How one genealogist helped thousands of Black Americans trace ...

Identifying Unknown African American Lineages Using DNA

African Americans who test have a blank slate, with no surnames, to work with before emancipation. Segment matches, and often segments between 6 ...

Prologue | Genealogy Notes - National Archives

Prologue | Genealogy Notes · African American History · Bankruptcy · Boxer Rebellion · Census · Civil War · Civilian Service · Court Records ...

How Slavery Affected African American Families, Freedom's Story ...

Starting in 1866, hundreds of people placed advertisements in newspapers searching for family members. They also sent letters to the Freedmen's Bureau to enlist ...

For African Americans, DNA Tests Reveal Just A Small Part Of A ...

“Ancestry only helps us a little bit,” Brandt said. “In my family, I have traced to the 1700s, a slave side and a free colored side. We were ...

Some Black Chicagoans use Census records as a tool ... - The TRiiBE

For Black Americans, however, it's become a tool for discovery — one with the potential to unlock generations of stories thought to be lost, ...

My Job at the Library: Researching African-American Genealogy

A bibliography he created, “African-American Family Histories and Related Works in the Library of Congress,” guides Library researchers seeking ...

Tracing African Ancestry using DNA | by Andre Kearns

... a research brick wall for most African Americans ret-tracing back to Africa. ... a genealogical unicorn of sorts, a black man with two ...

Our Obsession with Ancestry Has Some Twisted Roots

They contain billions of images of genealogical documents, an estimated quarter of all vital records on earth. The collection, owned and ...

How You Can Help Mend the Genetic Gaps in African Ancestry?

... people of the diaspora, and how you can help ... Americans and people of the diaspora to trace their relationship with our African ancestors.

Welcome to Our Black Ancestry

Our Black Ancestry Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing resources for African American genealogical research.

Black & African American Genealogy - Research Guides

Researching your ancestors can be a very rewarding but, at times, a very frustrating endeavor! For those with Black or African American ...

Ancient DNA Study Reveals Descendants of Enslaved African ...

Researchers have analyzed the DNA of enslaved African Americans who worked and died at an iron forge in Maryland, shedding light on their health, ancestry.

Unit 3 African American Slavery in the Colonial Era, 1619-1775

An award-winning work by a premier historian of early American history. It explores the simultaneous development of freedom for whites and the ...

8 Tips to Help Find Your Family Tree - National Geographic

Although not primarily a genealogy testing service, participants will discover the migration paths their ancient ancestors followed thousands of ...

Tracing the genetic history of African Americans using ancient DNA ...

First up on this week's show, ancient DNA researchers and ancestry giant 23andMe joined forces to uncover present day ties to a cemetery at ...

Narratives of Genealogy: Return, Race, and the Body in the Black ...

This dissertation could not have come into being without the help of many people who have supported me over the course of my academic journey. Thank you to my ...

Ethics and the Study of Historic DNA of African Americans Buried at ...

Ancient DNA and other bio-molecular and archaeological tools offer a way to learn about the lives and legacies of early enslaved and free ...

Introduction to African American Genealogy - YouTube

Researching your African American ancestors can be complicated by laws and records that treated enslaved people as property prior to 1865.

Museum honors untold stories of enslaved Africans through genealogy

The newly-opened International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, aims to honor untold stories at one of America's most sacred sites.

Study sheds light on Black Americans' ancestral links - Axios

Why it matters: Many Black Americans who are descended from enslaved Africans have lacked ancestral information spanning several centuries. In a ...