For decades, the stretch of grassy land in an elbow of the Mississippi River held no trace of the people buried underneath. No signs, markers or tombstones pointed to...
Read moreWebinar – African American Genealogy – Migrations and Manuscripts
Thursday Evening, February 16, 2012 WEBINAR – 7:00 until 8:30 PM With Presenters Jim Ison, AG, CG, and Deborah Abbott, Ph.D. : ...
Read moreLong-lost identities of slaves uncovered in old Virginia papers
A historical society in Virginia, where slavery began in the American colonies in 1619, has discovered the identities of 3,200 slaves from unpublished private...
Read moreVanderbilt Group Preserves Deteriorating Slave Records
There are thousands of pages of names, places and people that are disappearing by the second. “Right as we’re talking, we’re losing things,”...
Read moreTale of forbidden love preserved by historical marker in San Jacinto County
A fascinating love story is behind the latest historical marker that has been dedicated in San Jacinto County, a fitting occasion to mark the 50th anniversary of the...
Read moreWoman reclaims neglected slave cemetery from Sanford woods
A small band of volunteers is working to restore a Lee County cemetery that dates to the early 1800s and contains the graves of hundreds of slaves. The burial ground...
Read moreHalifax County woman makes connection to ancestors
Many African-Americans living in Halifax County today are descendents of slaves, but most have a hard time tracing their family’s history. The institution of slavery...
Read more‘Listen To The Ancestors’ For African-American History Month
Judith Collins has a secret. She “listens to the ancestors,” an instinct that has helped this African-American woman from San Leandro trace her lineage back eight...
Read moreSlave database coming to Hampton History Museum
An online database created by the Virginia Historical Society now includes close to 3,500 documents that outline the murky details of thousands of slaves who lived in...
Read moreDon Lemon: Legacy of ‘one drop’ rule inspires search for family history
You never know from where inspiration will come. I am often envious of my friends who can recite stories about ancestors that have been handed down through...
Read moreCaribbean genealogy library offers a window into the past
In a clean and bright room on St. Thomas, buried treasure is waiting to be found. The Caribbean Genealogy Library, founded in 2000, holds a treasure trove of...
Read moreNational Museum of African American History and Culture Exhibition Examines Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and Monticello will present “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,” an...
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