Records of Enslaved & Free Black People in Colonial Louisiana Being Digitized

The following teaser is from an article written by Rachel Wallach, and posted January 20, 2022 at the Johns Hopkins website.  Johns Hopkins University historian Jessica Marie Johnson has received a $120,000 planning grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for Continue reading Records of Enslaved & Free Black People in Colonial Louisiana Being Digitized

NEW – Tracing Your Ancestors: Female Ancestor Research, by Gena Philibert-Ortega – 15% Off for a Limited Time

Tracing Your Ancestors – Female Ancestor Research; by Gena Philibert-Ortega; 2022; 68 pp; High Gloss Soft Cover; Saddle Stapled; ISBN: 978-1-926510-16-3; Item # MM036 Family Roots Publishing is offering this guide for 15% off for a limited period. Regularly $9.95 Continue reading NEW – Tracing Your Ancestors: Female Ancestor Research, by Gena Philibert-Ortega – 15% Off for a Limited Time

Ancestry® Adds New Freedmen’s Bureau Collection that Enables Family History Discoveries for Descendants of Formerly Enslaved People

The following News Release was posted a couple weeks ago, but I’m just now getting it up on my blog. These records contain all kinds of ancestral information – and not just for African-Americans. I did some searches for my Continue reading Ancestry® Adds New Freedmen’s Bureau Collection that Enables Family History Discoveries for Descendants of Formerly Enslaved People