African American Heritage

Discover your unique personal history.

Bring to light your family history through census records, vital records, freedman and slave records, church records, legal records and more.

  • Meet the family firsthand with millions of unique primary sources.
  • Connect to a community of research experts and mentors.
  • Tackle the unique challenges of genealogy resulting from slavery and the changing legal status of African Americans.

What You Get

  • Birth, marriage, co-habitation & death records
  • Freedman's Bank records
  • Military records
  • Slave and free(d) persons of color registers
  • AfriGeneas website
  • Black Genesis (digital, full-text book)
  • Family history books
  • and more...

Discover the history of you. Start searching today. You never know who you'll run into.

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Temperance and Prohibition Movement, 1830-1933

Discover the records and publications of one of the most influential forces for social reform during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

American Indian History

Explore the stories and culture of North America’s Native communities spanning over 15,000 years of history.

Black Life in America

From 1704 to today, discover the history and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.

HeritageHub

Discover the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for genealogical research, 1704 - today.

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