Finding Enslaved Ancestors & Build an African American Family Tree

Your GUIDE to beginning African American genealogy research. You can discover the enslavers of your ancestors as well as amazing details about your family’s history. Don’t miss this video on building your African American family tree!

Link’s mentioned:
❤️ Join this channel as part of Aimee’s Crew for the handout:

Visit Etsy to purchase the handout separately:

Genealogy 101 Playlist:

Video on Deeds:
Video on Probate Records:

🌟 NEEED HELP? Zoom coaching now available starting at $35! Visit for more information!

👉 Subscribe at @AncestryAimee
Find me at
Instagram:
Facebook:

0:00 Intro
1:41 Caveats – I’m white – Why I can help
2:59 Underground Railroad – Thomas Filer
3:25 Words for research
3:51 Handout information
4:23 Census research from present to past
4:37 Using other records to verify
5:48 Freed People of Color
6:00 Importance of 1870 U.S. Census
7:27 FAN group
7:57 Name changes of former enslaved
8:37 Reconstruction Era Records
9:30 Freedmen’s Bureau Records
10:30 Civil War Colored Troops
11:08 Freedman’s Bank
10:24 Finding records at Ancestry.com
12:50 Finding records at FamilySearch
13:05 Finding records at the Smithsonian
13:22 Finding enslaver on Freedmen’s Records
13:36 Finding enslaver in census records
16:11 Researching potential enslavers
16:31 Eliminating potential enslavers
16:55 Deed records for enslaved
18:10 Probate records to find enslaved
18:58 Southern Claims Commission
19:54 WPA Slave Narratives
21:08 Brick Walls or problems and what to do
21:25 Overcoming name changes
23:42 Online forums, genealogy groups and genealogical societies
24:05 Further education opportunities
25:07 When to put it down for a while

#africanamericangenealogy #blackgenealogy #AAgenealogy #africanamerican #africanamericanresearch #enslavedancestors #ancestry #familysearch #familyhistory #genealogy

Historical images from the National Archives.

Intro music: “Something Elated” by Broke for Free.

source