Student's Guide to Polish American Genealogy

This guide gives students the tools to trace their ancestry, teaching them to collect data, obtain and evaluate documents and sources, use the latest electronic tools for researching, and conduct accounts of historical events in family life.

?Each volume provides an easy to understand overview of the history of immigration and culture in the U.S. for the particular ethnic group....Where these books shine, for the student and adult genealogist, is in the resource listings....For students, these books provide a great way of getting started in genealogy and learning about the life and heritage of their ancestors. For adult researchers these books provide excellent resources to move beyond the genealogical books into learning about the history, culture and experience of their ancestors.?-FGS Forum, ?There are dozens of interesting pictures in both black and white and color which accompany the text. Many of these photographs are of prominant figures in Polish History or descendants of Polish immigrants who made their mark in America.?-New On The Bookshelf, "There are dozens of interesting pictures in both black and white and color which accompany the text. Many of these photographs are of prominant figures in Polish History or descendants of Polish immigrants who made their mark in America."-New On The Bookshelf, "Each volume provides an easy to understand overview of the history of immigration and culture in the U.S. for the particular ethnic group....Where these books shine, for the student and adult genealogist, is in the resource listings....For students, these books provide a great way of getting started in genealogy and learning about the life and heritage of their ancestors. For adult researchers these books provide excellent resources to move beyond the genealogical books into learning about the history, culture and experience of their ancestors."-FGS Forum

CARL SOKOLNICKI ROLLYSON is a professor of English at Baruch College, The City University of New York. He has published six biographies and several articles on Poland and Eastern Europe.Lisa Olson Paddock is a lawyer and a free-lance writer. She has published books and essays on literature and the law.