African-American/Native-American Genealogy
BASIC RESEARCH TOOLS
free records, tree, learning, assistance: http://www.familysearch.org
free, paid webinars: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar-library
free cemetery search: https://www.findagrave.com
free, paid military records, US, UK, Black History, Native American: https://www.fold.3.com
paid newspaper archive: https://www.newspapers.com/
paid historical records, family trees: https:// http://www.ancestry.com
free family genealogy sites portal: https://accessgenealogy.com
DNA TESTS, RESEARCH
autosomal DNA test, matches: https://www.ancestry.com/dna
autosomal test, Y-DNA, mtDNA tests, matches: https://www.familytreedna.com
autosomal test, European ancestry focused: https://www.myheritage.com
genetic genealogy tools, matches: https://www.gedmatch.com
GENEALOGISTS’ BLOGS, MORE PORTALS
Angela Y. Walton-Raji: https://african-nativeamerican.blogspot.com
Alvin Blakes – Mississippi, USCT: https://almostdisappeared.com
Black Pearls of Genealogy: https://thebpog.org
FonteFelipe – Cape Verdean roots, DNA: https://tracingafricanroots.wordpress.com
TL Dixon – Native Am DNA: https://www.rootsandrecombinantdna.com
Melvin Collier – enslaved history, genetic genealogy, advice: https://rootsrevealed.com
Lisa Y. Henderson – Wilson County NC family history: https://afamwilsonnc.com
Kianga Lucas – Aug. 2015 “Saponi Indian Cabins”: https://nativeamericanroots.wordpress.com
Teresa Vega – African/Native/LatinX, Caribbean research: https://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/
Nicka Sewell-Smith & BlackProGen advice: https://www.youtube.com/@whoisnickasmith
NORTH CAROLINA RESEARCH
cohabitation records (formerly enslaved marriage records): https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Cohabitation_Records
Halifax County 1860 enslavers; Af-Am surnames: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ajac/nchalifax.htm
North Carolina State Archives: https://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc
Edgecombe County 1860 enslavers, 1870 Af-Am surnames: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajac/genealogy/ncedgecombe.htm
NC land grants images & data: https://www.nclandgrants.com
Martin County Register of Deeds: https://www.martinrod.org
NC Genealogical Society: https://www.ncgenealogy.org
NC Gov’t & Heritage Library: https://www.ncpedia.org/
NC genealogy resources: https://www.ncgenweb.us
Documenting the American South – Univ. of NC: https://docsouth.unc.edu
Paul Heinegg – colonial FPOC in NC, SC, MD, DE: https://freeafricanamericans.com
East Carolina University Digital Collections – AfAm: https://digital.lib.ecu.edu
UNC Digital Collections Repository: https://dcr.lib.unc.edu
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, HERBS
U.S Southeast Regional 233 herbaria: https://sernecportal.org/portal/
Native American Ethnobotany: http://naeb.brit.org
Seeds of Survival, Black Experience: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/blacks_plants/ethnobotany
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens Digital Resources: https://fwbg.org/research-programs/digital-resources/
Dr. Jessica B. Harris – NY Botanic Gardens AfAm garden: https://www.nybg.org/event/african-american-garden/
BOOKS
Cherokee Nation, Wild Plants of the Cherokee Nation, 2010
A.B. Massey, Medicinal Plants, Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
James Mooney, The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees, Internet Archive, 1891
J.T. Garrett + Michael Garrett, Medicine of the Cherokee, Bear & Co., 1966
J.T. Garrett, The Cherokee Herbal, Bear & Co., 2003
NC Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 150, Medicinal Plants, 1898
Paul B. Hamel & Mary U. Chiltoskey, Cherokee Plants their uses, a 400 year history, 1975
Ancestor Talk 