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Tracing Your African-American Genealogy

By Leslie Albrecht Huber ,

July 26, 2019

Researching African American genealogy can be challenging, particularly as you work through records from before the Civil War. The good news…
Native American Genealogy Is Still Problematic

By Steven Decker ,

August 25, 2015

Heavily involved in Native American genealogy, Corey Smallcanyon spoke at the 2015 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy presentati…
Top African American Genealogy Resources to Follow on Social Media

By FamilySearch ,

February 17, 2015

“Finding your roots is the ultimate mode of self-knowledge, writes Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., host of PBS’s popular genealogy…
Rural Digitization Project Sheds Rich Light on African-American Lives

By Paul G. Nauta (@nautapg) ,

January 12, 2015

In rural communities of eastern Virginia, the obscure stories of thousands of deceased African Americans are finding their way to the Intern…
American Revolutionary War Ancestors: A Tour of the DAR Website

By Nathan Murphy ,

January 29, 2013

Did your ancestor participate in the American Revolutionary War? Did you know the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) have placed man…
Sacrifices: The American Civil War

By FamilySearch ,

June 2, 2011

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. During the four years of furious battles the American land…
Search Strategies: Using FamilySearch Search Features to Trace Early American Immigrant Origins

By Phil Dunn ,

December 6, 2011

Has your early North American immigrant research hit a brick wall? By using search strategies in FamilySearch, you may be able to break thro…
Family History Library Marks American Indian Heritage Month with Research Series

By HealeyJE ,

October 29, 2010

In honor of American Indian Heritage Month, FamilySearch is pleased to announce the Sixth Annual American Indian Research Series Saturday, N…
Family History Library to Hold Free African-American Research Series

By Sandra Joseph ,

February 11, 2014

On Saturday, February 22, 2014, the Family History Library is offering a series of classes on African-American research. The topics include …
Breaking Through the 1870 Brick Wall: The Significance of the Freedmen’s Bureau Records

By Thom Reed ,

June 16, 2015

Two decades after they married on a porch in late October 1843, Benjamin Manson and Sarah White walked proudly into the Tennessee Freedmen’s…

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