Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

For Juneteenth, here's our growing database of African American burial grounds in New Jersey — and what they mean to us today ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Community members are invited to explore their family history at an African American Genealogy Workshop on Tuesday, June 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at New Albany Central Library, ...

Ancestry.com (some records free, others require a subscription) FindAGrave.com (cemetery records and family connections) African American Genealogy groups on Facebook and online forums.

SHARON, Pa. (WKBN) — The Sharon Historical Society hosted a workshop Sunday afternoon to help African Americans learn about ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Shreve Memorial Library is highlighting African American family history with its genealogy research programs. Starting on March 15, the library’s genealogy ...

Ahead of Juneteenth, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is partnering with national organizations to help reclaim erased Black histories, and share them with a broader audience.

Lewis, an African American, discovered that he had at ... concerns his Atlanta-based family. In the late 1800s Lewis’ white great-grandfather Belvin, in declining health, bought Clarissa King ...

Johnson’s long journey through family keepsakes ... Gentry, a genealogy information specialist for the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives in Washington, D.C. “African American lives were ...

Genealogist and historian Antoinette Harrell will discuss the two distinct approaches to searching for African American family records at a talk at 7 p.m. July 31 at the East Bank Regional Library ...