African American genealogy can be a little tricky for the newbie. Thankfully, 2017 RootsTech presenter Nicka Smith shared several ideas to help those who are just getting started.
Most of the sources listed below are relevant only to New Orleans. The obituary index, for example, is limited to newspapers published in the Crescent City. We have indicated availability of similar s
AfriGeneas is a site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general. It is also an African A
This guide divides the materials into six categories: Manuscripts Collections; Microfilm Only Collections; Supreme Court Cases (east & middle Tennessee); Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850; Legislative P
Since it’s founding, the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI) has provided an amazing learning experience for genealogists and researchers. The Institute, also known commonly as
Dr. Antoinette Harrell has spent the last fifteen years unearthing peonage records and interviewing African-Americans who were held in involuntary servitude in sixteen states.
Support the initiatives of Project 1619 Inc. a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the arrival of the first Africans in America to be brought ashore on English occupied territory at P
Through the research completed by K. I. Knight, she traces the steps of the first Africans to arrive on American soil, at Point Comfort, Virginia, revealing a powerful story lost in the ashes of histo
This blog was basically born out of my personal quest to explore my own African roots. I took the 23andme DNA test already in 2010. Initially I was merely told that I had an x amount of African ancest
