Resources
Genealogy Resources
Here is a list of resources that may be helpful for your ancestral journey.
Archives and Libraries
Census Resources
DNA + Family Trees
Genealogy and DNA Blogs
- DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
- Family Connections: Gathering The Generations
- Generational Pursuit: Exploring My Genealogical Roots
- Into the LIGHT
- Kitty Cooper's Blog
- Reclaiming Kin
- Roots from the Bayou
- Roots Revealed
- Slave Name Roll Project
- Tangled Roots and Trees
- Who Are You Made Of?
Gravesites
Military Resources and Blogs
Newspapers
Obituaries, Burial and Death Resources
Slavery Resources
- African American Roots
- Arkansas Slave Names - More Slave Names
- The Beyond Kin Project
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
- Citing Slavery Project
- Digital Library on American Slavery
- Enslaved.org
- The Freedmen's Bureau Online
- Freedmen's Bureau Records | Ancestry®
- Freedom Narratives
- Freedom on the Move
- Lantern Project | Mississippi State University Research | Scholars Junction
- Large Slaveholders and African Americans
- Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery
- Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
- Slave Voyages
- Virginia Slaves Freed in Virginia after 1782
State and General Resources
- General
- AAHGS | Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
- AccessGenealogy
- ACPL Genealogy Center
- African American Genealogy • FamilySearch
- Genealogy Trails
- Reclaim The Records: Public Data for Public Use
- United States Guided Research • FamilySearch
- USGenWeb Project
- Arkansas
- Arkansas Department of Health
- Arkansas Digital Archives
- Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project
- Eureka Springs Historical Museum
- Fayetteville History
- Washington County Historical Society
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
- Digital Archives of the Lasalle Parish Library
- Louisiana Digital Library
- Louisiana Genealogy
- Minnesota
- African American Family History Research | Overview | LibGuides at Minnesota Historical Society Library
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Missouri
- Cole County Historical Society
- Jackson County MO Public Access Search
- Missouri Bureau of Vital Records
- Missouri Death Certificates
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- The African-American Experience in Isle of Wight County - Isle of Wight County Museum Smithfield, Virginia USA
- African American Resources for Virginia Genealogy | FamilySearch Wiki
- Unknown No Longer & Virginia Untold | Virginia Museum of History & Culture
- Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative - Library of Virginia

