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3 days ago · Many Americans can trace some lines of their family tree back to the 1600s. However, African Americans descended from enslaved Africans, who began arriving in North America in 1619, lack...
2 days ago · This genealogical database allows researchers to search U.S. Federal Census records, digitized family and local history books, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files and the Freedman's Bank Records (1865-1874), maps, and a wealth of other historical collections and research guides.
2 days ago · African-American history started with the arrival of Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. Former Spanish slaves who had been freed by Francis Drake arrived aboard the Golden Hind at New Albion in California in 1579.
3 days ago · Treasury of American genealogical sources: unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more. Proquest African American Heritage
- Rebecca Smith
- 2018
5 days ago · While researching recently on FamilySearch's Full Text experimental website, I found two important deeds connected to my family history. The first deed, dated 15 February 1843, was Council R. Bass of Washington County, Mississippi deeding 161 acres of land to his brother's wife, Elizabeth Bass of Hinds County, Mississippi.
23 hours ago · Institutions such as the African American Museum and Library at Oakland, The African American Museum in Cleveland and the Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture were created by African Americans to teach and investigate cultural history that, until recent decades, was primarily preserved through oral traditions.
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2 days ago · Thank you for joining this Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation for the inaugural collaboration between CHPP and the International African American Museum for the Preserving Land and Legacy Lunch and Learn.
