Northern Virginia Slavery Database

 This database searches enslaved ancestors using the birth, death, and probate records of Fairfax and Loudon Counties, Virginia from 1853 to 1859. These records exist because the Virginia General Assembly passed a law requiring the systemic statewide recording of births and deaths.

Try it here: http://novahistory.org/Slavery_Database/Slavery_Database.htm

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Our Black Ancestry

 
 
Our Black Ancestry is a non-profit organization devoted to collecting and sharing resources relating to African American genealogy. They also assist researchers in learning about their family history. The main hub of Our Black Ancestry is their Facebook group that boasts thousands of members. There are posts daily from people asking for help in their personal research and others relating to resources relevant to people researching the history of their African American ancestry. The website for Our Black Ancestry is https://ourblackancestry.com/index.php  and you can find and join their online group on Facebook by simply searching the name “Our Black Ancestry”. 


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