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Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks

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Genetic analysis offers new way to reveal relationships, help restore ancestral histories DNA analysis of African Americans buried at an early U.S. iron forge reveals locations of their African and European ancestors and finds more than 40,000 living U.S. relatives. The study — led by Harvard University, the Smithsonian Institution, and 23andMe — is the [...]

The Freedmen’s Bureau

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105), also known as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of Congress on March 3, 1865. The Bureau was responsible for the supervision and management of all matters relating to the refugees and freedmen and lands abandoned or seized [...]

23andME

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23andMe offers three services: Ancestry Service, Health +plus Ancestry Service and 23andMe+plus PremiumTM. All services require submitting a saliva sample using our saliva collection kit that you send to the lab for analysis. 23 and me Ancestry Service helps you understand who you are, where your DNA comes from and your family story. They analyze, compile and distill your DNA information into reports [...]

African Ancestry

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Founded in 2003 by Dr. Rick Kittles and Gina Paige, African Ancestry is the world leader in tracing maternal and paternal lineages of African descent having helped more than 1,000,000 people re-connect with the roots of their family tree. With the industry’s largest and most comprehensive database of over 30,000 indigenous African DNA samples, African [...]

Ancestry.com

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Ancestry® combines billions of rich historical records, millions of family trees and samples from millions of people in the AncestryDNA® network to help you discover your unique place in history and gain meaningful insights that can impact your future. AncestryDNA® has expanded to new markets, and is now available to consumers in over 60 countries and territories. [...]

Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S., Slave Records, 1774-1866

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Gloria Ramsey Lucas compiled this collection of more than 28,000 entries extracted from various records over a period of six years. The records referenced are primarily at the Edgefield County Archives in Edgefield, South Carolina. Other sources of information include the National Archives at Atlanta, the Augusta Genealogical Society, the Augusta Public Library, and the [...]

District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862-1863

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In April of 1862 the U.S. government passed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. Petitions for compensation offered to slave owners whose slaves were emancipated by the act are contained in this database. These descriptions range from meeting minutes to petitions submitted and compensations awarded as well as additional administrative documents. The [...]

District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Emancipation Records, 1851-1863

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NARA describes the records in this database as follows: “This microfilm publication reproduces all the records relating to slavery in the District of Columbia that were kept by the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. These … include emancipation papers, manumission papers, 1857–63, and case papers relating to fugitive slaves, 1851–63.” This is [...]

California, U.S., African American Who’s Who, 1948

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This database contains the 1948 edition of the Negro Who’s Who in California, featuring short biographical sketches of prominent African American residents of California. The 1948 edition of Negro Who’s Who in California contains biographical sketches of prominent African American men and women in the areas of early state Pioneers, Church and Pulpit, Professions, Business and Industry, Art [...]