Genealogical Articles Online

• Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide, by David Thackery

• "African American Family Research, Part 1,"
  by Roseanne Hogan, Ph.D.
  (Ancestry Magazine, Mar/Apr 1996, Vol. 14, No. 2)

• "African American Family Research, Part 2,"
  by Roseanne Hogan, Ph.D.
  (Ancestry Magazine, Jul/Aug 1996, Vol. 14, No. 4)

• "African American Family Research, Part 3,"
  by Roseanne Hogan, Ph.D.
  (Ancestry Magazine, Nov/Dec 1996, Vol. 14, No. 6)

• "The Challenge of African American Research,"
  by Curt B. Witcher, FUGA
  (Ancestry Magazine, Sep/Oct 1997, Vol. 15, No. 5)

• "The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company and African American Genealogical Research,"
  by Reginald Washington
  (Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, Summer 1997, Vol. 29, No. 2)

• "Institutions of Memory and the Documentation of African Americans in Federal Records,"
  by Walter B. Hill, Jr.
  (Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, Summer 1997, Vol. 29, No. 2)

• "Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops,"
  by Budge Weidman
  (Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, Summer 1997, Vol. 29, No. 2)

Web Sites to Help You Trace Your African American Ancestry

• Christine's Genealogy Web Site
  
• Freedmen's Bureau Online
  
• Africa WorldGenWeb Page
  
• The African-Native American History and Genealogy Home Page
  
• Afrigeneas
  
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: U.S. Colored Troops
  
• Black Studies: A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publication