Facilitators: Janice Sellers Email: african_american@gfo.org Meeting Schedule: 3rd Saturday of the month, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (PT) Register / Join: - Meeting Registration (Jan 18, 2025)
- Finding Slave and African Ancestors from Censuses, World Maps, and Slavery Court Cases - Meeting Registration (Feb 15, 2025)
- Discover Probable Family Branches through Cluster Research - Meeting Registration (Mar 15, 2025)
- Getting Family History Information through the Back Door - Meeting Registration (Apr 19, 2025)
- Africa in my Family Tree: Black African Ancestors in Puerto Rico - Meeting Registration (May 17, 2025)
- The 1950 Census: One Year (or more) Later - Meeting Registration (No meeting in June so you can celebrate Juneteenth)
- Meeting Registration (Jul 19, 2025)
- Social and Civic Clubs: Discovering Your Ancestors' Community Involvement - Meeting Registration (Aug 16, 2025)
- Connecting the Past and Present: Exploring the Formation of the Slave Legacy History Coalition - Meeting Registration (Nov 15, 2025)
- Uncovering Heritage through the Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
Handouts: Recordings: - Feb 19, 2022 - Blogging Your Family History - Craig Siulinski, M.S. Ed. (available for viewing by our members within MemberSpace)
- Mar 19, 2022 - The Community That Love Built - Richard E. Hunter, Sr.
- Mar 18, 2023 - Online Resources for Black American Genealogy Research - Janice Sellers (available for viewing by our members within MemberSpace)
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This group meets online.
Focus: Researching African American ancestry
If you know of any other people interested in African American genealogy tell them about the group. They don't have to be a GFO member to participate.
Video:
"Digging into Finding Aids: The Road Map to Any Manuscript Collection" by Melissa Barker, The Archive Lady.
Group member Sherylita Mason demonstrates using autosomal DNA as a tool to break brick walls.
Bibliography:
GFO Bibliography of Black Genealogy Resources — by Harold E. Hinds, Jr. and Janice M. Sellers
