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Celebrate Black History Month at Legacy Family Tree Webinars

Celebrate Black History Month at Legacy Family Tree Webinars

February is Black History Month. Join us at Legacy Family Tree Webinars as we honor those with African American heritage.

Watch these African American webinars for free during the month of February

View the webinars at Legacy’s Black History Month page.

African American Research 101 – Post-Civil War to the Present (Part 1 of 3) by Ari Wilkins

Investigate the methods and documentation in which enslavers acquired their commodities of African Descent to enter the economic system of slavery.

Court Records for People of Color Family History Research by Nicka Smith

This lecture will discuss how to get started in African American research. The objective of this lecture is to demonstrate what comprehensive African American research looks like from 1870 to the present. It will discuss sources such as: census, vital, and military records; the WPA slave narratives; newspapers; and city directories. It will also cover basic genealogical methodology.

Juneteenth–How Emancipation Came to Texas and How We Celebrate by Sharon Batiste Gillins

This lecture details the true story of how freedom finally came to Texas more than 2 years after the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation. Common myths will be replaced with the truth of the events that occurred and the atmosphere of the surrounding Galveston community, including the presence of United States Colored Troops among the Union soldiers who arrived to enforce emancipation for over 300,000 enslaved people of Texas. Finally, it follows the evolution of celebrations of emancipation beginning with spontaneous celebrations that occurred in 1865 on the docks of the Galveston Wharf, to the first documented citywide celebration in Galveston, to today’s recognition of Juneteenth as an important historical event celebrated throughout the nation and even the world.

“We Were Supposed To Be Neals:“ Reconstructing an Enslaved Family Using DNA by Renate Yarborough Sanders

Using DNA analysis, combined with documentary research and with only one hint of family lore, the presenter has found the family of her enslaved great-grandfather.

Collecting and Compiling Plantation Records: Thomas Terrell Case Study by Orice Jenkins

Thomas Terrell was a lawyer born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1761. His plantation in Greene County, Georgia and the people he enslaved there have connections to a Civil War battlefield, the University of Georgia, Wells Fargo, a United States Congressman, and northern enslavers from Connecticut and New Jersey. Thomas’ death in 1822 created the only comprehensive list of his enslaved population, requiring the use of unconventional sources to gather more information about them. Many were separated due to devastating slave sales, but 200 years later, their descendants have been reunited by DNA testing.

View the webinars at Legacy’s Black History Month page.

Free Registration is also available for upcoming African American webinars:

  • Introducing 10 Million Names by Cynthia Evans
  • Dispelling the 1870 Brick Wall Myth: African American Ancestry Before the Federal Population Census by Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy
  • Family Legacies Reclaimed: “Building Family Ties Through Genetic Genealogy” by Adwoa Ulzen-Setrakian
  • Exploring Nigeria Genealogy: A Guide to Researching Your Nigerian Ancestor(s) by Chukwudi Emmanuel Ewa
  • Bridging the Generations: Connecting the Enslaved in Your Ancestor’s Records to Their Descendants by Cheri Hudson Passey
  • Southern Ancestors…Black and White…in the Freedmen’s Bureau by Sharon Batiste Gillins
  • Betsy Grant: A Fight for Freedom, Land, Education, and Love by Orice Jenkins
  • The Business of Enslavers: Acquiring Human Inventory by LaDonna Garner, M.A.

View the webinars at Legacy’s Black History Month page.

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