Researching black family history presents special challenges, and in response, the Pascagoula Public Library’s Local Genealogy and History Department continues...
Read moreArchaeologists Dig Up Remains at Unmarked South Bibb Cemetary
The Georgia Department of Transportation and a team of archaeologists say they may be closer to understanding the history of a 19th century burial ground in South...
Read moreUSA Griot Launches Black American Family History Research Services Nationwide
With an expert staff including a history expert, genealogist, African American research specialist, European/European American expert, and an authority on Native...
Read moreGenealogy Fair in its 11th year at MSU Libraries
The 11th annual Regional Genealogical Fair has been scheduled June 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Mississippi State’s Mitchell Memorial Library. Sessions featuring...
Read moreWhen kin of slaves and owner meet
Betty Kilby was gripped with apprehension. Descendants of the white family that enslaved her kin were coming to dinner. She scrolled through a mental Rolodex of...
Read moreAlexandria cemetery research links families
Charlene Napper knew she had family in the Contrabands and Freedmen’s Cemetery in Alexandria, but she didn’t know to what degree. Her mother knew her...
Read moreIn search of the meaning of ‘Mozingo’
A slave house remains virtually intact at Locust Grove, a 348-year-old plantation in Walkerton, Va. My parents always said they thought “Mozingo” was...
Read moreHenry Louis Gates Jr. Partners with Archives to Expand Resources for African Family History
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Archives.com, a website devoted to making family history simple and affordable, announced today that Harvard...
Read moreAfrican Ancestry Conducts Seminar at African American Cultural Forum in Hampton, Virginia Saturday, June 26
(Vocus/PRWEB ) May 5, 2010 — On Saturday, June 26, the African American Cultural Forum, a brand new event taking place in downtown Hampton coinciding with the...
Read moreWomen Who Are Not Close To Their Mothers
A recent thread title “Ladies who are NOT close to their mothers” on one of my favorite message boards got me to thinking. I read their stories and...
Read moreWas first black priest black enough?
More than a year after some African-Americans scrutinized the blackness of the nation’s first black president, America’s Catholics are now wrestling with...
Read moreGenealogy Website Shines New Light on African-American Ties to Liberia
Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 1, 2010 — The stories of 15,000+ African-Americans who emigrated to Liberia between 1820 and 1904 are now only a mouse click away...
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