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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War of 1812 pension files
Pension files for the War of 1812 are now available at Fold3 on the library's website. 83% of the 7.2 million pages have been added so...
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Buncombe County (NC) has added 50,000 names to its Slave Deeds database. To read about it and find links to the database, click here. ...
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Volunteers organized by the nonprofit Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund have found photos for all of the 58000 Americans who lost their lives ...