Genealogy Adventures

Category: AfAm Genealogy

researching your African American ancestors in the US has unique challenges. Here are more tips and tricks which I hope help you break through some genealogy walls.

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Getting to grips with the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedule census – Part 2

19/12/2010
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What’s the detective work when searching for your ancestors in the Slave Schedules? A bit of…

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Getting to grips with the 1850 & 1860 Slave Schedule census – Part 1

18/12/2010
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If you’re an African American, the chances are you will come up against Slave Schedule census…

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Taking those first few steps

17/12/2010
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Every adventure begins with the first step.  I’d taken mine when I’d started tinkering around with…