A website focused on African American genealogy and researching African ancestry in the Americas in particular and genealogical research and resources in general.
Site includes a extensive list of genealogy links .
Dedicated to the encouragement of scholarly studies in both academic, local, and family history of all ethnic groups with particular focus on African Americans. Announcing the release of the Freedman s Bank Records on CD, a unique searchable database documenting several generations of African Americans immediately following the Civil War. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. The Bureau supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen. Access to the index of surnames are listed here under each bank branch.