Analyzing Probate Records of Slaveholders to Identify Enslaved Ancestors

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL, FASG
Aug 15, 2017
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About this webinar

This webinar will provide an overview of the probate process, the genealogical information that can be found in a slaveholding estate, and related records that a probate proceeding may point to.

This webinar is hosted and sponsored by the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

About the speaker

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson was elected as a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) in 2016 and served as President from 2019-2022. She was elected a Fellow of the American Society o...
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