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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

10/20/17 10:00AM

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

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

10/06/17 10:00AM

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

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

9/29/17 10:00AM

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

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

9/15/17 10:15AM

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

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Zachary Garceau

8/04/17 10:30AM

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

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

7/14/17 10:00AM

Tracing Your Roots: Was My Ancestor Deported to Ghana?

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

7/07/17 10:00AM

Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Ancestor Escape Slavery?

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

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

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

Tracing Your Roots: Were Slaves’ Surnames Like Brands?

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

Tracing Your Roots: My Black Ancestors Were Indian Scouts

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

5/26/17 10:00AM

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

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

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

12/02/16 6:01AM

How Far Back Can You Trace My Black Family?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

11/25/16 2:43AM

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

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

11/18/16 6:10AM

Can You Help My Dad Find His Father?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

11/04/16 6:05AM

Did My Black Ancestor Move Farther South During Slavery?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

10/28/16 6:06AM

I Know Who Owned My Ancestors. What Now?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

10/21/16 6:13AM

Who Were My Enslaved Ancestor’s Parents?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

10/14/16 6:15AM

Was My Black Ancestor Named After a Confederate General?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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