Genealogy and Family History: African American

Provides information on African American life and history.

The Center for Black Genealogy is an innovative educational, historical and cultural institution dedicated to using genealogy to positively impact communities around the globe. The Center will support cultural enrichment at all levels of education.

With the help of scholars, educators, and family historians, Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade (Enslaved.org) is rapidly expanding in 2021. We are building a robust, open-source architecture to discover, connect, and visualize 600,000 (and growing) people records and 5 million data points. From archival fragments and spreadsheet entries, we see the lives of the enslaved in richer detail. Explore the data and life stories on Enslaved.org and read articles on data-driven research about the lives of the enslaved in the Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation.

Is a one of a kind, unprecedented research center with a special focus on African American genealogy at one of our country’s most sacred sites. The Center for Family History supports IAAM’s goal of becoming a unique center of learning through the development of resources and programs to help individuals and families advance their understanding of their family’s history and the role their ancestors played in shaping American history.

The Daughters of the American Revolution has published a book on helping African and Native Americans trace their patriot ancestors.

The Green Book was a travel guide published between 1936 and 1966 that listed hotels, restaurants, bars, gas stations, etc. where black travelers would be welcome. NYPL Labs is in the process of extracting the data from the Green Books themselves and welcomes you to explore its contents in new ways.