How to Trace Your Roots
How to Trace Your Roots Tracing Your Roots: We kick off our genealogy column with tips for finding Native American ancestry. henrylouis.gatesTracing Your Roots: We kick off our genealogy column with...
View ArticleFind Where Your Slave Ancestors Are Buried
Slave Burial Database: Finding Your Ancestors Fordham's user-generated website seeks to create a national cemetery database to reconnect the past. hillary.crosley1Fordham's user-generated website...
View ArticleSeeking Proof of Native American Roots?
Native American Roots? Search Dawes and Indian Census Rolls Tracing Your Roots: A reader hopes a fire that destroyed family records won't halt his search. henrylouis.gatesTracing Your Roots: A reader...
View ArticleAdopted in Louisiana and Looking for Kin?
How to Find Your Birth Parents in Louisiana Tracing Your Roots: It's a closed-record state, and Katrina complicated things, but don't give up. henrylouis.gatesTracing Your Roots: It's a closed-record...
View ArticleSlavery and Finding an Ancestral Name
When Slavery Complicates Finding an Ancestral Name Tracing Your Roots: It's not easy to locate the surname of an enslaved ancestor, but it can be done. henrylouis.gatesTracing Your Roots: It's not...
View ArticleI'm Creole. Why Do I Have South Asian DNA?
Creole Ancestry: South Asian DNA Test Results Explained Tracing Your Roots: Several factors could explain a questioner's surprising genetic-testing results. henry.louis.gat...Tracing Your Roots:...
View ArticleHow Did Vikings End Up in My Family Tree?
Viking Ancestry: I'm Black. How Did I Come by These Roots? Tracing Your Roots: A black reader wonders about a DNA test that turned up Orcadian roots. henry.louis.gat...Tracing Your Roots: A black...
View ArticleA 'White' Grandma With Black Roots?
Native American or Black Family Roots? How to Find Out Tracing Your Roots: A biracial woman questions family lore explaining her grandmother's appearance. henrylouisgates...Tracing Your Roots: A...
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