Research Foundations
Post-1865 Research
- The 1870 U.S. Census: Tracing Emancipated Families
- African American Records and Strategies: Post-1865
- Unique African American Records Post-1865
- Funeral Programs: A 20th-Century Genealogical Goldmine
- Researching the Great Northward Migration 1880-1970 The Movement of 6 to 7 million African Americans
- A Mosaic of Homesteaders: Black Homesteaders in the West
Researching Enslaved Ancestors
- Researching Enslaved Ancestors
- Journey Through Ledgers – People of Color, Enslaved & Free Can Be Found!
- How I Found an Enslaved Ancestor in My Family Tree
- A Lineage Society for Descendants of Enslaved Africans: Sons & Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage
- What Genealogists Should Know about the Laws of Slavery
- Examining Runaway Slave Ads
- Discovering the Records of the Enslaved
Record Types
Freedman's Bureau
Military Records
- USCT Pension Files: A Rich Resource for African American Genealogy, Series
- Find Black Heroes in Your Family Tree - Ancestry®
- African Americans in the Revolutionary War & War of 1812
- Pilots, Spies, and Soldiers: How African Americans Turned the Tide of the Civil War, Series
- Remembering the Black Patriots of the American Revolutionary War
