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The following announcement is from the Fold3 blog: In recognition of Black History Month, Fold3 is offering free access to all publications in its Black History Collection through the end of February. The titles within the collection present revealing documents Continue reading Fold3 Offers Free Access the Black History Records Through February
The following teaser is from an interesting article posted in the November 13, 2013 edition of The Interior Journal JUNCTION CITY [Kentucky] — Jordan Wallace Jr. lived 29 years as a slave, three years as a soldier and 71 years Continue reading Shelby City Cemetery Project Rediscovering Graves Of Slaves & Soldiers
This weekend Family Roots Publishing is running a 25% off sale on three 2-item bundles of popular ethnic-oriented items. One bundle is African-American related, and the other two are French and French-Canadian guides. This sale runs through midnight EDT (Not Continue reading Three Ethnic (African-American & French/French-Canadian) Bundles on Sale for 25% Off Through Monday, October 28, 2013
The following excerpt is from Ancestry’s blog: The AncestryDNA science team presented the results of their latest research today at the Smithsonian Institute’s symposium on The African Diaspora in Washington D.C. Using unique proprietary DNA samples and a variety of Continue reading AncestryDNA Makes Scientific Breakthrough in West African Ethnicity, Bringing Their Number of Reported Genetic Ethnicity Regions in Africa to 10
Other than doing a Google search, how else can a researcher find if an African American newspaper was ever published in a particular area. According to Timothy N. Pinnick, author of Finding and Using American American Newspapers, Google won’t cut Continue reading Finding and Using African American Newspapers
Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else, is the documented research for author Mary L. Jackson Fears’ 7th-generation slave grandmother, Luveser McCrary. This search, this story, begins with finding Fears’ great-grandmother Emma’s brother, Peter, in the 1900 Taylor County Census. This Continue reading Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else
Here is another book where the title does us the favor of telling us exactly what the book is about, Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies. Of course there is more to it than saying this book is Continue reading Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies
The following excerpt is from a fascinating article in the June 18, 2013 edition of the Victoria Advocate. For most of his life, Daryl Ewers believed he was white, but two years ago, he learned he is a descendant of Continue reading So, if not white, then what am I?”
The following is from Fold3: On May 22, 1863, the War Department issued General Orders 143, establishing a Bureau of Colored Troops in the Adjutant General’s Office to recruit and organize African American soldiers to fight for the Union Army. Continue reading The 150th Anniversary of the United States Colored Troops & FREE Access to Records of the Union Uolunteers in USCT Units at Fold3.com Through May 31, 2013
The following excerpt is from the Feb 16, 2013 edition of jcfloridian.com: The Roulhac Family Association Inc. recently announced the publication of Slave Genealogy of the Roulhac Family: French Masters and the Africans They Enslaved by Roy L. Roulhac, a Continue reading Slave Genealogy of the Roulhac Family: French Masters and the Africans They Enslaved
The following teaser is from an article in the February 17, 2013 edition of HuffingtonPost.com The project that first sequenced a human genome in 2000 took 15 years and cost about $3 billion. Now it takes six to eight weeks Continue reading Vanessa Williams Traces Her Roots Through DNA
Elizabeth Shown Mills is considered one of the most knowledgeable, if not the top expert, on research citation and verification. Her books, Evidence!: Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian and Evidence Explained and Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Continue reading Elizabeth Shown Mills’ Works and Citing Online African-American Historical Resources
Special Viewing Hours December 30, 2012 through January 1, 2013 Washington, DC, Nov 14, 2012: The National Archives will commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with a free special display of the original document from December 30, 2012 Continue reading National Archives to Display Original Emancipation Proclamation for 150th Anniversary
The following was received from Paul Nauta at FamilySearch.org: SALT LAKE CITY (November 2, 2012) – FamilySearch was recently recognized for its “continued dedication and support” of African family history research at the 2nd International Black Genealogy Summit, held at Continue reading FamilySearch Recognized for “Continued Dedication and Support” at 2nd International Black Genealogy Summit
Whoops – we posted a blog a few days ago in which Christopher Child at NEHGS stated that proof of American Indian ancestry for Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren did exist – even if it did show she was only 1/32 Continue reading Proof of Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren’s Cherokee Ancestry Doesn’t Seem to Exist After All