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10+ Resources for African-American Genealogy Research
Researching African-American ancestors presents unique challenges. Use these resources to help you discover more about your ancestors. Delving into the African-American genealogy research of my ancestors’ slaves, I recognized a large and important gap in my research knowledge. My initial goal was to research what happened to a slave child owned my great-great-great grandmother Samantha Buchanan Maddox of Chatham County, NC. I quickly learned the need to educate myself on the unique aspects of African-American genealogy and the resources and databases available. Honestly, I was humbled by the size of the gap in my knowledge. What follows are some great resources for researching African-American genealogy. This is not a complete…
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Focus On African-American Genealogy
Are You My Cousin? will focus on African-American genealogy research the next couple of weeks. National African-American History Month is celebrated each February making this a good time for the southern genealogy researcher to take a closer look. African-American researchers face unique challenges as well as difficult issues in history. Slavery is a difficult and disturbing issue for all who research this time period. Most southern researchers will come across slavery in their ancestry whether their ancestors were slaves, slave owners or citizen participating in the southern economy. The goal for the next couple of weeks is to increase awareness and knowledge of genealogical resources for the African-American researcher.