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Online Resources Regarding Enslaved Ancestors
Speaker: Dr. Charles Foy
Oakland FamilySearch Library
Saturday, July 30, 2016
10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Often genealogical research regarding African American ancestors ends with the 1870 U.S. census, as earlier records of enslaved peoples rarely contain surnames. Despite this significant barrier to detailing black life in the Colonial and Antebellum eras, there are online resources that can enable one to develop a fuller picture of one's ancestors. In this presentation Dr. Foy will discuss and demonstrate such online resources.
Speaker bio: Charles R. Foy is a social historian and an Associate Professor of History at Eastern Illinois University. He specializes in uncovering the hidden lives of black mariners in the Age of Sail. He continues to work on the development of a black mariner database that as of 2013 contains records on more than 24,000 black mariners and black maritime fugitives.
Dr. Foy is in the Bay Area for a couple of weeks and generously offered to give this talk while he is here. The talk is free, and everyone interested is welcome to attend.
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