African American Compiled Genealogies

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United States

African American Genealogy

Compiled Genealogies

Online Resources

• See African American Online Genealogy Records for more resources.
• Enslaved Population Research Directory at The Beyond Kin Project - index; information on researcher

Oral Histories

• See African American Oral Histories for more resources.
• Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938 at Library of Congress - transcription of interviews of formerly enslaved peoples