African American Genealogy Getting Past the 1870 Brick Wall

African American Genealogy: Getting Past the 1870 Brick Wall: This presentation includes several personal examples of my efforts to locate my ancestors in records prior to 1870. These records include a slave schedule, Freedman’s Bank Records, a will, and the WPA Slave Narratives.

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