African-American » Societies & Groups

East Coast African American Genealogists

Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society

Detroit, Michigan.

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

Midwest Afro-American Genealogical Interest Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.)

The purpose of the Midwest Afro-American Genealogical Interest Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.) is to promote genealogy and family history through the presentation of structured classes, exhibition of genealogies, guest lectures and tours of agencies which are considered sources of genealogical interest. Kansas City, Missouri.

Nicodemus Historical Society

Nicodemus, Kansas.

North Carolina African-American Historical Society

Raleigh.

Patricia Liddell Researchers - Chicago Chapter/Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.

Illinois.

Prince Hall Freemasonry

Shorefront Historical Organization

Evanston, Illinois. Historical organization for the African American communities in Chicago's suburban north shore including Evanston, Glencoe & Lake Forest.

The African American Genealogy Group of Kentucky

An organization of researchers, historians, and everyday folk working together to save the history of Kentucky’s Black families.

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.

The Menare.

A national non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation, preservation and restoration of Underground Railroad safe-houses and environments. The Menare Foundation, Inc., was created from historian Anthony Cohen's research on the Underground Railroad.

The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society

William Still Underground Railroad Foundation, Inc.

For anyone who has any information on the UGRR or anyone who is interested in UGRR history. Information about the The National Underground RailRoad Family Festival Reunion.