Websites

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These are a few of the websites that can help with your research. There are databases, repositories, and more!

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DNA Testing Sites:

• AncestryDNA (Most recommended: must take test with them): https://www.ancestry.com/dna/

• 23andMe (Can upload raw DNA from another testing company): https://www.23andme.com/

• MyHeritage (Can upload raw DNA from another testing company): https://www.myheritage.com/

• FTDNA (Must take test with them): https://www.familytreedna.com/

• LivingDNA (Can upload raw DNA from another testing company): https://livingdna.com/

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DNA Databases:

• Gedmatch.com (find cousins and analyze DNA connections)

• DNAPainter.com (analyze DNA connections)

• BanyanDNA.com (analyze DNA connections through tree building)

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Repositories:

• Ancestry.com

• FamilySearch.org

• SCDAH (South Carolina Dept of Archives and History): https://scdah.sc.gov/

  • SCDAH Online Research: https://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/​

• Newspapers.com​

• Fold3.com

• NARA (National Archives and Records Administration): https://www.archives.gov/

• Chronicling America: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

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African-American Research:

• Black Pearls of Genealogy: https://thebpog.org/

• Kinkofa: https://kinkofa.com/

• AfriGeneas (African Ancestored Genealogy): https://www.afrigeneas.org/

• Cyndi's List: https://cyndislist.com/african-american/

• Lowcountry Africana (African-American Genealogy in SC, GA & FL): https://lowcountryafricana.com/

• Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau (How to navigate the Freedmen's Bureau): https://mappingthefreedmensbureau.com/

• Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery (Ads for people searching for loved ones after Emanicpation): https://www.informationwanted.org/

• Slave Voyages: https://www.slavevoyages.org/

• 10 Million Names: https://10millionnames.org/

• FamilySearch Research Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/African_American_Genealogy

• Our Black Ancestry: https://www.ourblackancestry.com/

• Reclaiming Kin: https://reclaimingkin.com/

• Slavegenealogy.com: http://www.slavegenealogy.com/

• IAAM (International African American Museum > Center for Family History): https://cfh.iaamuseum.org/about/

• Digital Library on American Slavery: https://dlas.uncg.edu/

• Search For Soldiers (National Park Service): https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm

• Internet Archive: https://archive.org/

• USGenWeb: https://www.usgenweb.org/

• Internment: https://www.interment.net/Default.htm

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Educational Courses & Webinars:

• Legacy Family Tree Webinars: https://familytreewebinars.com/

• IGHR (Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research): https://ighr.gagensociety.org/ighr-2025/

• MAAGI (Midwest African American Genealogy Institute): https://www.maagiinstitute.org/

• Getting Started In African American Family History Research: https://www.americanancestors.org/getting-started-african-american-family-history-research-0?__hstc=87589959.db477393fa7226202ca8e4772e625359.1740532482643.1740532482643.1740532482643.1&__hssc=87589959.1.1740532482643&__hsfp=1931306372

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Genealogy Associations & Organizations:

• AAGG (African American Genealogy Group):  https://www.aagg.org

• AAGHS (Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Inc): https://www.aahgs.org/