Juneteenth at FamilySearch

Find and Connect Your African American Ancestors with FamilySearch

Julia A. Anderson

Roots to Freedom: Celebrating Juneteenth

Thom Reed, Julia A. Anderson

10 Million Names and American Ancestors

Lindsay Fulton, Julia A. Anderson

African American Societies

LaJoy Mosby, Ric Murphy, Julia A. Anderson

African American Records and Strategies

NEW! The International African American Museum

Shelley Viola Murphy, Brian Sheffey, Julia A. Anderson

Juneteenth – Understanding This History and Why It Is Important

Janice Gilyard

How I Found an Enslaved Ancestor in My Family Tree

Join Karen Strickland as she takes us through how to find an enslaved ancestor in your family tree. null

From Ali to Clay: Taking the Family Narrative to DNA

Sherman McRae, Cheri Daniels, Donald Shores

Unveiling Partnerships: Accessing and Using Cohabitation Records at FamilySearch.org

Taneya Y. Koonce

A Lineage Society for Descendants of Enslaved Africans: Sons & Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage

Learn more about the Sons and Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage Society and how they can help with your genealogy research. null

America's True Forgotten Patriots

Join Ric Murphy as he goes through genealogical history of America's true forgotten patriots.null

Find and Connect Your African American Ancestors with FamilySearch

Julia A. Anderson

Hidden Legacies: Exploring African American Genealogy Through DNA and Records

Sherman McRae

Utilizing AI and Full-Text Search to Advance Your African American Research

Julia A. Anderson

Using The WPA Slave Narratives and Other Sources To Fill In The Gaps of Family History

Cynthia R Evans

Discovering Enslaved Ancestors Through Civil War Military Records

Dan Gediman

Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Culling Evidence From Freedman's Bank Postmortem Records

Cecelia McFadden

Uncover Your Black Roots Using Resources and Features on FamilySearch.org

Thom Reed

Unique Resources to Find Enslaved African American Ancestors, Especially in Border States

Dan Gediman

African American Genealogy: Ancestral Connections to a Revolutionary Black Church

Janice Gilyard, Orice Jenkins

So, You Discover that You Have African Ancestry Through DNA Testing

Jeanette Daniels

Introducing the 10 Million Names Project

There are at least 44 million descendants of enslaved individuals alive today, but slavery separated families, erased names, and obscured facts. The 10 Million Names Project, recently launched by American Ancestors and its partners, aims to connect the family stories of these descendants to the 10 million men, women, and children of African descents who were enslaved in the U.S. prior to emancipation and to restore their names to history. Join Chief Historian Dr. Kendra Field and Vice President of Research and Library Services Lindsay Fulton as they share the scope of this project, the objectives, and our methodology.

Recover, Restore, Remember: The 10 Million Names Project

Lindsay Fulton

African American Resources on FamilySearch

Lyn Rasmussen, Julia A. Anderson

Helpful African American Genealogy Websites

Lyn Rasmussen, Julia A. Anderson

African American Genealogy: Let the Truth Be Told

Janice Gilyard

State and County Courts

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson

Part One: The Great Northward Migration 1915-1970 Overview and Methodology for Beginning Research

James Tanner

Antebellum Emancipations and Free People of Color

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, Deborah A. Abbott