African-American Genealogy Articles
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Don’t stop your family history search at the Emancipation Proclamation. Use these techniques to discover African-American roots obscured by slavery.
1/29/2010
The black press created a repository of experiences, hopes and dreams for your African-American ancestors. Discover 11 ways these publications can give you the scoop on your family.
2/22/2011
The research institute at the new National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will help African-Americans fill in gaps in their genealogy research.
3/5/2010
A childhood discovery sparks a mission to document and preserve a slave cemetery.
10/1/2003
A surge of new resources is chipping away at barriers to African-American genealogy.
1/6/2010
Follow your kin to the far reaches of England’s empire with our pointers for researching British roots in South Africa.
12/22/2010
A researcher shines light on African-American coal miners' invisible lives.
2/1/2006
If your British ancestors immigrated to South Africa, these are the records you'll look for.
12/22/2010
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