Vicki’s note – see Family History Daily link for these.
https://familyhistorydaily.com/genealogy-help-and-how-to/free-genealogy-sites-all-usa-states/
by family history writer Tony Bandy
FamilyHistoryDaily has many more interesting articles on genealogy.
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Vicki’s note – some free genealogy type offers from Hound on the Hunt BLOG:
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Vicki’s Note – 2-1-2017 Family Tree Magazine article posted on Facebook:
National African-American History Month began in 1926 when Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History founded Negro History Week.
The observation was expanded to a month in February 1976 with a declaration by President Gerald Ford. In 2017, you’ll find commemorations
So let’s talk genealogy. Those researching African-American ancestors often face a brick wall at slavery. These keys from Family Tree Magazine contributing editor Sunny Jane Morton are important to give yourself yourself the best possible chance to find your family:
1. It’s not impossible. Tracing relatives in slavery is difficult due to the scarcity of historical records naming slaves. But with persistence, many African-American genealogists have been able to identify their enslaved ancestors.
2. Trace your family back to the Civil War using typical sources and methods, such as talking to relatives and searching censuses, vital records and newspapers. You may find that some records are segregated, such as a “colored” marriage register.
3. Study your family’s migrations. During the 20th century, millions of African-Americans in the rural South moved to cities in the north and west. If your family followed this pattern, ask relatives about your family’s moves and use censuses and city directories to track them.
4. Check the 1860 and 1850 censuses. About 90 percent of African-Americans were enslaved at the time of the Civil War, and weren’t named in censuses. Free blacks often do appear in censuses and other records.
5. Identify slaveholding families. Enslaved people didn’t have legal surnames. Freed slaves sometimes (but not always) took the surname of a former slaveholder. If this was the case for your family, the name may lead you to their location during slavery. You may need to use records of the slaveholding families, such as wills and estate inventories, to trace your enslaved ancestors’ whereabouts.
6. Go offline. To learn about African-American ancestors before 1865, you’ll probably need to research in records that aren’t online.
Click here to download our free e-book Trace Your African-American Ancestry, with six guides from Family Tree Magazine to help you discover your African-American family history.
And this just in: Genealogy website Fold3 has announced that its African-American genealogy records collection will be free to access for the month of February. You may need to set up a free Fold3 registration to use the records.
(Note from Vicki – I was reminded about this wonderful genealogy resource. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
– It will accept your genealogy research if your family does not want it after you pass – remember to put your genealogy work into your will – using form ‘My Genealogical Will For Preserving My Family History”.
– It has some great free databases available on-line, see link below.
-It might be worth a road trip to do research on their in-house databases there, or take one of their many workshops.)
.Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
http://www.genealogycenter.org/
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Archives Unbound: Evangelism in Africa: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Mission, 1835-1910
Archives Unbound: The Civil War in Words and Deeds
Archives Unbound: The War of 1812: Diplomacy on the High Seas
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