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...
Read moreResource offers genealogy assistance, especially in researching black families
Family reunions always left Joe Kennedy with questions. The Shadyside resident took his boyhood curiosities a step further by starting a nonprofit that seeks to fill...
Read moreDigital Archive Provides Access to Historic Atlanta Newspapers
A new digital database providing online access to 14 newspaper titles published in Atlanta from 1847 to 1922 is now available through the Digital Library of Georgia...
Read moreTombstones at predominantly African-American cemetery in Friendsville, Tennessee, vandalized, used for target practice
Community members are rallying around a historic cemetery in Blount County, after it was learned vandals were desecrating tombstones and using them for target...
Read moreIt’s All About the Records
Don’t assume that the records are not there. With genealogy it’s all about the records. Learn what they are, and go after them to learn your story.
Read moreFinding Herself Through African Ancestry DNA & Genealogy
Come travel with me to Niger, Africa. The homeland of my maternal ancestors. We can make the connections now through African Ancestry DNA and genealogy.
Read moreFamily trees start at the root
Alexandrian Carolyn Philips McCrae knew that Gaines and Hodge, the two names etched into the pages of her 19th-century Bible, hinted at her family roots, but she...
Read moreProQuest celebrates National Library Week
To celebrate libraries and the ways you help communities thrive – ProQuest offers free, open access to many popular resources. Access is available from April 12...
Read more