Who’s Your Daddy:   Getting Started             

Ethnic Heritage Research Resources                             

To research your family tree, try this website: http://www.rootsweb.com/

1.  Kan-Ed Heritage Quest

a.      Open the district Intranet home page.

b.      Click on Kan-Ed.

c.      Use your User Access information on this website:  http://login.learningstation.com/kportal/

d.      Look for this section and start your search:

     *Genealogy and Historic Sources  

Heritage Quest

2.  Ellis Island online: search for your family’s last name:

     http://www.ellisisland.org/

3.  Ellis Island online: research immigrant family histories:

     http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp

4.  Ellis Island online: Consult the timeline of Ellis Island immigration

     http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp

5.  Ellis Island online: visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum

     http://www.ellisisland.com/

6.  History.com exhibit: visit as if you’re experiencing immigration:

     http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=1459

7.  Think Quest Library: discover good Ellis Island immigrants’ quotes and pictures:

      http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Eivirt.html

8.  Learn about an early motion picture about Ellis Island

     http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-     bin/query/h?ammem/papr:@field(NUMBER+@band(lcmp002+m2a10987))

9.  Learning Page: enjoy immigrants’ personal stories

http://learning.loc.gov/learn/community/bibliography/102002immigration/viewimmigbib.php

10.  Library of Congress Memory Ellis Island: explore many resources, including quotes,
        pictures, stories

       http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query

11.  Immigration History Research Center: explore a huge database of history, including a family
      research database

      http://www.ihrc.umn.edu

12.  Local History and Genealogy Reading Room: explore your family tree:

       http://rs7.loc.gov/rr/genealogy

13.  Repositories of Primary Sources: go right to the source:

      http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html