Genealogy

African American Cemeteries Online
African-American Family History Research-Missouri
African American Family History Resources (FamilySearch.org)
The site contains many useful guides, indexes, and other resources for African-American genealogists, including several excellent video presentations from the 2006 AAHGS Conference (Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society).
African American Forum
Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com
African American Genealogical Society of Northern California
African American Genealogy (AccessGenealogy)
The African-American Genealogy Web Ring
African American Griots
A central depository for African American records of historical proportion.
African American Links and Resources (Ancestry.com)
African American Lives 2 (PBS)
A new four-part PBS series, explores roots, race and identity through the ancestry of remarkable individuals.
The African American Message Boards
Ancestry.com - Message Boards
African-American Population Statistics
Selected Tables from "The Black Population in the United States: March 1994 and 1993"
African-American Research (Genealogy.com)
African-American Resources on Family Search Forums (FamilySearch.org)
African Ancestry
A project to help African Americans determine their African ancestry through DNA-based testing.
AfricanDNA.com
African American Genealogy through DNA
Africana Heritage Project (University of South Florida)
The Africana Heritage Project, sponsored by the Africana Studies department at the University of South Florida, is dedicated to rediscovering records of African American history, genealogy and culture, and offers free access to a searchable archive of slave, plantation and Freedmen's Bureau records, as well as articles on black history and culture. Review their Online Archives They Love, And Why
AfriGeneas (African Ancestored Genealogy)
A website focused on African American genealogy and researching African ancestry in the Americas in particular and genealogical research and resources in general. Site includes a extensive list of genealogy links.
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)
AAHGS strives to preserve African-ancestored family history, genealogy, and cultural diversity by teaching research techniques and disseminating information throughout the community.
Afro-American Genealogical Research
A guide to African American resources in the Library of Congress.
Afro-American Sources in Virginia
Alabama African American Genealogy
Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation (AAAHRP)
A nonprofit organization, dedicated to locating, collecting, preserving and disseminating historical and genealogical information related to the African American population.
back2past.com
A genealogy resource for African-American families.
Barbados Family Research
A reference guide to researching your Bajan family roots.
Black Family Genealogy & History Society
Black Family Research: Using the Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives (NARA)
The records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company; and the Commissioners of Claims, often provide considerable personal data about the African American family and community.
Building Blocks of African American Genealogy (Genealogy.com)
CaribbeanGenWeb
Caribbean and West Indies Genealogy and Research
Christine's African American Genealogy Website
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - African American
Digital Library on American Slavery
A searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color.
Every Generation
Empowering and influencing the black community through history, family genealogy and heritage.
Eyes of Glory, 200 Years of an Ethnic American Family
The Freedmen's Bureau Online
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. The Bureau supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen.
Freedmen's Bureau Project (Howard University)
Hinson Family Ancestry
The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, Inc.
Dedicated to stimulating greater interest in African-American culture, history, art, archaelogy, anthropology, and genealogy, and to encouraging people of all ethnic backgrounds to search for their own "roots."
Lest We Forget: Genealogy
Levi Jordan Plantation
The plantation was built in 1848 by Levi Jordan, his family, and the people who worked for them as slaves and, later, as tenant farmers and sharecroppers. This web site attempts to discuss the lives of ALL of these people, and covers a period from 1848 until about 1888-1890.
Maryland State Archives: African American Resources
MySlaveAncestors.com
How Do I Trace My Slave Ancestors?
Ohio African American Genealogy
The Ol' Auction Block in Luray, Virginia
Through the years the story of the slave block has been kept alive by word of mouth among the inhabitants of the Shenandoah Valley.
Old Photographs of African Americans
Puerto Rican Hispanic Genealogical Society (PRHGS)
Research Guidance: African American Records - Quick Guide
Strategies for discovering your African American ancestors in various periods of history complied by FamilySearch.org. The guide is available online in HTML or PDF format.
The Root
The Root is a daily online magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary on today's news from a variety of black perspectives. The site also hosts an interactive genealogical section to trace one's ancestry.
ROOTS RECOVERED!
The How To Guide for Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa and Going There
RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees, Lesson 25: Ethnic Roots
Lesson 25: Ethnic Roots: African-American, Native American, Jewish, Melungeon, Red Bones, Unique Peoples.
Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy
The Short & Austin Families of Brownsville, Tennessee
Slaveholders and African Americans 1860-1870
A list of the largest slaveholders from 1860 slave census schedules and surname matches for African Americans on 1870 census.
The Sons & Daughters of Haywood County, Tennessee
Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors
An illustrated guide that introduces researchers to the main sources available at The National Archives (U.K.) and elsewhere, including electoral and tax returns, land grants, colonial civil servants, the West Indies regiments and the Slave Compensation Commission.
Under the Tree
Podcasts for African-American Genealogists & Historians
U.S. Census Bureau Race Data
USCT and Commissioned Officers of African-American Descent
USF Africana Heritage Project (University of South Florida)
Researching African American Genealogy, History and Culture
Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (Emory University)
A free, searchable database of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Voyages.

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Updated January 29, 2010
Donald L. Hinson, Jr.