Researcher Angela Walton-Raji has been studying African-Native genealogy for over 20 years. The Comanche family pictured here is from the early 1900s. Courtesy Sam DeVenney Angela Walton-Raji has been ...

The event occurred at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale. Attendees visited two gravesites. The first site held former African Americans who suffered from smallpox after traveling to Carbondale to ...

What are the best resources for finding records on African-American veterans of the 19th and 20th centuries? Military draft, enrollment and service records can provide a gold mine of information about ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I — Darren Sands — finally found the missing piece of my family history. My great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Jocelyn Jones Arnold is bringing to light the untold history of her ancestors from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras, honoring a legacy once obscured and tarnished by racism and ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Have you ever wondered about where you come from? Or the history of your ancestors? In honor of Black History Month, one organization is helping African Americans learn more ...

NORFOLK, Va. — More and more African Americans are chiseling their way through the infamous 1870 "brick wall" and digging up their ancestral roots. Today, at least 19 states have chapters of the ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

My family, descended from Thomas Chaffe (1635), is well-documented in The Chaffee Genealogy by William Chaffee (1909) and I’ve traced a direct line back to Thomas in 12 generations. Also ...

Orchard Park, N.Y. (WHAM) — Tens of thousands of fans visited Highmark Stadium for the venue's likely final game on Sunday. Rochester police searching for suspect after standoff on city's ...

The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, at the African American Museum of Iowa, 55 12th Ave. SE, Cedar ...