Something as simple as genealogy can invoke a power structure that disadvantages African Americans. Here are 4 things to know as you trace your family tree.

Because of a lack of record keeping during the slavery era, tracking African American ancestry is a challenge. But a report from 1870 is opening the door for those looking into their past.

Slavery is often the furthest history Black or African-American people can find due to research challenges oftentimes tied to limited records and extensive illiteracy.

Referred to by some genealogists as the genealogy “brick wall,” African Americans continue to find difficulty in discovering their family history before 1870 — a year that marks five years past the ...

It's a challenging genealogical journey to recover the names of enslaved ancestors. A growing number of African Americans is up to the task.

Video: African American Genealogy How to conduct African American genealogical research. Do-it-yourself genealogical research has become a popular hobby for millions of Americans.

Most African Americans, myself included, know very little about our family history prior to the late 1800s.

Burdine is particularly knowledgeable about tracking African American family history. He believes finding black roots is not as hard as the popular press has made it seem.

Certified genealogist and New Orleans native Jari C. Honora has more than two decades of experience researching families and institutions in south Louisiana and the surrounding Gulf Coast ...

But Woodruff can't fully prepare participants in her five-part African American genealogy class for one stage of their search: confronting the awful reality of slavery. Eventually, she tells the ...