Enslaved.org

4 universities have collaborated to produce Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade,  a database containing millions of records cataloging the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants. The URL is here.

Hard-to-find ancestors

 Here an article with some tips on how to find an elusive ancestor courtesy of outofmytreegenealogy.com.

Florida State Genealogical Society webinars

 If you're a member, log in to participate in these upcoming webinars.

African-American newspapers from Georgia

 The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG)  has completed the digitization of two historically significant Georgia African American newspapers as part of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The images will be included in the Library of Congress’ newspaper site:  Chronicling America. The papers are the Savannah Tribune (years 1886-88) and the Athens Republique (1921-1924). Source: Research Buzz

Litchfield Conn Newspapers

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov  now includes issues of the Litchfield County Post from 1826-1829 &  the Litchfield Enquirer from 1829-1866. 

Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY

Archivists plan to honor WWII veterans buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. If you have information on relatives or friends who served in WWII and are buried at Green-Wood, please email history@green-wood.com or call 718-210-3045 Details of interest include full name, date and place of birth and death, military service history, family contact info and if possible, a photograph of the serviceperson along with their lot number. 

Source: The NY Daily News via ResearchBuzz

Publishing Your Genealogy Work

 Here is some advice from familytreemagazine.com  on publishing your family history.