Mar 2 2018Save3/2/18Tracing Your Roots: When Was My ‘Freedman’ Ancestor Freed?Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman1SaveA message board posting listing “freedmen” kin raises questions.
Feb 16 2018Save2/16/18Tracing Your Roots: Why Free Virginia Blacks Looked Over Their ShouldersHenry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman2SaveFinding Virginia forebears who lived uncertain lives in the shadow of the Nat Turner rebellion.
Jan 19 2018Save1/19/18Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Freed in a Big Court Case?Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. SiekmanSaveThe largest manumission case in U.S. history led to a unique community in Virginia.
Dec 22 2017Save12/22/17Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Melungeon?Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman4SaveA find in the 1860 census catches a reader by surprise, and points to a possible heritage that is subject to debate.
Oct 6 2017Save10/6/17Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Black Ancestor Come to Own Land?Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman1SaveFinding out how a great-grandfather came to own 300 acres of land in post-Civil War South Carolina.
Aug 11 2017Save8/11/17Tracing Your Roots: Untangle My Redbone HeritageHenry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman3SaveA mystery illustrates how an 18th-century family became caught up in Virginia’s laws around race, sex and freedom.
Apr 28 2017Save4/28/17Tracing Your Roots: Our Family Matriarch Was a White Indentured ServantBy Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Research Services Director Lindsay Fulton2SaveUntangling the origins of Virginian ancestors whose lives crossed boundaries of race, freedom and the law.
May 26 2016Save5/26/16The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a NationHenry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan SiekmanSaveDear Professor Gates: