How do you find African American genealogy?

How do you find African American genealogy?

Try searching the local county courthouse, state archives, church records, historical societies, and genealogical societies in the locality where they lived.

How do you find out if you are a descendant of slaves?

Available online at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and HeritageQuest.com ● Census records are basic building blocks for everyone’s research. Start with the 1940 Census and work your way backwards. Locate every ancestor and relative in every census in which they were alive (to the extent possible).

Are there any free geneology websites?

The U.S. GenWeb Project.

FindAGrave.com. This totally free website has records,photos,and sometimes even biographical information from hundreds of millions of graves around the world.

FamilySearch.org.

Are their any free genealogy websites?

1. FamilySearch: largest collection of free genealogical records in the world

2. WikiTree: enormous collaborative family tree

3. Fulton History: historical newspapers from the US and Canada Advertisement

4. Find a Grave: locate your ancestors in cemeteries across the globe

5. Google News Archive: millions of archived newspaper pages

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How can African Americans find their ancestors?

If an African American ancestor was free prior to the end of slavery you may be able to locate them on earlier census records under their own name. The 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Census recorded all the free individuals in a household by name.

What is the African American Heritage Society?

The African American Heritage Society of Charles County, Inc. is a non-profit organization with a dedicated mission to foster public awareness and understanding of the African American way of life; the culture and historical contributions of African Americans to the growth and development of Southern Maryland and the nation.