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10/20/17

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10/20/17

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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10/6/17

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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9/29/17

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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9/15/17

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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8/4/17

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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7/14/17

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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7/7/17

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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6/30/17

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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6/23/17

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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6/16/17

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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5/26/17

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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1/13/17

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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12/2/16

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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11/25/16

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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11/18/16

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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11/4/16

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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10/28/16

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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10/21/16

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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10/14/16

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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9/23/16

Was My Black Ancestor Named After a Confederate General?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tracing Your Roots: Was My Ancestor Deported to Ghana?

Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Ancestor Escape Slavery?

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

Tracing Your Roots: Were Slaves’ Surnames Like Brands?

Tracing Your Roots: My Black Ancestors Were Indian Scouts

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

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

How Far Back Can You Trace My Black Family?

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

Can You Help My Dad Find His Father?

Did My Black Ancestor Move Farther South During Slavery?

I Know Who Owned My Ancestors. What Now?

Who Were My Enslaved Ancestor’s Parents?

Was My Black Ancestor Named After a Confederate General?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tracing Your Roots: Was My Ancestor Deported to Ghana?

Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Ancestor Escape Slavery?

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

Tracing Your Roots: Were Slaves’ Surnames Like Brands?

Tracing Your Roots: My Black Ancestors Were Indian Scouts

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

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

How Far Back Can You Trace My Black Family?

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

Can You Help My Dad Find His Father?

Did My Black Ancestor Move Farther South During Slavery?

I Know Who Owned My Ancestors. What Now?

Who Were My Enslaved Ancestor’s Parents?

Was My Black Ancestor Named After a Confederate General?