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New Resource for African-American Genealogy: IAAM Center for Family History
The International African American Museum will open in 2020 in Charleston, SC, but its Center for Family History is already online.
The International African American Museum (IAAM), opening in early 2020 in Charleston, SC, will include a Center for Family History dedicated to helping genealogy researchers trace African-Americans in their family trees.
It sounds like a long time to wait, but the center’s website is already available, with a growing collection of obituary, funeral and marriage records, as well as research tips in a Learning Library and a blog by professional genealogist Robin Foster.
Toni Carrier, founder of the LowCountry Africana website, is developing the IAAM Center for Family History. Staff will assist researchers in finding resources about their families and help with DNA testing.
The $75 million museum and research center will be located at Charleston’s former Gadsden’s Wharf, where almost half of all enslaved Africans first arrived in America via the Transatlantic Slave Trade. You can see artist’s renderings of the museum here.
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Thank you for letting you readers know we are here. They also can join us online at the following places on Facebook:
IAAM CFH: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IAAMCFH/
Center for Family History at the International African American Museum: https://www.facebook.com/IAAMCFH/
Genealogy of the United States Colored Troops:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/USColoredTroopsGenealogy/