I use two online genealogy services: Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. Each has its strengths and weaknesses. I…
Category: AfAm Genealogy
African American genealogy has unique challenges. Here are tips and tricks to help you break through some genealogy walls.
Pushing the clock back for your slave ancestors
Your search for African American ancestors needn’t end at 1860 or 1850. Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org have…
Getting to grips with the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedule census – Part 2
What’s the detective work when searching for your ancestors in the Slave Schedules? A bit of…
Getting to grips with the 1850 & 1860 Slave Schedule census – Part 1
If you’re an African American, the chances are you will come up against Slave Schedule census…
Taking those first few steps
Every adventure begins with the first step. I’d taken mine when I’d started tinkering around with…