Research at the National Archives and Beyond

Doreen's Jazz New Orleans is a group whose primary interest lies in spreading the culture and traditional music of New O... Read more

The Civil War Pension File of Philip McQuerter of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi provides revealing informatio... Read more

Andre Kearns's research comes from the perspective of an African American genealogy hobbyist. Advances in DNA testing of... Read more

Drew Smith is an Assistant Librarian with the USF Tampa Library, and is the 2016 winner of the Filby Award for Genealogi... Read more

GEDmatch provides DNA and genealogical analysis tools for amateur and professional researchers and genealogists and most... Read more

Join Melissa Barker for a conversation about archiving and preserving records. Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Ma... Read more

Bernice Bennett welcomes Angela Walton-Raji for a discussion on the Challenges and Opportunities  in  African American G... Read more

Karen Batchelor will share the many unexpected twists and turns on her 40-year family history journey and how what she h... Read more

Property Rights and Wrongs: African-Americans at the Courthouse with The Legal GenealogistFrom being treated as property... Read more

RebroadcastPension Files of African Americans in the War of 1812We are natives of this country; we ask only to be treate... Read more

Host Bernice Bennett welcomes author, Michael W. Twitty for a discussion of his new book, The Cooking Gene - A Journey T... Read more

Angela P. Dodson documents one of the longest, most hard-won struggles for civil rights in our country’s history. Her ap... Read more

Barbara Ricard Landix is a native of New Orleans and a recently inducted member into the Pleasant Run Chapter, NSDAR of ... Read more

After retiring from a career in banking, Bill Webb began to investigate his family history. His interest had been sparke... Read more

For 21,609 young African American men who called North Carolina home, the First World War meant leaving families and fam... Read more

Join author, Daniel J. Sharfstein for a discussion of his book and research - The Invisible Line - Three American Famili... Read more

Ric Murphy will explore the history of the 20 and odd African captives that arrived in Virginia around 1619 and planted ... Read more

Join  Zann Nelson and Elizabeth Chew for a discussion on the following topics:African American research in Virginia: (ch... Read more

Rodney Sam will discuss the uniqueness of Louisiana Creole genealogy and a personal journey to learn about his Louisiana... Read more

Join Nicka Smith and Bernice Bennett for an intriguing discussion about their experiences with DNA testing.What was thei... Read more