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Juneteenth at FamilySearch

Learn more about Juneteenth and finding your African American Ancestors

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Juneteenth

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Juneteenth 2025

Ata ninii mo Find and Connect Your African American Ancestors with FamilySearch
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 1:00:16
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2025

Find and Connect Your African American Ancestors with FamilySearch

Julia A. Anderson

Juneteenth 2024

Ata ninii mo Roots to Freedom: Celebrating Juneteenth
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 32:06
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

Roots to Freedom: Celebrating Juneteenth

Thom Reed, Julia A. Anderson

Ata ninii mo 10 Million Names and American Ancestors
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 33:20
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

10 Million Names and American Ancestors

Lindsay Fulton, Julia A. Anderson

Ata ninii mo African American Societies
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 34:05
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

African American Societies

LaJoy Mosby, Ric Murphy, Julia A. Anderson

Ata ninii mo African American Records and Strategies
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 54:10
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

African American Records and Strategies

Ata ninii mo NEW! The International African American Museum
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 40:24
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

NEW! The International African American Museum

Shelley Viola Murphy, Brian Sheffey, Julia A. Anderson

Juneteenth 2023

Ata ninii mo Juneteenth – Understanding This History and Why It Is Important
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 47:07
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

Juneteenth – Understanding This History and Why It Is Important

Janice Gilyard

Ata ninii mo How I Found an Enslaved Ancestor in My Family Tree
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 1:03:01
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

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.

Ata ninii mo Unveiling Partnerships: Accessing and Using Cohabitation Records at FamilySearch.org
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 45:27
Ata ninii mo America's True Forgotten Patriots
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 46:24
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

America's True Forgotten Patriots

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

African American Resources

Enjoy this collection of shareable resources to help you and others trace their African American Roots.

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2025 Sessions

Ata ninii mo Find and Connect Your African American Ancestors with FamilySearch
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 1:00:16
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2025

Find and Connect Your African American Ancestors with FamilySearch

Julia A. Anderson

Ata ninii mo Hidden Legacies: Exploring African American Genealogy Through DNA and Records
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 31:50
Ata ninii mo Utilizing AI and Full-Text Search to Advance Your African American Research
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 51:04
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2025

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

Julia A. Anderson

Ata ninii mo Using The WPA Slave Narratives and Other Sources To Fill In The Gaps of Family History
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 57:34
Ata ninii mo Discovering Enslaved Ancestors Through Civil War Military Records
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 59:12
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2025

Discovering Enslaved Ancestors Through Civil War Military Records

Dan Gediman

Ata ninii mo Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Culling Evidence From Freedman's Bank Postmortem Records
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 1:00:44

2024 Sessions

Ata ninii mo Uncover Your Black Roots Using Resources and Features on FamilySearch.org
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 55:03
Ata ninii mo Unique Resources to Find Enslaved African American Ancestors, Especially in Border States
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 37:42
Ata ninii mo African American Genealogy: Ancestral Connections to a Revolutionary Black Church
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 51:31
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

African American Genealogy: Ancestral Connections to a Revolutionary Black Church

Janice Gilyard, Orice Jenkins

Ata ninii mo So, You Discover that You Have African Ancestry Through DNA Testing
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 18:23
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

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

Jeanette Daniels

Ata ninii mo Introducing the 10 Million Names Project
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 1:03:31
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

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.

Ata ninii mo Recover, Restore, Remember: The 10 Million Names Project
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 59:54
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2024

Recover, Restore, Remember: The 10 Million Names Project

Lindsay Fulton

2023 Sessions

Ata ninii mo African American Resources on FamilySearch
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 22:26
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

African American Resources on FamilySearch

Lyn Rasmussen, Julia A. Anderson

Ata ninii mo Helpful African American Genealogy Websites
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 24:39
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

Helpful African American Genealogy Websites

Lyn Rasmussen, Julia A. Anderson

Ata ninii mo African American Genealogy: Let the Truth Be Told
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

African American Genealogy: Let the Truth Be Told

Janice Gilyard

Ata ninii mo State and County Courts
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 1:00:31
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

State and County Courts

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson

Ata ninii mo A Mosaic of Homesteaders: Black Homesteaders in the West
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 35:21
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

A Mosaic of Homesteaders: Black Homesteaders in the West

Jonathan Fairchild

Ata ninii mo Journey Through Ledgers – People of Color, Enslaved & Free Can Be Found!
O le gagana o lenei sauniga o English
O le umi o le vitio e 58:54
Na lomia lenei sauniga i le 2023

Journey Through Ledgers – People of Color, Enslaved & Free Can Be Found!

Diane L. Richard

How Can Connecting with Ancestors Complete Us?

"Connecting with ancestors completes us" is a phrase I've coined after witnessing the transformative power of knowing one's family history in the lives of three African American men. In this TED-talk style presentation, attendees will be treated to the stories of Lonnie Bunch, LeVar Burton, and Thom Reed, all of whom discovered incredible resources that allowed them to connect with their ancestors in a way that completed them. These examples are informative, inspiring, and can be emotional, so have some tissues handy!