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African Americans Genealogy- African American Family Histories and Related Works in the Library of Congress
Bibliography listed in order of surname. - African American Family Research
Online article by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan. - African-American Genealogy Ring
- African-American How-To Guide From Family Tree Maker
- African American Lifelines
How-to for beginners. - African American Records Quick Guide
Research Guidance from FamilySearch.org. - African-American Research Resources
Bibliography from the Library of Michigan. - The African - Native Genealogy Homepage
Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen Oklahoma's Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations. - African Studies WWW (U. Penn)
- AfriGeneas ~ African Ancestored Genealogy
- Afro-American Genealogical Research
A "How To" guide from the Library of Congress. - ALGenWeb: Ethnic Groups: African-American Genealogy and History Sites
- Black/African Related Resources
- The Challenge of African American Research
Online article by Curt B. Witcher. - Christine's Genealogy Website
A wealth of African-American resources for genealogy as well as Christine's personal research: The RUSSELLs & COBBs of Jackson, Tennessee; the CHARITYs of Surry and Charles City County, Virginia; the ANDERSONs and PERKINS of Shuqualak, Mississippi; and the SIMMONS of Detroit, Michigan. - Extraordinary Ancestors
Companion web site to the Channel 4 television series. - Family Nicknames and a Little Science Lead to Africa
Online article about African-American writer who used genealogy and DNA to trace her roots to Africa. - Immigration: The Africans
A brief history of African immigration to the United States. - Internet Resources for Students of Afro-American History
- Maps of Liberia 1830-1870
From the Library of Congress. - Scientific American: Feature Article: The Puzzle of Hypertension in African-Americans: February 1999
Genes are often invoked to account for why high blood pressure is so common among African-Americans. Yet the rates are low in Africans. This discrepancy demonstrates how genes and the environment interact. - Tracing Your African-American Roots
An online article by Shirley Hogan explaining how to get started. - West Coast Summit on African American Genealogy
On March 31, 2001, The African American Genealogical Society of Northern California (AAGSNC) proudly presents the first annual West Coast Summit on African American Genealogy, featuring Keynote speaker Dr. Dee Parmer-Woodtor, author of "Finding a Place Called Home". Additional workshops will be presented by members of several west coast AA genealogy societies (Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Oakland). The Summit will be held at the We The People Conference Center, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA, from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. - Yahoo!...African American...Genealogy
History & Culture
Libraries, Archives & Museums- A. Philip Randolph/Pullman Porter Museum Gallery
Chicago, Illinois museum celebrating this leader in the African American labor movement and the African American Railroad Attendant. - The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies. - The Black Fashion Museum
The Black Fashion Museum in Washington DC acknowledges the achievements and contributions of people from the African Diaspora to the apparel industry. - A Guide to African American Genealogical Research in New Orleans and Louisiana
From the New Orleans Public Library. - African American Monuments, Museums and Memorials
Links to African American museums, monuments and cultural sites. - African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907
- Afro-American Sources in Virginia - A Guide To Manuscripts
- Amistad Research Center
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania Department: African-American Genealogy
- Connecticut State Library
- Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection ~ St Louis, Missouri
- Kentucky's African-American Genealogical Sources at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Maryland State Archives African American Resources
- Merseyside Maritime Museum ~ Liverpool, England
- Moorland-Spingarn Research Center ~ Washington, D.C.
One of the world's largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and culture of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and other parts of the world. As one of Howard University's major research facilities, the MSRC collects, preserves, and makes available for research a wide range of resources chronicling the Black experience. - Museum of African-American History ~ Detroit, Michigan
- The Museum of African Slavery
- The Museum of Afro-American History Boston ~ Massachusetts
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
National Park museum under construction in Cincinnati. Will contain records pertaining to all slavery-era persons. Collecting oral history on Underground Railroad sites and stories. - New Orleans Public Library
- Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University ~ Durham, North Carolina
- Researching African-American History
Researching African-American History in the Indiana State Library and Historical Building. - Selections from The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Exhibit
- The Walker African-American Museum & Research Center ~ Nevada
Locality Specific
Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & ChatMailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- Genealogy Resources on the Internet - African-Ancestored Mailing Lists
Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller - AFRICA Mailing List
- AFRICANAMER-GEN Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding all aspects of African-American genealogy. - Afrigeneas Chat
- Afrigeneas Mailing list
- Afrigeneas Mailing Lists for individual U.S. states:
AK-AfriGeneas , AL-AfricaAmer , AR-AfriGeneas , AZ-AfriGeneas , CA-AfriGeneas , CO-AfriGeneas , CT-AfriGeneas , DC-AfriGeneas , DE-AfriGeneas , FL-AfriGeneas , GA-AfriGeneas , HI-AfriGeneas , IA-AfriGeneas , IL-AfriGeneas , IN-AfriGeneas , KS-AfriGeneas , KY-AfriGeneas , LA-AfriGeneas , MA-AfriGeneas , MD-AfriGeneas , ME-AfriGeneas , MI-AfriGeneas , MN-AfriGeneas , MO-AfriGeneas , MS-AfriGeneas , NC-AfriGeneas , NH-AfriGeneas , NJ-AfriGeneas , NM-AfriGeneas , NV-AfriGeneas , NY-AfriGeneas , OH-AfriGeneas , OK-AfriGeneas , OR-AfriGeneas , PA-AfriGeneas , SC-AfriGeneas , TN-AfriGeneas , TX-AfriGeneas , VA-AfriGeneas , WA-AfriGeneas , WI-AfriGeneas , WVa-AfriGeneas
- alabama-slaves Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding slaves mentioned in Alabama records. - AL-AfricaAmer Mailing List
For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Alabama. - blackadoptiontriad Mailing List
For all African-Americans affected by the adoption experience (e.g., adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, siblings) to help others in their search for family members and to share searching stores and reunion experiences. - BLACK-IRISH Mailing List
For A mailing list for anyone with genealogy interest in Black-Irish ancestry. This list has great emphasis on the theory of Irish, Native American, Spanish, African, and other nationalities being connected to this great mystery called Black Irish. - BLACKWARHEROS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Black Americans who were "heroes" during any war. - BSMF-AfriGeneas
To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored researchers interested in Black Smokey Mountain families. - Canada-AfriGeneas Mailing List
- Caribbean-AfriGeneas Mailing List
- Christine's Genealogy Forum
African American genealogy forum. - FPC-OTHER-FREE-GEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Free Person of Color, Other Free, and/or Mulatto as reported by official records. - FREEDMEN Mailing List
For discussion and sharing of information regarding slaves who were freed by their owners including related files and data. This includes African American, Native American, Scotch, Irish, and any other slave in the United States. - GEN-AFRICAN Mailing List
Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.african newsgroupfor the discussion of African genealogy. - JEFFERSON-HEMINGS Mailing List
for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. - MIXED-MARRIAGES Mailing List
For those interested in Native American and African American, Inter-Marriages, and the hidden culture/ancestry which so many of us didn't realize existed and still currently exists in today's society. - MSAFRICANAMER Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding all aspects of African-American genealogy in Mississippi. - OH-AfricaAmer Mailing List
For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Ohio. - OH-CW-AfricaAmer Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in African Americans from Ohio who fought in the Civil War. - POCSOUTH Mailing List
"People of Color, South" to open a dialogue with African American genealogists doing research in the thirteen southern United States. - SlaveAfriGeneas Mailing List
For the descendants of slaves and slaveowners to meet on a common ground in the search for the last slave owner. The African ancestored family searcher must research the family of the "suspected" slave owner in order to get past the pre War Between The States curtain. - SLAVEINFO Mailing List
For the sharing of genealogical data about slaves in the United States including wills/deeds that show sales and transfer of ownership, vital records (e.g., birth, marriage, death), and information/queries on specific slaves that may be part of your ancestry. - SLAVE-OWNERS Mailing List
For for anyone with a genealogical interest in slave owners in the United States. - SOUTHERN-METIS Mailing List
for anyone with a genealogical interest in their Metis ancestry ... those with a mix of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Europeans or those with mixed Native American and African ancestry. - Usenet Newsgroup soc.genealogy.african
- STMP_Roots Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the descendants of slaves and Free Persons of Color in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. - US-SLAVE-TRADE Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of genealogical and historical information regarding those involved in the transportation and selling of slaves in the Americas before the Civil War.
Military
Newspapers
People & Families
Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
Publications, Software & Supplies- African American Genealogy 1850 - 1880
A CD for sale. Birth and death information extracted from Federal Census records. Names, ages, causes of death and location of death. Cities, Town, Counties. Shows paths traveled by slaves from birth to final destination. For Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Dakota Territory, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. - Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - African American
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop. - Appleton's Genealogy Books and CD-ROMs - African-American
- AudioTapes.com - Genealogical Lectures on Cassette Tapes - African-American
Selected lectures: - African American Research at the Newberry Library
Presentation by David T. Thackery, available for sale on audio tape. - The Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society
Presentations from May 13, 1994 available for sale on audio tape. - Bridging the Gap: African American Resources Before and After Emancipation
Presentation by Karen Beiser, available for sale on audio tape. - Guns, Glory and Genealogy: Finding African American Ancestors in Armed Forces Records 1861-1912
Presentation by Charles Brewer, available for sale on audio tape. - Jumping the Broom: African American Marriage Records
Presentation by Tony Burroughs, available for sale on audio tape. - Locating Obituaries for African Americans
Presentation by Tony Burroughs available for sale on audio tape. - Researching Pullman Porters
Presentation by Tony Burroughs, available for sale on audio tape. - Roots Revisited: The Genealogists Assessment of Alex Haley's Book
Presentation by Gary B. and Elizabeth Shown Mills, available for sale on audio tape. - Six Phases of African American Genealogy
Presentation by Tony Burroughs, available for sale on audio tape. - Using the Resources of the Family History Library for African-American Research
Presentation by Tony Burroughs, available for sale on audio tape. - Using Technology for Black Family Research
Presentation by Tony Burroughs, available for sale on audio tape.
- African-American Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes
Description of book for sale. - African-American Archaeology Newsletter
From the New South Associates. - African American Genealogy: A Bibliography for Beginners
- Ancestor's Attic Discount Genealogy Books - African American Genealogy Books
- Barnetta McGhee White, Ph.D.
List of publications by the author regarding African American research. - Breakthrough in Black Family History Research
Press release regarding the Freedmans Bank Records on CD-ROM. - Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1699-1860
CD-ROM containing over 100,000 records of African-Americans in Louisiana. Includes Louisiana Slave Database 1719-1820, Louisiana Free Database 1720-1820, a compilation of Louisiana censuses from 1699 through 1860, and various New Orleans, Pensacola, and Mobile censuses from 1784 to 1850. - Freedman's Bank Records
CD-ROM for sale from the Family History Department of the LDS Church. Includes approximately 480,000 names covering the time period from about 1864 to 1871 and documents the names and family relationships of those who used the bank. - Frontier Press Bookstore - African American History / Research
- Genealogical.com - African American
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company. - Guide to African American and African Primary Sources at Harvard University
Book for sale which inventories the collections of primary African American and African materials now residing at 22 repositories at Harvard University libraries and museums. Subject coverage is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary. 800 collections are described. An indepth index provides access to the hidden treasures in these collections. Users can search by personal names, corporate names, topical headings, geographical areas, or format of the materials. - Heritage Books - African American and CDs - African American
- Heritage Quest Generations Archives: African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census
CD-ROM for sale indexing the 1,672,417 African-American households found on the 1870 census. - Heritage Quest: African-American Heritage Kit
Book & CD-ROM for sale. Includes a copy of the book Black Roots plus the African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census CD-ROM. - Hunter Sutherland's Slave Manumissions and Sales in Harford County Maryland 1775-1865
Indexed book contains two lists - one of manumissions listing the owner and one of the sales giving seller, buyer, date, price and information. - Missing Pages
Book for sale, detailing more than 200 African American pioneer communities. America's Black Towns and Settlements by Morris Turner III. - Slave Manumissions & Sales in Harford County Maryland 1774-1865
A book by Carolyn Greenfield Adams. It was once widely held that records did not exist for African American families before 1865. This is not true for Harford County Maryland. This book contains manumission and sales records from 1774-1865 giving information on individuals or families, dates of birth, ages and occupations based on data from over five hundred documents representing a total of about two thousand names which are indexed manumissions. - The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - A Database on CD-ROM
Contains the records of 27,233 transatlantic slave ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866 from all over Europe. - Willow Bend Bookstore - African-American
Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital (Born, Married, Died & Buried)The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records.* Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day.
*Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- 1850 Simpson Co. Slave Schedule ~ Mississippi
- 1850 Slave Schedule - Irwin County, GA
- 1860 Simpson Co. Slave Schedule ~ Mississippi
- 1860 Slave Schedule - Franklin County, NC
- 1860 Slave Schedule - Irwin County, GA
- 1860 Slave Schedule - Jacksonville (Duval Co.), FL
- 1860 U.S. Census - Schedule 1 Slave Inhabitants in Fredericksburg ~ Virginia
- 1870 Census: African Americans - Franklin County, NC
- 1870 Census: African Americans - Irwin County,GA
- 1870 Census: African Americans - Jacksonville (Duval County), FL
- 1870 Census: African Americans - Sumter County, SC
- African American Cemeteries Online
- African American Census Schedules Online
- African Americans listed in the 1850 & 1860 Madison County, Tennessee Free Census Schedule
- Black Studies - A select catalog of National Archives microfilm
- Black Voters Registration List - 1867-1872 Henderson County ~ Texas
This is a list of names, some with their ages, their birth state, and the number that they were when they signed the register. - Federal Records and African-American History
- Freedmen Of The Five Civilized Tribes - Black Indians
Scanned images of the complete Final rolls index with census card numbers of Freedmen only. Complete 1860 Slave Schedule of Indian Lands (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Cherokee Schedules). PICKENS, ROBERTS, STEVENSON, COLBERT Freedmen Census Cards. - Freedmen of the Frontier
African-American Historical and Genealogical Resource Page of the city of Ft. Smith Arkansas. - Freedmen's Bureau Online
Published transcriptions of the records of the Freedmens Bureau, including Freedmens marriage certificates and reports of outrages against freed slaves. - Freedmen's Bureau Records
Selected Florida records. - Freedman's Savings and Trust Company and African American Genealogical Research
- Funeral Programs, USA sponsored by LFC of Maryland
LFC of MARYLAND in it's ongoing attempt to assist, aid and abet the African American Researcher/Historian in their never ending quest for information and documentation, has created and maintains this page of Funeral Programs from across the country. - Illinois Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records 1722-1863
This database includes more than 2000 transactions found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally,Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722-1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790-1863). - Institutions of Memory and the Documentation of African Americans in Federal Records
Online article by Walter B. Hill, Jr. - Noxubee County, Mississippi Slave Schedule - 1860 Census
- Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Description of the microfilmed holdings of the Chicago Historical Society and the Newberry Library. - Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Guide to the holdings at the National Archives and Records Administration. - Register of Free Blacks Augusta County, Virginia
- Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes in The Corporation of Staunton
- Slave Archival Collection Database
A slave database with information collected from living descendants across the country. Descendants can contribute to the website online by submitting their enslaved ancestor's name, date and place of birth and death and any other information. - Slave Entries in Wills, Deeds, Etc.
Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. - Slave Information from Various Loudoun Co., VA Documents, 13 Dec 1809 to 30 June 1861
Slavery- African American Genealogy Resources: Slavery
Links from Christine's Genealogy Website. - AfriGeneas - Slave Data Collection
Enslaved ancestors in public and private records. Clues and keys to the last slaveholder. - The American Slave Brig Creole - The Creole Research Center
Details about the slave revolt on board the American brig Creole. - American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
- Amistad America, Inc. - Building the Freedom Schooner
- Amistad - "Give Us Free"
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves from the Library of Congress. - Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives
These are first first person narratives of slave experiences given in vivid detail.Records the mental and emotional reflections as well as physical realities. - The Dred Scott Case
- Excerpts from Slave Narratives
- Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Antebellum Maritime America
- From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in the Civil War Era
Online article by Noralee Frankel. - Families Discover Roots
From the Augusta Chronicle. Meticulous records kept by slave owner allows descendants to chronicle their history in South Carolina. - The History Guy: Slave Rebellions and Uprisings in the U.S.
- Hunter Sutherland's Slave Manumissions and Sales in Harford County Maryland 1775-1865
Indexed book contains two lists - one of manumissions listing the owner and one of the sales giving seller, buyer, date, price and information. - Index to Parish Court Slave Emancipation Petitions, 1814-1843, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
- Merseyside Maritime Museum ~ Liverpool, England
- Missouri Slave Data
Online searchable database and slave schedules. - North American Slave Narratives
From Documenting the American South. - The North Star: Tracing The Underground Railroad
- A Selection of Underground Railroad Resources
- Slave Ancestry Research
Tips on locating a African-American slave ancestors when the name of the slave owner is not known. - Slave Emancipation through the Prism of Archives Records
Online article by Joseph P. Reidy. - Slave Entries in Wills, Deeds, Etc.
Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. - Slave Information from Various Loudoun Co., VA Documents, 13 Dec 1809 to 30 June 1861
- Slave Names from Records - Noxubee County, Mississippi
Names, ages, and other information taken from Probate records books A providing some insight into origin or surnames. - Slaveowners and Slaves In and Around Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- The Slave Revolt On Board The American Brig "Creole"
The revolt of over 100 slaves carried on the brig "Creole" in 1841. - Slavery and Abolition - A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies
- Slavery in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- South Carolina's Slave Heritage Uncovered in Nova Scotia
From the Augusta Chronicle. - Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives
- Texas Slavery Project at the University of Houston
Seeks to recover the names and biographical information for every slave who ever lived in Texas. - Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library
Broadside Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University. - The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - A Database on CD-ROM
Contains the records of 27,233 transatlantic slave ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866 from all over Europe. - Underground Railroad - Taking the Train to Freedom
- United States History Index - WWW-VL: History: US: Slavery
- The Walk to Canada - Tracing the Underground Railroad
- Yahoo!...US History...Slavery
Societies & Groups- African American Genealogical Group of the Miami Valley ~ Yellow Spring, Ohio
- African-American Genealogical Society of Cleveland, Ohio
- African American Genealogical Society of Northern California ~ Oakland, California
Preserve and promote the study of records of a genealogical and historical nature relating to African American ancestry. - African-American Genealogy Group (AAGG) ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dedicated to the encouragement of and support for genealogy research, serving the African-American community of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. - African American Heritage Preservation Foundation, Inc.
Dedicated to the preservation of endangered and little known African American historical sites and its history. The foundation acts as a resource center for historical societies, community groups, preservation groups, African American groups, government entities and for individuals needing information pertaining to the preservation of African American historical sites and history. - African Atlantic Genealogical Society ~ New York
A resource for people whose ancestors have had an African and/or Atlantic-crossing experience. - African American Heritage Suite
- Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society ~ Washington, D.C.
- Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - Central Florida Chapter
Located in Orlando as a chapter of the National AAHGS. - Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York Chapter
- Alexandria Society for the Preservation of Black Heritage ~ Alexandria, Virginia
- California African-American Genealogical Society ~ Los Angeles, California
- East Coast African American Genealogists
- Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society ~ Detroit, Michigan
- The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery
History and preservation of an 1864-1869 cemetery for former slaves and their children in Alexandria, Virginia. Contains burial records of African Americans 1863-1869 as well as background and personal data on the freed people and Alexandria's black residents, in general. - International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry
A not-for-profit lineage society to perpetuate the memory of slave ancestors in America and around the world. - Lawnside Historical Society Lawnside, New Jersey
- Prince Hall Freemasonry
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