Life has, once again, taken me off-line and out of touch with my wonderful hobby. I do, however, peel a few minutes away every now and then. In one of those precious moments, I came across a great potential resource for researchers of African American ancestry that I’d like to share.
Tom MacEntee over at GeneaBloggers runs quite a few inspirational theme ideas for other family history bloggers. One of his recent ones is called, “Friend of Friends Friday”. The premise is this:
“if you have encountered records of enslaved ancestors, whether they are your own ancestors or not, make it a point to transcribe those records and get them posted on the Internet via your blog.”
WHAT A GREAT IDEA! There is simply no repository of this kind of information and no replacement of it as a resource to peek behind the shroud of slavery before 1870. Of course its not indexed, comprehensive or, in some cases, written to be very useful for researchers. But it is a start. I’ve attached the Google reader RSS URL here. Enjoy and check out some of the other great ideas Tom and his friends have come up with over time. There’s also a special section on African American blogs as well.
Filed under: Brick Walls, Genealogy, Tools I Use | Tagged: Other Blogs, Research, Slaveholders, Tools |
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Please consider posting information about an upcoming event that will be of interest to family historians.
The National Black Genealogy Summit will take place October 20 – 22, 2011 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fort Wayne’s Allen County Public Library is home to one of the nation’s most extensive collections of genealogy records, and it is an excellent source of documents pertaining to Black genealogy in particular.
The three-day conference will feature a number of nationally-known genealogy and research experts, and a wide variety of workshops for everyone from beginners to experienced family researchers. The event is sponsored by the Indiana Genealogical Society; the Friends of the Allen County Public Library; and Ancestry.com.
For details, please visit http://www.blackgenealogyconference.info
Thank you for your consideration.