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10/20/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Did My Ancestor Work in a Prior Enslaver’s Home?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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10/6/17

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Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Black Ancestor Come to Own Land?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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9/29/17

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Tracing Your Roots: What Did Freedom Bring for My Ancestor?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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9/15/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Have I Found My Ancestor’s Plantation?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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8/4/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Who Were My Granddad’s Enslaved Parents?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Zachary Garceau

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7/14/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Did a White Lawyer Adopt My Granddad?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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7/7/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Was My Ancestor Deported to Ghana?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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6/30/17

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Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Ancestor Escape Slavery?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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6/23/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Is My Family’s Big Secret Presidential?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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6/16/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Were Slaves’ Surnames Like Brands?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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5/26/17

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Tracing Your Roots: My Black Ancestors Were Indian Scouts

By Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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1/13/17

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Tracing Your Roots: Was My Black Kin’s Land a Gift from a White Man?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Zachary J. Garceau

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12/2/16

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What’s the Story of a Portrait of My Slave Ancestor?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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11/25/16

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How Far Back Can You Trace My Black Family?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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11/18/16

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Do Freedmen’s Bureau Records Show the Marriage of My Kin?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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11/4/16

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Can You Help My Dad Find His Father?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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10/28/16

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Did My Black Ancestor Move Farther South During Slavery?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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10/21/16

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I Know Who Owned My Ancestors. What Now?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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10/14/16

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Who Were My Enslaved Ancestor’s Parents?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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9/23/16

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Was My Black Ancestor Named After a Confederate General?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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