Web Sites
African-American Cemeteries
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/African_American_Cemeteries
A good resource, some links need to be updated.
African-American LIves
A companion to the PBS documentary with Henry Louis Gates, with a research guide and resource list.
The African-American Mosaic
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/
The Library of Congress' black history and culture research guide.
African-Ancestored Mailing Lists
www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_african.html
A compilation of mailing lists with instructions on joining each list.
The African—Native American History & Genealogy Web Page
www.african-nativeamerican.com
Information on former slaves and free African-Americans who lived in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).
African Voices
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exhibit.
AfriGeneas
Help finding data on African-Americans prior to the 1870 census.
Black Coal Miners
African-American miners and labor unrest.
Black Bostonians and the Civil War
http://www.nps.gov/boaf/historyculture/shaw.htm
The story of the 54th Massachusetts, the African-American regiment Immortalized in the film Glory.
Born in Slavery
memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 photographs of former slaves.
Christine's Genealogy Website
Links and information about the post-Civil War Freedmen’s Bureau records and other resources.
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
Search for soldiers’ names and regimental histories, etc. from the Civil War era.
Cyndi’s List: African-American
www.cyndislist.com/african.htm
Hundreds of African-American genealogy links.
Digital Library on American Slavery
This is a searchable database with detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color.
The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History
https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-American
Articles, film clips, audio recordings, photographs, links, etc.
Enslaved: The People of the Historic Slave Trade
A project to reconstruct the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the slave trade.
Free African Americans
https://freeafricanamericans.com/
The text of Paul Heinegg’s Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.
The Freedmen’s Bureau Online
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/freedmens-bureau
Records from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, established in 1865 to aid freed slaves.
Low Country Africana
https://lowcountryafricana.com
African American Genealogy and History for South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
Thirteen defining migrations that transformed African America.
The National Archives and Records Administration: African-American Research
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans
NARA resources for researching African-American ancestors.
US Colored Troops http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-war/article.html
Resources for finding information on African-American soldiers who joined the Union in the Civil War.
US Black Heritage Project
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:US_Black_Heritage
Cooperative project to create the largest online public database of African-American families.
Books
The 1850 Census of Georgia Slave Owners by Jack F. Cox GEN R 929.3758 A: SLAVE
African-American Genealogical Sourcebook edited by Paula K. Byers GEN R 929.108996 AFRICAN
African American Genealogy: ABibliography and Guide to Sources by Curt Witcher 929.1 WITCHER (AARL)
Beginning Black-Indian Genealogy, The Seminoles by Gloria Smith GEN R 929.272 SMITH
Black family research: records of post-Civil War federal agencies at the National Archives / United States by the National Archives and Records Administration.CEN REF AE 1.124:108/2010
Black Roots: a beginner’s guide to the African American family tree by Tony Burroughs GEN R 929.1 BURROUGHS
Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy by James M. Rose and Alice Eichholz GEN R 929.1 ROSE
Slave bills of sale project [Georgia] African American Family History Association, Inc. GEN R 929.3758 A: Slave V. 1 & 2
A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave by Howard E. Potts GEN R 929.272 POTTS
Family Pride: The Complete Guideto Tracing African-American Genealogy by Donna Beasley GEN R 929.1 BEASLEY
Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity by Dee Parmer Woodtor GEN R 929.1 WOODTOR
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss Jr. GA R 973.0496 FRANKLIN
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors by Franklin Carter Smith and Emily Anne Croom GEN R 929.1 SMITH
Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies by David H. Streets GEN R 929.1 STREETS
South Carolina’s African American Confederate Pensioners, 1923-1925 by Alexia Jones Hensley GEN R 929.5757
Organizations & Research Facilities
African-American Genealogy Group
Box 27356
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 572-6063
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
Box 73067
Washington, DC 20056
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History
101 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 730-4001
https://www.fulcolibrary.org/auburn-avenue-research-library/
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
https://www.civilandhumanrights.org
A museum dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement.
Family History Library
35 N. West Temple St
Salt Lake City, UT, 84150
(800) 346-6044
International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry
Box 436937
Chicago, IL 60643
Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection
St. Louis County Library
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
(314) 994.3300
https://www.slcl.org/content/julius-k-hunter-and-friends-african-american-research-collection
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
800 E. 17th Ave.
Columbus Ohio, 43211
(614) 297-2300
https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/museum-and-site-locator/national-afro-american-museum
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408
Toll-free: (866) 272-6272
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 E. Freedom Way
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 333-7500
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 255-3512
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County History and Genealogy Department
South Building, 3rd Floor
800 Vine St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 369-6905
https://cincinnatilibrary.org/genealogy-history/african-american/
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & Culture
830 E. Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 263-1800
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
New York, NY 10037
(212) 491-2200
https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg
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