Black Genealogy: Tracing Your Back to the Early 1800s

Through the lens of his pioneering research into Black ancestry, Paul Crooks will use his journey as a case study to

• reveal how he traced his family’s Black history back to the 1880s

• discuss records specific to research into Black ancestry, as well as other materials of more general interest

• share step by step his approach to uncovering forebears’ records

• explain challenges that you may encounter and how to overcome them