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American Ancestors - Articles - Topics - African American Family History

From the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Ancestry.com Wiki - The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by Arlene H. Eakle and Johni Cerny. A revised edition, edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking. In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of The Source and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Beginners Guide to African American Genealogy (Internet Archive) Updated

From AfriGeneas. An Online interactive guide for beginners by Dee Parmer Woodtor.

Black Family Research: Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives

By Reginald Washington, NARA Reference Information Paper 108.

BlackGenealogyBlog.com

Articles, news, opinions, reviews, updates and how-tos on researching African ancestry.

BlackProGen LIVE (YouTube)

A new, fresh take on family history and genealogy research techniques from and for people of color.

Documenting the Enslaved in Your Family Tree | Ancestry (YouTube)

FamilySearch Wiki - African American Genealogy

FamilySearch Wiki - African American Research

Strategies and records to learn about African American ancestors including contents, uses and availability of major nationwide sources.

Finding Black Roots in a White World

From J Mark Lowe, a webinar for African American Genealogy Group of KY & Scott Co Genealogy Society.

Genealogy at a Glance: African American Genealogy Research

By Michael Hait. From the special laminated "Genealogy at a Glance" series from Genealogical Publishing Company.

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