To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without roots.

Old Chinese Saying

You can't possibly know where you're going if you don't know where you've come from.

     Ken Burns
 

I get such a tremendous sense of satisfaction knowing that I am part of a continuum, that I am not existing all on my own, that others came before and others will come after.

Irene Johnson, Family History Library

Course Abstract

Syllabus

Preliminary Course Announcements  (To be read before the first class meeting)

Regular Semester Announcements

Course Readings

Videos  (To be shown in class)

Course Documents

Paper and Portfolio Instructions

Weekly Course Schedule

Weekly Course Assignment

Selected Genealogical Bibliography

Printed Works

Web Sources

Rules for Good Academic Writing

Source Citation:  Footnotes/Endnotes

Appendix A:  Debriefing of Previous Classes

Appendix B:  Villalon Genealogy on the Web