7 Steps to Finding Your Enslaved Ancestors

7 Steps to Finding Your Enslaved Ancestors

Here is the ultimate step-by-step guide to tracing your African American roots and finding your slave ancestors.

Online Course: Master Ancestry.com in 4 Weeks

Take full advantage of Ancestry.com's database, trees, and tools to find your ancestors. This mega-genealogy website is the go-to source for searches and DNA tests, but there's far more to the site than meets the eye. In this 4-week course, you'll learn how to master everything from the online trees and finding records, to mastering hints and and DNA matches.

13 Websites for Finding Old Family Photos

Search these websites for pictures of your ancestors and the places they lived. Plus, some tips on copyright to consider.

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Premium: Filling Out the 1890 US Census Using Substitute Records

The 1890 census is lost—there’s nothing we can do about that. But we can “rebuild” census entries using details from substitute records. Here’s how.

New Video: Simple 4-Step Method for Making Genealogy Binders

Binders are a great tool for organizing and sharing family history research. In this video we'll walk you through a simple, four-step method for creating genealogy binders.