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Michael Hait

More state online resources for African-American genealogy: Virginia - 1 views

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    In an earlier entry, this column reported on several resources available for online African-American research in Virginia. Many more resources are now available, some becoming so just in the past three months since that report, necessitating another visit to the subject.
Michael Hait

The importance of the 1870 U. S. Census to African-American research - 0 views

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    When the 1860 federal census was collected and enumerated, slavery was still legal within most of the states south of the Mason-Dixon line. The 1860 federal census enumerated only free people of color in its population schedule; slaves were enumerated namelessly on a separate schedule, identified only by slave owner, age, gender, and color.
Michael Hait

Two must-read online resources for African-American genealogy research - 0 views

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    The following two sites provide a wealth of information for those wishing to learn more about their African-American ancestors...
Michael Hait

African-American Genealogy Examiner receives Kreativ Blogger award - 0 views

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    Robyn Smith, of the "Reclaiming Kin" blog, has awarded the African-American Genealogy Examiner with the "Kreativ Blogger" award. This award was created by Hulda Husfrue, a Norwegian arts & crafts blogger on 5 May 2008. [Please note that her site is in Norwegian but you can translate the page using Google Translate.] From these humble beginnings the award has spread like wildfire, and the Geneablogger community regularly recognizes their favorite peers with this award.
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