Monday, February 25, 2019
African American genealogy videos
BlackProGenLive is a YouTube channel for African-American genealogy. 86 videos and growing.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Free Marriage Records
Myheritage.com is offering free access to its marriage records from Feb 10th-17th.
source: ResearchBuzz
source: ResearchBuzz
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Monday, February 4, 2019
Online resources for slave genealogy
First of several posts on African American genealogy:
Digital Library on American Slavery
Large slaveholders of 1860 & African American Surname Matches from 1870
Illinois Slavery Era Insurance Policies registry
("Similar resources may be available from other states as well -- search for slave insurance registry along with a state name").
Transatlantic Slave Trade Database
Unknown No Longer- a database of Virginia Slave Names
AfriGeneas Slave Data
Source: thoughtco.com
Ancestry.com, which can be accessed at the library, also has collections of slave records.
also: freedomonthemove.org
Digital Library on American Slavery
Large slaveholders of 1860 & African American Surname Matches from 1870
Illinois Slavery Era Insurance Policies registry
("Similar resources may be available from other states as well -- search for slave insurance registry along with a state name").
Transatlantic Slave Trade Database
Unknown No Longer- a database of Virginia Slave Names
AfriGeneas Slave Data
Source: thoughtco.com
Ancestry.com, which can be accessed at the library, also has collections of slave records.
also: freedomonthemove.org
Friday, February 1, 2019
Researching Family Legends
Do you believe you have a ancestor who was famous, or who played a part in some historic event? Maybe you have been told you have a full-blooded Native American in your family tree, or a that you are descended from a passenger on the Mayflower.
Here's an article from the Sunburned Penguin that looks into 4 such legends.
Here's an article from the Sunburned Penguin that looks into 4 such legends.
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Ted Talk: How We're Building the World's Largest Family Tree
From Ted.com in 2018.
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Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...
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Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...
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Over the course of U.S. history, county boundaries and names changed, and large counties were broken up into smaller ones. In 1883, for exam...