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Last week, we explored how to use the members of a family group – as a “cluster” – to track a family across several federal...
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Last weekend, on November 7, this author attended the meeting of the Baltimore chapter of the Afro-American...
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For several months now, Angela Walton-Raji has been recording the “African Roots Podcast” nearly every...
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The first two steps necessary to craft an effective research plan have been discussed over the last few days:...
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The first step in crafting an effective research plan—specifically defining each individual problem—was...
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When most people start their genealogy research, they approach it from all sides, simultaneously searching for all...
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The federal census enumerations from 1850-1930 as a whole constitute one of the richest resources for genealogical research. Not only do they provide...
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An earlier article in this column described the Genealogical Proof Standard. This Proof Standard consists of five steps: 1. Conduct a...
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I would first like to thank Lisa Louise Cooke of the Genealogy Gems podcast for putting together the beautiful...
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This article is part of a continuing series looking at each federal census individually. Please read the others in the archives of this column. The...
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Washington DC Area Examiners:
- A “reasonably exhaustive search”
- The 'master's name' question -- and a call to action
- GenealogyWise: New genealogy networking site!
- Horrific abuse at historic African-American cemetery
- Using “clusters” to track your ancestors through multiple census years (part one)
- Using Archives.gov, Part One: Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
- ProQuest announces African American Heritage
- Using “clusters” to track your ancestors through multiple census years (part two)
- More shout-outs to African-American genealogy blogs
- The myth of the “master’s name”
- AfriGeneas
- AfriQuest
- African American Family History - Ancestry.com
- LowCountry Africana
- Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
- The Freedman's Bureau Online
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
- Sankofa-Gen Wiki
- The Geography of Slavery in Virginia
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
- Arizona, 1844-1958 (includes images)
- Georgia, 1914-1927 (includes images)
- Hawaii, 1826-1929 (includes images)
- Idaho, 1911-1956 (searchable database)
- Illinois, pre-1916 (searchable database)
- Illinois, 1916-1950 (searchable database)
- Kentucky, 1911-1986 (searchable database)
- Louisiana, 1911-1956 (searchable index)
- Maine, 1960-1996 (searchable database)
- Maryland (Baltimore City), 1875-1972 (index only)
- Maryland (counties), 1898-1944 (index only)
- Michigan, 1867-1897 (searchable database)
- Minnesota, 1904-2001 (searchable index)
- Missouri, pre-1910 (searchable database)
- Missouri, 1910-1958 (includes images)
- New Jersey, 1878-1884 (index only)
- Ohio, 1913-1944 (index only)
- South Carolina, 1915-1958 (images online)
- Tennessee, 1908-1912 (index)
- Tennessee, 1914-1928 (index)
- Virginia, 1853-1896 (some counties)
- West Virginia, dates vary by county (includes images)
