Blue-Collar Ancestors Toolkit

• The African American Coal Miner Information Center
• Glossary of Old Occupations and Trades
• W&H Main Yard: Railroad Document Archives
• Locations of Railroad Genealogical Materials

• The American Auto Factory by Barney Olsen and Joseph Cabadas (Motorbooks)
• Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese (Penguin)
• American Vanguard: The United Auto Workers During the Reuther Years, 1935-1970 by John Barnard (Wayne State University Press)
• Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Sandpiper)
• Historical Atlas of the North American Railroad by Derek Hayes (University of California)
• Railroads Across America: An Illustrated History by Claude Wiatrowski (Voyageur Press)

• Benson Ford Research Center, Box 1970, Dearborn, MI 48121. (313) 982-6020
• Chrysler Historical Collection/Archives, 12501 Chrysler Freeway, CIMS 410-11-21, Detroit, MI 48288, Attn: Historical Information
• GM Heritage Center, 6400 Center Drive, Sterling Heights, MI 48312
• Ozarks Labor Union Archives, Missouri State University, Meyer Library, Room 306, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897, (417) 836-5428
• US Railroad Retirement Board, Congressional Inquiry Section, 844 N.. Rush St., Chicago, IL 60611, (877) 772-5772 
• Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University Library, 5401 Cass Ave., Detroit MI 48202, (313) 577-4024 

From the December 2011 issue of Family Tree Magazine

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• The Family Tree Sourcebook
• live and recorded expert webinars
• on-demand genealogy classes