General Resource Sites

• African-American DNA Roots Project 
  A non-profit, collaborative effort of Dr. Bruce Jackson of the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Dr. Bert Ely of the University of South Carolina Department of Biological Sciences to reunite African-Americans with their ancestral roots in Africa.
• African-American Genealogy Ring 
• African American Lives 
  A 4-hour series on African American family history, genealogy & genetics from PBS.
  • About the Series 
    • For Educators 
    • Resources in Print 
    • Resources Online 
  • Profiles 
  • Analyzing the Evidence 
  • The Science and the Investigators 
  • Who Am I? A Genealogy Guide 
  • Sharing Stories 
• The African - Native Genealogy Homepage 
  Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen Oklahoma's Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.
• AfriGeneas ~ African American & African Ancestored Genealogy 
  • African American Census Schedules Online 
  • African Ancestored Genealogy by Country/Region 
  • African Ancestored Genealogy by State 
  • AfriGeneas Community ~ Forums, Chat Rooms, Mail Lists, and more 
  • AfriGeneas Library 
  • AfriGeneas Message Boards 
  • AfriGeneas Obituaries 
  • List of Links 
  • Slave Data Collection 
    Wills, inventories, Bible records, slave manifests, etc.
  • Surnames Database & Registry 
• Black/African Related Resources 
• The Channel 4 Guide to Genealogy or How to Find Your Roots 
  • A Caribbean Case Study 
  • Tracing an Ancestor Who Was an Immigrant 
    • African-Americans 
    • Africans 
    • West Indians 
• 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.
  • Phorum 
  • Sections 
  • Topics 
  • WebLinks 
• FamilySearch.org - African American Family History Resources 
  • Finding Records of Your Ancestors, Part A - African American 1870 to Present 
• The Freedmen's Bureau Online - Black History - American History 
  Information and records for "The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands," more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau. Published transcriptions of the records of the Freedmens Bureau, including Freedmens marriage certificates and reports of outrages against freed slaves.
• Immigration: The Africans 
  A brief history of African immigration to the United States.
• In Motion: The African American Migration Experience 
  From the trans-Atlantic slave trade through the Great Migrations up to the modern African immigrations to the United States.
• Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat - African American 
• National Human Genome Center at Howard University  ~ Washington, D.C.
  • Genomic Research in the African Diaspora (GRAD) 
• Researching Your African American Ancestors 
  From the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
• Roots Television 
  Roots Television is an online television network by and for avid genealogists. Videos include how-to demonstrations, conference lectures, and region-specific programming including Irish, Hispanic, British, Jewish, African-American research and more. Videos are available online, on-demand, and virtually all of them are absolutely free.
  • Program Guide 
    • African Roots 
• 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.
• US African American Griots 
  Dedicated to assisting all those in pursuit of African American Ancestry and History in the United States and other countries by being a valuable centralized resource repository for African American records of historical proportion such as manumission orders, wills & deeds, census records, slave records, land deeds, narratives, cemetery listings, family histories and vital records.
• USF Africana Heritage Project 
  Rediscovering the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons and their descendants.
• We are family: Piecing together the past 
  Online article from the Christian Science Monitor.
• Yahoo!...African American...Genealogy 

History & Culture

• African American History 
  Links from the Historical Text Archive at Mississippi State University.
• African American History Bookmarks 
  From Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
• African American History, Kansas State Historical Society 
• African American World 
  African American history & culture.
• African Studies (Rutgers University Libraries) 
• AFRO-American Almanac 
  African American history resource.
• Black History Pages 
• Boston African-American National Historic Site 
• Digital Schomburg Images of African Americans from the 19th Century 
  Artists, engravers and photographers managed to capture and preserve for posterity a variety of images of African Americans throughout the 19th century.
• The Church in the Southern Black Community (American Memory, Library of Congress) 
  Texts from the libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History 
• Goin' To Chicago 
  Companion web site to the PBS documentary film about the largest internal migration in U.S. history - the move that led millions of African Americans from the South to the cities of the North and West of the United States.
• History of the American Negro 
  West Virginia edition, ed. by A.B. Caldwell, 1923; "This collection of biographies of prominent Negro men and women of West Virginia is Volume VII of the Biographical History of the American Negro. It does not include all the important men and women of the race in the State, but it does include many of the noblest and best."
• Homecoming 
  Companion web site to the PBS program on black farmers from the Civil War to the 20th Century.
• Isle of Canes 
  Companion web site to the historical novel by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
• Kentucky's Underground Railroad - Passage to Freedom 
  Companion site to the KET TV's documentary on the Underground Railroad in Kentucky.
• Lest We Forget 
  Documents with focus on the history and culture of African-Americans
  • Genealogy 
    Index page from the LEST WE FORGET Web Site
• North by South 
  A three-year, NEH-sponsored, study of African American migrations from south to north.
• The Underground Railroad @ nationalgeographic.com 
• Underground Railroad - Taking the Train to Freedom 
• The Universal Black Pages - History Links 
• The Walk to Canada - Tracing the Underground Railroad 

How To

• African American Cemeteries 
  Page provides information on why African American cemeteries are different than anglo cemeteries, as well as steps to help preserve these rapidly disappearing historical and genealogical resources.
• Ancestry.com - African American Research, Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 
  A series of articles by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan, Ph.D.
• Ancestry.com - The Challenge of African American Research 
  Article by Curt B. Witcher.
• Ancestry.com - Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide 
  Article by David Thackery.
• Ancestry.com - Help for African American Research 
  Article by Curt B. Witcher.
• Beginners Guide to African American Genealogy 
  From AfriGeneas. An Online interactive guide for beginners by Dee Parmer Woodtor.
• FamilySearch - Research Guidance - African American Records Quick Guide 
• Genealogy.com: African-American Research 
• Genealogy Pathfinder for African-American Research 
  From the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System in Georgia.
• Some Research Tips On How To Get Started Tracing Your African-American Roots 

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.
  • Pullman Porter National Historic Registry of the African-American Railroad Employees 
• African American Museum of Harrisburg  ~ Pennsylvania
• Association of African American Museums 
• A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry Library 
  Describes the African-American genealogy resources in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.
• 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.
• African American Monuments, Museums and Memorials 
  Links to African American museums, monuments and cultural sites.
• Afro-American Sources in Virginia - A Guide To Manuscripts 
• Amistad Research Center 
• Black Archives of Mid-America 
  A collaboration between the Black Archives of Mid-America Inc. and Kansas City Public Library, funded by the Missouri State Library.
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania Department: African-American Genealogy 
• Center for American History  ~ Austin, Texas
  From the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Research and Collections Division 
    • Newspapers 
      The Center's Newspaper Collections contain more than 4,500 Texas, Southern, U.S., and non-U. S. titles and is the largest collection of its kind in Texas.
      • Texas Newspaper Collection by Ethnic, Religious, Professional or Political Orientation 
        Listing of more than 600 Texas newspapers indexed by ethnic, religious, professional, or political orientation .
    • Subject Guides to Collections 
      • African-American History Resources - Table of Contents 
      • Genealogy Research Resources 
      • Plantation Resources 
      • Slaves and Slavery Resources 
• Connecticut State Library 
  • History and Genealogy Unit 
    • Research Guide to African-American Genealogical Resources at the Connecticut State Library 
• Georgia Archives Ethnic Records 
  From the Georgia Archives.
  • African American 
• Harriet Tubman Home  ~ Auburn, New York
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.
  • A Guide to Manuscript and Microfilm Collections of the Research Library of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies 
    • African American 
• Indiana Historical Bureau 
  • Indiana African-American Resources 
    Researching African-American History in the Indiana State Library and Historical Building.
• Library of Congress 
  • The African-American Mosaic Exhibition 
    A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
  • African American Odyssey 
    • African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship 
      .
    • Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 
    • From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 
  • African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 
  • Local History and Genealogy Reading Room 
    • African American Family Histories and Related Works in the Library of Congress 
      Bibliography listed in order of surname.
    • Afro-American Genealogical Research 
• Library of Michigan 
  • Abrams Foundation Historical Collection: Genealogy and Local History 
  • African-American Research Resources 
    Bibliography from the Library of Michigan.
• Maryland State Archives African American Resources 
• Merseyside Maritime Museum  ~ Liverpool, England
  • Transatlantic Slavery - Against Human Dignity 
    • The Trade Triangle 
• 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 
  • City Archives and Louisiana Division Special Collections 
    • African-American Genealogical Materials 
    • African American Resource Center 
    • A Guide to African American Genealogical Research in New Orleans and Louisiana 
• Parting Ways: The Museum of Afro-American & Cape Verdean History, Inc. 
• Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University  ~ Durham, North Carolina
  • African-American Women - On-line Archival Exhibits 
  • John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American Documentation 
  • Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library 
    Broadside Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University.
• Researching Your African-American Ancestors 
  From the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
• Richard B. Harrison Library - Mollie Huston Lee Collection  ~ North Carolina
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 
  From the New York Public Library.
• A Separate Flame: Western Branch: The First African-American Public Library  ~ Louisville, Kentucky
• St. Louis County Library  ~ Missouri
  • Special Collections Department 
    • Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection 
    • SLCL Special Collections: Genealogy 
• The Walker African-American Museum & Research Center  ~ Nevada
• Western Reserve Historical Society Library  ~ Cleveland, Ohio
  • African American Archives 
    The African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society's purpose is to collect, preserve and make accessible historic documents, memorabilia, art, and artifacts pertaining to African American life, history and culture in Northeast Ohio and beyond.

Locality Specific

• A Community Remembers - African-American Life in Princeton  ~ New Jersey
• African American History  ~ Princeton, New Jersey
  From the Princeton Public Library. Includes marriage and death notices.
• African American Research 
  Guide for holdings at the Alabama Department of Archives & History.
• African-American Resources  ~ Missouri
  From the St. Louis Public Library.
• African-Americans in Chester & Delaware Counties  ~ Pennsylvania
• African Americans In Cumberland County, North Carolina 
  Tips on African American genealogical searches in Cumberland County NC; and the authors personal genealogy search for the POE, BOGANS, PETTIFORD, COUNCIL, AND BIBBY (BEEBE) families.
• African Americans in Missouri 
  Resources for African Americans seeking enslaved ancestors in Missouri. The site offers slave schedules, marriage records, black cemetery listing and a slave database of Missouri slave owners. Volunteers transcribe data for a variety of much needed resources.
• African-Americans in Southeastern Ohio 
• African Americans in West Virginia 
  Selections from the James Randall Collection at the West Virginia State Archives.
• African-American Sources for Gibson County, Indiana 
• African Immigration to Maryland 
  A scholarly review of immigration into Maryland from the very first colonists to modern immigrants.
• ALGenWeb: Ethnic Groups: African-American Genealogy and History Sites 
• Arkansas Black History Online 
• Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People 
• Blacks in Alaska History Project Inc. 
• Early African American Settlers 
  The largest rural African American settlement of freed and newly free slaves in the state of Wisconsin. Began in 1850 - 1940. Detailed info on Arms and Shivers families.
• Florida African American Roots 
• Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware 
  History of over 500 African American families who were free in the colonial period through 1820.
• Freedmen of the Frontier 
  African American genealogy and historical reference site for western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
• Genealogy research resources specifically for African American Families 
  From the Cleveland Public Library.
• Gens De Couleur Libre -The Free People of Color in New Orleans 
  History, surnames,links and group discussions on the Free People of Color in New Orleans.
• The Geography of Slavery in Virginia 
  Digital collection of advertisements for runaway slaves, captured slaves & servants in 18th- & 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Over 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured servants from newspapers in Virginia & Maryland from 1736-1803. Keyword searchable database.
• The History Guy: Slave Rebellions and Uprisings in the U.S. 
• Georgia African American 
  Links to information on African Americans in Georgia, USA. Includes military, cemetary, census links, biographies and more.
• Georgia Lynching Victims 
  List of 486 victims of lynchings in Georgia from the 1880s to the present.
• Guide to African-American Documentary Resources in North Carolina 
• Historic African-American Families of Denton County  ~ Texas
• Louisiana African American Archives 
  Resources for African Americans researchers with an interest Louisiana.
• Missouri's African American History 
• Monroe County, WV African-American Research  ~ West Virginia
• Negro Settlers of Michigan 
  Original Negro settlers of Montcalm, Isabella, and Mecosta - Central Michigan.
• People of Color in Old Tennessee 
• Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee 
• Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness  ~ Clinton, Maryland
  Museum and historic residence.
  • African American Heritage At Poplar Hill 
    • African American Families at Poplar Hill 
    • The Inventories 
• Remembering Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia 
  • Black Loyalist Surnames 
• Schomburg Exhibition, Harlem 1900-1940 
  Harlem: 1900-1940 was originally published in 1991 by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. This web site version is based in part on the 1991 publication.
• Thomasville's Black History 
  Thomasville and Thomas County, Georgia.
• To Know My Name - A Chronological History of African Americans in Santa Cruz County  ~ California

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• 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. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Ethnic-African 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• AFRICA Mailing List 
  Archives: browse or search.
• AFRICANAMER-GEN Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding all aspects of African-American genealogy. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• AR-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Arkansas. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• BLACKWARHEROS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Black Americans who were "heroes" during any war. Archives: browse or search.
• BSMF-AfriGeneas 
  To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored researchers interested in Black Smokey Mountain families.
• Canada-AfriGeneas Mailing List 
• CANADA-FREEDMEN Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the travels of southern slaves as they were guided to freedom in Canada by Harriet Tubman. Archives: browse or search.
• Caribbean-AfriGeneas Mailing List 
• Christine's Genealogy Forum 
  African American genealogy forum.
• DE-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Delaware. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-AFRICAN Mailing List 
  Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.african newsgroup for the discussion of African genealogy. Archives: browse or search.
• JEFFERSON-HEMINGS Mailing List 
  for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Archives: browse or search.
• KY-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Kentucky. Archives: browse or search.
• KY-REGULATORS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the history of the Kentucky Regulators, their surnames, and the deeds that they did. Archives: browse or search.
• KY-SLAVES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the slaves of Kentucky or researching surnames listed as slaves or free slaves in Kentucky. Archives: browse or search.
• MD-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Maryland. Archives: browse or search.
• MICHIGAN-AFAM Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching their African American ancestry in Michigan. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• MSAFRICANAMER Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding all aspects of African-American genealogy in Mississippi. Archives: browse or search.
• NC-USCT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the US Colored Troops formed in North Carolina during the American Civil War including soldiers, battles, regimental histories and military and pension records for the 35th, 36th, 37th & 135th US Colored Infantries and the 14th US Colored Heavy Artillery. See the also North Carolina - US Colored Troops  web site. Archives: browse or search.
• NJ-AFAM Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American ancestry in New Jersey. Archives: browse or search.
• OH-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Ohio. Archives: browse or search.
• OH-CW-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in African Americans from Ohio who fought in the Civil War. Archives: browse or search.
• POCSOUTH Mailing List 
  "People of Color, South" to open a dialogue with African American genealogists doing research in the thirteen southern United States. Archives: browse or search.
• PULLMAN-COMPANY Mailing List 
  For genealogical or historical interest in the Pullman Palace Car Company (founded 1867) and their ancestors who were associated with it. The list will address the Pullman Company; Pullman Palace Car Company; Pullman Car Works; Pullman porters; and the town of Pullman, Illinois, near Chicago, which was built for Pullman employees. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• SLAVE-OWNERS Mailing List 
  For for anyone with a genealogical interest in slave owners in the United States. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• SOUTHERN-PLANTATIONS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the plantations of the southern United States and their owners. Archives: browse or search.
• 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.
• TN-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Tennessee. Archives: browse or search.
• TX-AFAM-GEN Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching their African American genealogy in Texas. Archives: browse or search.
• UNDERGROUND-RR Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the underground railroad - the loose network of antislavery northerners that illegally helped fugitive slaves reach safety in the free states or Canada in the period before the American Civil War. Archives: browse or search.
• 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. Archives: browse or search.
• VA-AfricaAmer Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in African American genealogy in Virginia. Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• The African-American Mosaic Exhibition 
  A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
  • Migrations 
    Maps and statistical information showing migration.
• African American Odyssey 
  From the Library of Congress.
  • Map Showing the Distribution of Slaves in the Southern States 
• Maps of Liberia 1830-1870 
  From the Library of Congress, American Colonization Society Collection.
• The Underground Railroad @ nationalgeographic.com - Routes to Freedom Map 

Military

• 8th KY USCT Reg't 
  Pvt. NED Hopson, our patriarch, enlisted, served, discharged from Co D, 8th KY USCT Artillery Regiment H.
• 34th United States Colored Troops and 2nd South Carolina Volunteers 
• African-American Civil War Memorial 
  Made possible by AT&T, the Web site provides information for anyone interested in freedom and historical truth or in the valor of the African-American soldiers who fought during the war. An interactive feature allows visitors to find information on the soldiers who served in the war and provides a resource that helps the descendants of these soldiers to keep this history alive. The Web site also features an online store which allows visitors to purchase souvenirs and show their support for the Foundation and it's programs.
• African-American Medal of Honor Winners 
  African-American Medal of Honor Winners from the Civil War to the Spanish American War.
• African Americans in the Civil War 
  Links to more sites.
• African Americans in the Military 
• African American Warriors 
• African American Warriors 
• The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier 
  From the International Museum of the Horse.
• Casualty Reports of the 10th U.S. Cavalry, San Juan Hill, July 1898 
  List of the missing, dead and wounded Buffalo soldiers of the 10th United Stated Cavalry taken from the reports of officers following the action on San Juan Hill, Cuba during the Spanish American War.
• The Civil War 
  Several links and articles from "Lest We Forget".
• The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) 
  The current version of the CWSS is a new presentation of the names and regimental histories of the African American units in the Union Army.
• Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865 
  From the St. Louis County Library. Information about this microfilm set which records the recruitment of 5,000+ African Americans who enlisted in Missouri Colored Volunteers during 1863-1865.
• Documenting African Americans in the Records of Military Agencies 
  Article by Lisha Penn.
• Eighth United States Colored Troops 
• Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry 
• Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops 
  Article by Budge Weidman.
• Prologue: Racial Identity and the Case of Capt. Michael Healy 
  By James M. O'Toole. Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration Fall 1997, vol. 29, no. 3.
• The Revolution's Black Soldiers 
• Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for C. S. A. Service  
  This page contains name of African-Americans with Tennessee connections who applied for pensions claiming service with the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
• United States Colored Troops Resident in Baltimore at the time of the 1890 Census 
  Alphabetical list of soldiers, from Maryland State Archives.
• United States Colored Troops: The Civil War 
• US Colored Civil War Soldiers - Washington Court House Cemetery  ~ Ohio
• World War II Black Medal of Honor Recipients 
  Full text citations.

Newspapers

• African American Newspapers in Kansas 
• Black Press Held by the Library of Congress 
  Guide to African-American community newspapers held in the LOC collections.
• Index of African-American Articles at G.R.P.L. 
  The information was abstracted from the local Grand Rapids Newspapers and other Michigan newspapers by Professor Carl Bajema, placed in the Local History Department of the Grand Rapids Public Library - Main Branch. These records cover a time period from 1830 - 1935.
• The Reflector 
  An African-American newspaper printed in Charlottesville from 1933-1935, excellent source for understanding the lives of Charlotteville's African Americans during the Jim Crow period.
• Chicago Defender Newspaper: Some Deaths 1936-1938  ~ Illinois
  From the Patricia Liddell Researchers.

People & Families

• Ancestry of Muhammad Ali 
• Black Fraternal Orders 
  Fraternal Lodges Developing & Expanding the Village in Rural Southern Virginia.
• The Black Seminoles 
• BlackIndians & Intertribal Native American Association 
• Born Free - 350 Year History - ADAMS/BECKETT Family 
  The is a story of remarkable men and women who came out of bondage on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. In researching his family history, the author discovered many African American families whose freedom had been established from the first or second generation after arrival—families that had lived and worked in America for over 200 years BEFORE the Civil War.
• Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks in Federal Census Records 
  Links to free images of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in the 1920 & 1930 census.
• Eyes of Glory - 200 Years of an Ethnic American Family 
  Early African and Jewish American history information.
• The Founder of the Order of True Reformers: The Story of William Washington Browney 
• Heart of Two Nations: African Native Americans 
  Overview of the shared history of Native Americans and African Americans that includes bibliography of research and genealogical resources.
• Heritage of a Heavyweight 
  Family history of Muhammad Ali.
• History of Black Firefighters 
  In the United States.
• James S. Russell's an Adventure in Faith 
  An Adventure in Faith by James S. Russell of Nottoway County Virginia. Russell was born a slave, attended Hampton University and later founded St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was the first African American to be named Archdeacon of the Episcopal Church. The school still exists today. Surnames: BANKS, BROWN, BRAGG, BURKE, CHRISTIAN, CLAIBORNE, COLE, COLEMAN, COLES, CYPRESS, CONNOR, DRIVER, FEARING, GARDINER GREEN, HUNTER, HINTON, HAYES, JACKSON, JONES JOHNSON, LANE, LEWIS, LUNDY, MICKIE, MANNING, MILLER, MILLS, MORRIS, OWENS, PONTON, ROCK, RUSSELL, TYLER, TROY, WATTS, WILSON, WEST, WILLIAMS.
• The Legacy of West FORD - American Son 
  The African American son of George Washington.
• The Life of the Pullman Porter 
  Article by Stewart H. Holbrook.
• Lost Americans Website 
  Native American, African American, Black Indians, East Indians, Anglo-Indians, Anglo-Asians & other Mixed Bloods.
• Malcolm X: A Research Site 
  Including the genealogy of the LITTLE & SHABAZZ families.
• Old Photographs of African Americans 
  Unknown Old African American Photographs to be identified by researchers and family historians. You can post your unknown photographs here.
• Why do Welsh names seem to be so common within the African American community? 

Photographs & Memories

• UVa Special Collections Library: Holsinger Studio Collection - African American Photographs 
  The Holsinger Studio Collection constitutes a unique photographic record of life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, from before the turn of the century through World War I. Approximately two-thirds of the collection are studio portraits, and among these are nearly 500 portraits of African-American citizens of Charlottesville and the surrounding area.

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• African Ancestry 
  Web site and associated mailing list describing genetic database being accumulated to assist African Americans in identifying their ancestor's region of origin in Africa.
• Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Specializing in African American Genealogy 
• Bright and Harris Family Tree 
  A site specializing in African American genealogy research services, BRIGHT and HARRIS surnames.
• Carpenter Genealogical Services  ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
  A professional genealogical research group in Salt Lake City specializing in the United States and Western Europe. Our focus is Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Colonial Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Wyoming, Nebraska and African American/Slavery research and slavery in the South. Western European limited to Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Scandanavian countries. Families of note: WINGET, HATHAWAY, AXTELL, CLUTTER, DOUD, LYTLE, BLEHSCHMIDT, EHMAN, HAGGSTROM.
• Entangled Lives: Facing our Slaveholding Past 
  Genealogical speakers providing a multi-media presentation. While researching their genealogies in Randolph County, Missouri, Pam Smith discovered that her enslaved great great grandfather was actually owned by a member of Ann Neel’s family.
• eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - African American 
  Directory of professional genealogists specializing in African American research.
• FreeJoe Enterprises 
  Professional speaker and family history self publishing assistance.
• Searching Families Together 
  African American Research, Family History Research for all nationalities, on location, in town hall basements, graveyards, courthouses, etc. Maintain a complete library of reference materials, microfilm equipment, and a customized research reporting database on site. Perform research through city, county, and state records, libraries and archival work. Searchingfamily.angelfire.com is dedicated to capturing and preserving the history and stories of people's lives.
• Tony Burroughs 
  An internationally known genealogist, and author, who teaches genealogy at Chicago State University. He lectures throughout the United States and Canada on all aspects of genealogy.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• 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.
  • The African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation 
    A book by Wilma A. Dunaway.
  • African American Lives 
    A 4 DVD set by PBS.
  • The Afro-American in Pennsylvania: A Critical Guide to Sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives 
    A book by David McBride.
  • Amistad - "Give Us Free" 
    A book by Steven Spielberg (Editor), Maya Angelou (Editor), Debbie Allen (Editor).
  • Bearing Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery: Narratives from the 1930s WPA Collections 
    A book by George Lankford.
  • Black History : A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives 
    A book by Debra L. Newman.
  • Black Genealogy 
    A book by Charles L. Blockson.
  • Black Genesis: A Handbook for African-American Genealogy 
    A book by Alice Eichholz.
  • Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree 
    A book by Tony Burroughs.
  • Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 
    A book by Alwyn Barr.
  • Buckingham County (Black America) 
    A book by E. Renee Ingram, Charles W. White Sr.