Although the search for African American ancestry prior to the Civil War
is challenging, the difficulties are not always insurmountable. Finding
Your African American Ancestors takes you through your ancestors'
transition from slavery to freedom, and helps you find them using the
federal census, plantation records, and other helpful sources. The book
also considers ways to locate runaway slave advertisements, to identify
an ancestor's military regiment, and to access the valuable information
from The Freedman's Savings and Trust records.