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GENEALOGY MATERIALS FOR KIDS AT DAYTON METRO LIBRARY

Books

Beller, Susan. Roots for Kids. Gen B91 B442R 2007. General information.

Cosby, Bill. Treasure Hunt. Children’s Pb Cosby. Little Bill finds out about his family.

Greene, Bob. To Our Children’s Children. Gen B91 G799T. Thousands of questions that you can use if writing an autobiography, interviewing family members, and more.

Leavitt, Caroline. Kids’ Family Tree Book. Gen B91 LEAVI. General information.

National Endowment for the Humanities. My History is America’s History. Gen B91 N2772M 1999. Preserving history in many ways.

Matthews, Tony. Paper Trees Genealogical Clip-Art. Gen R B91 M442P 1999. Has a number of fanciful family trees that can be reproduced.

Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. Children’s Pb Polacco. Fabric from the used clothes of Anna’s family are preserved in a quilt.

Simner, Jannie Lee. Secret of the Three Treasures. Children’s fiction, ages 7-10. While looking for adventure Tierney finds out about her family’s Revolutionary War past.

Wolfman, Ira. Do People Grow on Family Trees? Gen B91 W859D. General information.

Websites

http://www.cyndislist.com/kids.htm Directory to genealogy sites for children, teens, teachers, and parents

http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb056.asp Genealogy merit badge information.

http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/projects/project_info.cfm?proj_key=21&project=Genealogy 4-H

http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/localhistory.cfm Local history information and images.

http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/research-a-databases/history-a-genealogy/resources/hobits Index to Dayton area obituaries. The obituaries themselves are at the Dayton Metro Library.

http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/index.html Full text of many local history books.

Other

Boy and Girl Scouts and 4-H all have family history/genealogy projects.

The Ungame. Although not specifically designed to be used for oral history, it can be used to start a storytelling activity. http://www.educationallearninggames.com/ungame.asp



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