov Global Gateway – http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html Local History & Genealogy Reading Room – http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/
Digital Resources from the Library of
Congress
Family reunions reconnect people with
their shared history – a history encompassing life’s milestones, travels, and
the influence of regional, national and global events. Names and dates form a portion of a family
tree. A family’s story unfolds with the
addition of photographs, diaries, memorabilia, and maps describing the
locations and events that shaped the lives of family members. Below is a brief selection of the resources
available to assist the researcher in recreating the stories that define and
shape a family tree.
~ Groups
~
The African-American
Experience in Ohio: Selections from the
Ohio Historical Society, 1850-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html
Texts and
images describing the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920, a story of
slavery and freedom, segregation and integration, religion and politics,
migrations and restrictions, harmony and discord, and struggles and successes.
The Chinese in California,
1850 – 1925
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html
Images and texts describing the experiences of
Chinese immigrants in California and the specific contributions of Chinese
immigrants to commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture and
other industries.
Edward S. Curtis’s The North
American Indian: Photographic Images
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Photographs and
text portraying the traditional customs and lifeways
of eighty Indian tribes, organized by tribes and culture areas.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/omhhtml/omhhome.html
Recordings of
songs and speeches and photographs from the 1890s and 1980s.
~ Places ~
Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
Images
documenting achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United
States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and
engineering technologies including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate
Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Map Collections, 1500-2004
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Maps grouped in
seven categories: Cities & Towns,
Conservation and Environment, Cultural Landscapes, Discovery & Exploration,
General, Military Battles & Campaigns, and Transportation &
Communication.
Pioneering
the
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html
Texts
portraying the states through first-person accounts, biographies, promotional
literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, colonial
archival documents, and other works.
~ Society & Culture ~
American Life
Histories: Manuscripts From the Federal Writer’s Project, 1936-1940
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
Life histories of individuals throughout the United
States describing family education, income, occupation, political views,
religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations.
An American Time
Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides
and Other Printed Ephemera
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html
Proclamations,
advertisements, blank forms, programs, election tickets, catalogs, clippings,
timetables, and menus capturing the everyday activities of ordinary people who
participated in the events of nation-building and experienced the growth of the
nation from the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution up to
present day
Born in
Slavery: Slave Narratives from the
Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
Photographs of
former slaves and sound recordings of first-person accounts of slavery.
"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's
Early Years, 1849-1900
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
Texts and illustrations describing
the pioneer experience; encounters between Anglo-Americans and the diverse
peoples who had preceded them; the transformation of the land; and the growth
of communities and cities.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html
Sound recordings, photographs,
drawings, and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English-
and Spanish-speaking communities in
The Church in the Southern
Black Community, 1780-1925
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/ncuhtml/csbchome.html
Texts
documenting how the black community adapted evangelical Christianity, making it
a metaphor for freedom, community, and personal survival.
First-Person Narratives of
the American South, 1860-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/fpnashome.html
Diaries, autobiographies,
memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent
individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African
Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.
Hispano Music & Culture
from the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan
B. Rael Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rghtml/rghome.html
Sound
recordings and texts documenting the religious and secular music of
Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
The Nineteenth Century in
Print: Books, 1850-1877
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/mnchome.html
Texts primarily
comprised of poetry and the themes of education, psychology, American history,
sociology, religion, and science and technology.
The Nineteenth Century in
Print: Periodicals, 1850-1877
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/snchome.html
Twenty-three
popular periodicals including literary and political magazines.
The Northern Great
Plains: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F. A. Pazantak
Collections; 1880-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
Photographs of
rural and small town life at the turn of the century, featuring images of sod
homes, farms, farm machinery, and one-room schools.
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort
Valley
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvhome.html
Sound recordings, primarily
blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at
Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley,
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby
Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html
Texts, photographs, and sound recordings representing a broad spectrum of traditional musical styles, including ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, and work songs
~ Wars ~
(see
Map Collections for maps of the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and the World War
II Normandy Invasion)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
Photographs
documenting rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression, farm
mechanization, the Dust Bowl, and the mobilization effort for World War II.
Civil War Treasures from the
New York Historical Society, 1861-1865
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html
Recruiting
posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views
documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in
New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and
south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides.
The George Washington Papers at the Library of
Congress, 1741-1799
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
Correspondence,
letterbooks, commonplace books, diaries, journals,
financial account books, military records, reports, and notes accumulated by
Washington from 1741 through 1799.
“Suffering Under a Great Injustice”: Ansel Adams’s
Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar,
1943
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml/aamhome.html
Portraits,
views of daily life, agricultural scenes, and sports and leisure activities of
the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and
the Japanese Americans interned there during World War II.