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a3 Genealogy

The a3Genealogy - Accurate, Accessible Answers - blog specializes in military, naturalization records, Native American and African American ancestry. The a3Gen blog is penned by Kathleen Brandt, an international genealogy consultant, speaker and writer. a3Gen clients span from Europe, Asia and Africa to the Americas.

African American Genealogy Records on the Internet

A directory of websites to help find some census records, slave manifests, marriage records and more. By Joe Beine.

African American Lives 2

A series on African American family history, genealogy & genetics from PBS.

African Roots Podcast.com

The only weekly African American genealogy podcast online.

AfriGeneas ~ African American & African Ancestored Genealogy

Allen County Public Library - The Genealogy Center - Our Resources

Includes a list of free databases that can be accessed from anywhere.

Anita Talks Genealogy - Online Radio by Anita Wills | Blog Talk Radio

A show about African American Genealogy and History. The show airs on Blog Talk Radio, Fridays at 9pm (PST).

Black/African Related Resources

Christine's Genealogy Website

A wealth of African-American resources for genealogy as well as Christine's personal research: The RUSSELLs & COBBs of Jackson, Tennessee; the CHARITYs of Surry and Charles City County, Virginia; the ANDERSONs and PERKINS of Shuqualak, Mississippi; and the SIMMONS of Detroit, Michigan.

DNA: Transforming African-American Genealogy | Legacy Tree

FamilySearch - African American Genealogy - Ancestry and Historical Records

FindFamilyRoots.com

A genealogy and African American history website. Genealogical information found on Viewer's Families tab.

Our Black Ancestry

Our mission is to find and make available information and services that help people explore and appreciate African American family history.

Research at the National Archives and Beyond - Blog Talk Radio

This show will provide individuals interested in genealogy and history an opportunity to listen, learn and take action. Every Thursday at 9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central, 7pm Mountain and 6 pm Pacific.

Slavegenealogy.com - Rebuilding African American History

The African - Native Genealogy Homepage

Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen Oklahoma's Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.

The Beyond Kin Project

Donna Cox Baker and Frazine K. Taylor conceived the Beyond Kin Project in 2016 as a way to encourage and facilitate the documentation of enslaved populations, particularly by recruiting the resources and efforts of the descendants of slaveholders.

The Freedmen's Bureau Online - Black History - American History

Information and records for The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau. Published transcriptions of the records of the Freedmens Bureau, including Freedmens marriage certificates and reports of outrages against freed slaves.

Under the Tree - Podcast for African-American Genealogists & Historians

US African American Griots

Dedicated to assisting all those in pursuit of African American Ancestry and History in the United States and other countries by being a valuable centralized resource repository for African American records of historical proportion such as manumission orders, wills & deeds, census records, slave records, land deeds, narratives, cemetery listings, family histories and vital records.