Resources

Genealogy Resources

Here is a list of resources that may be helpful for your ancestral journey.

Archives and Libraries

• Digital Public Library of America | Family Research Guide
• Internet Archive
• Library of Congress
• National Archives | Resources for Genealogists and Family Historians

Census Resources

• The New York Public Library | Genealogy Tips: Searching the Census by Address
• Unified Census ED Finder

DNA + Family Trees 

• 23andMe
• Ancestry
• DNA Painter
• FamilySearch
• FamilyTreeDNA
• GEDmatch
• MyHeritage
• WikiTree

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

• Find A Grave
• National Cemetery Administration

Military Resources and Blogs

• American Civil War | St. Louis County Library
• The Civil War | U.S. National Park Service
• Fold3 – Historical Military Records
• Renegade South – Histories of Unconventional Southerners

Newspapers

• Chronicling America « Library of Congress
• NewspaperArchive
• Newspapers.com

Obituaries, Burial and Death Resources

• DeathIndexes.com
• Obituary Daily Times

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
• Kansas Historical Society
• Kansas Memory
• 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
• NCGenWeb Project | African-American Special Projects
• South Carolina
• South Carolina - African-Americans
• Texas
• Grayson County Texas
• Fannin County Historical Commission
• 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