Genealogy And The Challenge Of An African American MatriarchyCamp, SherriJournal of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society
“Brick wall” is a metaphor used in genealogical and historical research when one reaches a point in their research where he/she is unable to progress further or “dig deeper.” All researchers encounter it. For those tracing African American ancestors, this proverbial brick wall is commonly en...
Related to African American English:Black English n.Abbr.AAE Any of the varieties of English spoken by African Americans, especially any of the vernacular varieties spoken in informal contexts. See Note atBlack English. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright...
Spent the morning, appropriately, at Georgia Archives and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Metro Atlanta Chapter Symposium 2025. I was particularly interested in hearing Dr. DL Henderson talk about her book,Perpetual Segregation: Chronicling the Black Side of Atlanta’s Oakland Ceme...
The inferred dates also reflect an assumption that the mixture occurred all at once; however, mixture of Eurasians and Africans was certainly drawn out over a number of generations, and indeed the historical evidence and our genetic analysis that follows document continued incorporation of migrants ...
This essay is an autoethnographic analysis of AfriGeneas.com and Africanancestry.com, two African-American genealogical websites that represent the poles of a spectrum ranging from resource sites to DNA testing sites. I argue the actions at these sites reveal a transatlantic nostalgia stimulated ...
Sad, yet necessary sources for African American ancestry researchers The last place many African Diaspora ancestors want to research is through the study of slave sales. The writing and imagery are sadly powerful in the historical accounts of financial transactions and public spectacles involving slaves...
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American Negro Exposition 1865 1940. Lot 85 Joseph Delaney. Artists of Today, Drawings by: Joseph Delaney. Lot 86 Charles White. His "10" portfolio, signed and inscribed. Lot 87 National Conference of Artists Presents: A Print Portfolio by Negro Artists. Lot 88 Ted Shearer. ...