Princeton Public Library - African American Genealogy (How-Tos)

African American Genealogy (Enoch Pratt Free Library)
African American Genealogy: An Online Interactive Guide for Beginners (Dee Parmer Woodtor; AfriGeneas)
African American Research
A 3-part article by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan in Ancestry Magazine.
African American Research (Genealogy.com)
African-American Research in the United States (Emily Anne Croom)
AfriGeneas Surnames and Family Research Forum: 1866 to Present
Building Blocks of African American Genealogy (Tony Burroughs)
The Challenge of African American Research (Curt B. Witcher)
DNA Testing
- African Ancestry
  Site of the for-profit company founded by Rick Kittles, a pioneer in DNA testing of African Americans.
- African Genealogy & Genetics: Looking Back to Move Forward (University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics)
- AfricanDNA
  Site of the for-profit company founded by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- DNA Helps Find African Roots (Greg Wright, The Cincinnati Enquirer)
- DNA Tests Find Branches But Few Roots (Ron Nixon; The New York Times)
- Identity and Genetic Ancestry Tracing (Carl Elliott & Paul Brodwin, British Medical Journal)
  Very readable article includes some problems & limitations of genetic testing.
- Jefferson-Hemings DNA Testing: An On-Line Resource (Monticello)
- National Human Genome Center at Howard University
- Putting the Gene Back in Genealogy (Rebecca Skloot, Popular Science)
- Reclaiming Their Roots (CNNfyi.com)
- The Roots Project (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)
- U.S. Chat Show Host Could be a Zulu (BBC News)
- Where We Come From (Nancy Shute, U.S. News & World Report)
Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide (Ancestry.com)
Genealogy Pathfinder for African American Research (Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System)
Help for African American Research (Curt B. Witcher)
How to Begin and Sustain A Genealogical Research Project
A presentation by Sandra G. Craighead before the African-American Genealogical Society, Cleveland, Ohio on February 24, 1996.
RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees: Ethnic Roots
Who Am I? A Genealogy Guide (African American Lives)
Why Do Genealogy? (Alex Haley)
Selections from Haley's foreward to Ethnic Genealogy: A Research Guide

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