freedom itself wasn’t enough to establish them. life in a new place called and they left in droves. trace their footsteps for clues galore.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Episode 4 – Going, Leaving Read More »
all of us have ancestors who lived during The Black Hole (1881-1899). learn ways to document their lives when you can’t take advantage of a federal census.
me, George Geder, and Melvin Collier are being featured on the November 14 episode of Research at the National Archives and Beyond!
this is the second of six posts dedicated to providing a genealogical context for the PBS series, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. click here to read all the posts i’ve written about the series.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Episode Two – Tie Deep South to Up South Read More »
is it possible for an African American to trace their ancestry back to Africa? what about discovering a the name of their ancestor’s slaveholder or the ship that they were on when they came to the United States?
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Episode One – Finding Your Priscillas Read More »
