Part One: The Great Northward Migration 1915-1970 Overview and Methodology for Beginning Research

This first video in a six-part series explains the concepts for beginning research into the Great Migration, including focusing on the methodology used in researching a representative family with an introduction to the types of records that can be used to start building the family’s history back into the 1800s beginning with the 1950 U.S. Federal Census. This part of the series will focus on a family from Chicago.