It should be noted that in some states, such as Kansas, African Americans were enumerated as early as 1865 in a state census. Their full names, ages, birth states or country, occupations, military service unit; whether attended school, etc. was given.
I always start with 1867 voter registrations--treasures there if you do NOT stop with the indexed record, but actually look in the book. You can find out so much. Also, those lists of slaves when they were sent across state lines. Never seen those indexed. Also on FamilySearch you can go thru the backdoor to records for each area and are not trapped by what FS or Ancestry chooses to show you. YOU get to look in the record books yourselves interpreting the handwriting yourself. Best place for me was always a state archives or county courthouses--now that's here your treasures are.
I'm stuck on my great great grand mother Eleanor Bazemore (Maiden: Ruffin); born in 1897. I have only found a 1920 and 40 census; draft card, city directory and Social Security death index on her. I also found a birth index on her daughter Elizabeth Ruffin (1914) with her name listed as well; this is the earliest record i can find of her. I was told by Eleanors' Son David Bazemore (1925) that her moms name is Millie but thats all he can remember, he's 89 years old after all. I cannot find a Millie, Eleanor or Jessie (Eleanor's brother) on any census. My uncle David also told me that at Eleanors' burial, a woman told him that the name on her birth cert wasn't even Eleanor but some weird name. All i know is that she called herself Eleanor in 1914. I need some serious help. Oh yeah, the census doesn't help much cause she was born in Bertie, North Carolina but was living in Portsmouth, Va in 1920, then moved to Ahoskie, North Carolina prior to 1924 so i can't see if their were any Ruffins' that she lived near prior to moving.
This is very helpful information! Thanks for sharing this. I see it’s from 2014. I haven’t listened to your subsequent presentations on African Ancestry research so I don’t know if you’re using the newer terms for African American research. Enslaver has replaced master, which is extremely offensive. Slave had been replaced with enslaved, as slavery was something perpetrated on African Americans and not their identity. Hope this is helpful! We all help each other.
Freedmen Bureau Marriage Records only go as far back as 1867 FYi. 1815-1866 is no longer available via the ancestry website (or anywhere else as far as I can tell).
On the RUclips video, she say's log onto www.ancestry.com/africanamerican. I did that, I input the info needed. Name, year, etc.and select enter and the scree just refresh back with empty fields. I'm trying to search AA without bringing in other nationalities.
May I also ask at what years on the census can you presume you are looking at a free person and not slave? I thought the finding your roots guy said 1840. Maybe I misunderstood! Thanks again!
In the United States, emancipation was declared in 1863. Therefore, the first time formerly enslaved peoples are shown on the federal census by name is 1870. If a black was on the census prior to 1870, it can be assumed that they are a free person of color. (Crista)
I am new here I have a great grandmother Lizzie Tate she was born in 1835 she has a daughter Thelma annie Lassier she didn't raise her Josephine Lassier raised her from a baby I know her name was Lizzie Tate that she was married to Henry Tate I want to know what was her maiden name I have asked myself a question is Josephine Lassier and Lizzie Tate was sister that question i want to know i want to know who was Lizzie Tate mother and father I can remember that my great grandmother has to be on a ship whatever it was which one are living today in my family I know she has son And daughter i don't know how many somewhere I have cousin aunt uncle i don't know about they were born in New Hill Lizzie Tate was married to Henry Tate I have asked myself a question why Lizzie Tate left her baby Thelma annie Lassier reasons why she in Lassier Josephine Lassier raised her from a baby no one it so many last name of grandmother children James Matthews Thomas Stewart Joe Harris Eva Harris Beatrice Harris I don't know how many times she got married Marshall Matthews George Harris carlye crump George Harris was one raised them James Matthews father is Marshall Matthews he oldest son grandmother has five children they travel lot
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All you have to do is Ask your Mama, to ask her mama, what was her grandma, or great grandma Heritage. 95%of the time if THEIR birth certificate say Negro or Colored, by Law they were labeled as Negro Indian. it's going to be Native, Indian, or Mexican. either way , they were here Before Columbus. ( INDIGENOUS) to America. Not African. Columbus wrote in his Diary. The people of the land look like the people of Nubia, Ethiopians. They li to you. How they get millions of people on a boat that don't have a motor. 200 to 400 on one boat ? WERE would they put the food tp feed them.. Then ask someone in the Navy could those back then cross the Atlantic Ocean. in a wooden boat with no motor. then watch a video of our modern day metal, steel ships tryin to cross the Atlantic. they almost flip over. use common since. were are the slave boat museum s? Listen to your Family
Yeah sometimes black is misleading on the census. Some of them could have only been like 25% black and looked mostly white but was still listed as black
Silly instructions. Why not just ask your grandma what was her grandma’s heritage? Unless your mother, her mother, her mother’s mother were all having children at 9 or 10 they are dead.
My 2nd great grandfather's WW1 draft card says his race is Ethiopian but according to my DNA I am 2-4th generation Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian, and Sierra Leonean 🤔 Still hit that 1870 Wall
When Abraham passed law my question is why is it that African Americans can't go back to Africa? I thought when your free your able to go home? we wouldn't have to pay for history if where able to go where we come from?
When we start to do our genealogy a lot of us see that our fill was always here, even if they were slaves. I've come across numerous reords for the 5 Civilized Tribes on more than 1 branch of my family.
FYI: Going back to Africa is and was a choice... it was up to your ancestry after 1865 if they wanted to go or stay. Obviously some went back but more stayed... taking a trip to Africa wasn't free... somebody had to pay and I honestly don't blame them for staying.
It should be noted that in some states, such as Kansas, African Americans were enumerated as early as 1865 in a state census. Their full names, ages, birth states or country, occupations, military service unit; whether attended school, etc. was given.
I always start with 1867 voter registrations--treasures there if you do NOT stop with the indexed record, but actually look in the book. You can find out so much. Also, those lists of slaves when they were sent across state lines. Never seen those indexed. Also on FamilySearch you can go thru the backdoor to records for each area and are not trapped by what FS or Ancestry chooses to show you. YOU get to look in the record books yourselves interpreting the handwriting yourself. Best place for me was always a state archives or county courthouses--now that's here your treasures are.
I'm stuck on my great great grand mother Eleanor Bazemore (Maiden: Ruffin); born in 1897. I have only found a 1920 and 40 census; draft card, city directory and Social Security death index on her. I also found a birth index on her daughter Elizabeth Ruffin (1914) with her name listed as well; this is the earliest record i can find of her. I was told by Eleanors' Son David Bazemore (1925) that her moms name is Millie but thats all he can remember, he's 89 years old after all. I cannot find a Millie, Eleanor or Jessie (Eleanor's brother) on any census. My uncle David also told me that at Eleanors' burial, a woman told him that the name on her birth cert wasn't even Eleanor but some weird name. All i know is that she called herself Eleanor in 1914. I need some serious help. Oh yeah, the census doesn't help much cause she was born in Bertie, North Carolina but was living in Portsmouth, Va in 1920, then moved to Ahoskie, North Carolina prior to 1924 so i can't see if their were any Ruffins' that she lived near prior to moving.
TrolandoTV go to Scotland Neck, NC. A lot of Ruffins.
Ruffin is my great grandmother's maiden name..... How did i just scroll through youtube comments and find family
Like there is a family reunion every other year and there's t shirts. I have one.
Also i do hope you see this. We can definitely help each other
This is very helpful information! Thanks for sharing this. I see it’s from 2014. I haven’t listened to your subsequent presentations on African Ancestry research so I don’t know if you’re using the newer terms for African American research. Enslaver has replaced master, which is extremely offensive. Slave had been replaced with enslaved, as slavery was something perpetrated on African Americans and not their identity. Hope this is helpful! We all help each other.
Yes. I have adjusted my language since then. Thank you for the kind correction.
That is such a good video on African American searches..Some of this I was not aware of thanks so much
I do glade she explaining how to use it searches for African American
Very helpful information…thank you🤗
Hoping the South Carolina state censuses will be online soon
Freedmen Bureau Marriage Records only go as far back as 1867 FYi. 1815-1866 is no longer available via the ancestry website (or anywhere else as far as I can tell).
Thank you. I have found this to be quite helpful.
Awesome information.
Awesome job. Thanks for trying to help, this subject is indeed a full time job within it self. Are you still doing personal genealogy?
When I tried to access the Two boxes as illustrated -they go nowhere! help!
I'm experiencing the same thing. Please fix.
Which two boxes?
On the RUclips video, she say's log onto www.ancestry.com/africanamerican. I did that, I input the info needed. Name, year, etc.and select enter and the scree just refresh back with empty fields. I'm trying to search AA without bringing in other nationalities.
That's exactly what happened to me. I tried it several times over different days. I hope they fix the link.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll get someone to take a look at it right away.
Hi Here in 2020 and the sight isn't working the way you show. thanks for all the info
Since ancestry has changed I have trouble finding all of this stuff, not sure how to find it, like the REd book
Did you ever find it? I'm having that problem too
@@HayesMartialArts I called them and they said it’s no longer red book but a regular search?
@@phyllisgovia4253 Thank you
I'll try these databases on my next visit on Ancestry.
Ancestry changes information... National archives are much better.
May I also ask at what years on the census can you presume you are looking at a free person and not slave? I thought the finding your roots guy said 1840. Maybe I misunderstood! Thanks again!
In the United States, emancipation was declared in 1863. Therefore, the first time formerly enslaved peoples are shown on the federal census by name is 1870. If a black was on the census prior to 1870, it can be assumed that they are a free person of color. (Crista)
Thanks again Crista for taking time to help me on this journey, you're the best!
I have a 1820 wall. I almost always find the families in the 1870 and marriage records that list the parents.
Under the married column does M1 and M2 indicate first and second marriage.
On a census? Yes. That is what that means. (Crista)
Thanks you are awesome!!!!!!
I am new here I have a great grandmother Lizzie Tate she was born in 1835 she has a daughter Thelma annie Lassier she didn't raise her Josephine Lassier raised her from a baby I know her name was Lizzie Tate that she was married to Henry Tate I want to know what was her maiden name I have asked myself a question is Josephine Lassier and Lizzie Tate was sister that question i want to know i want to know who was Lizzie Tate mother and father I can remember that my great grandmother has to be on a ship whatever it was which one are living today in my family I know she has son And daughter i don't know how many somewhere I have cousin aunt uncle i don't know about they were born in New Hill Lizzie Tate was married to Henry Tate I have asked myself a question why Lizzie Tate left her baby Thelma annie Lassier reasons why she in Lassier Josephine Lassier raised her from a baby no one it so many last name of grandmother children James Matthews Thomas Stewart Joe Harris Eva Harris Beatrice Harris I don't know how many times she got married Marshall Matthews George Harris carlye crump George Harris was one raised them James Matthews father is Marshall Matthews he oldest son grandmother has five children they travel lot
I found an ancestor that worked for a company called WPA Coal mining.
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All you have to do is Ask your Mama, to ask her mama, what was her grandma, or great grandma Heritage. 95%of the time if THEIR birth certificate say Negro or Colored, by Law they were labeled as Negro Indian. it's going to be Native, Indian, or Mexican. either way , they were here Before Columbus. ( INDIGENOUS) to America. Not African. Columbus wrote in his Diary. The people of the land look like the people of Nubia, Ethiopians. They li to you. How they get millions of people on a boat that don't have a motor. 200 to 400 on one boat ? WERE would they put the food tp feed them.. Then ask someone in the Navy could those back then cross the Atlantic Ocean. in a wooden boat with no motor. then watch a video of our modern day metal, steel ships tryin to cross the Atlantic. they almost flip over. use common since. were are the slave boat museum s? Listen to your Family
Original One That is assuming they are around to ask. Also assuming they knew.
Yeah sometimes black is misleading on the census. Some of them could have only been like 25% black and looked mostly white but was still listed as black
Silly instructions. Why not just ask your grandma what was her grandma’s heritage? Unless your mother, her mother, her mother’s mother were all having children at 9 or 10 they are dead.
@@NicoleKe same thing i said
My 2nd great grandfather's WW1 draft card says his race is Ethiopian but according to my DNA I am 2-4th generation Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian, and Sierra Leonean 🤔 Still hit that 1870 Wall
When Abraham passed law my question is why is it that African Americans can't go back to Africa? I thought when your free your able to go home? we wouldn't have to pay for history if where able to go where we come from?
When we start to do our genealogy a lot of us see that our fill was always here, even if they were slaves. I've come across numerous reords for the 5 Civilized Tribes on more than 1 branch of my family.
They lost the language and pretty much forgot what country in Africa they came from so it really wouldn't be that easy
FYI: Going back to Africa is and was a choice... it was up to your ancestry after 1865 if they wanted to go or stay. Obviously some went back but more stayed... taking a trip to Africa wasn't free... somebody had to pay and I honestly don't blame them for staying.