A Myriad of Slave Databases

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL, FASG
Sep 18, 2024
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Welcome
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About BCG
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Existing Databases
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The National Archives
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FamilySearch
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Databases with Geographic Limits
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Virginia Untold
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Announcements
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

In the summer of 2023 American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society announced the collaborative 10 Million Names project, an undertaking to recover the names of people of African descent who were enslaved in the area of the United States. This monumental task of centralizing datasets about African Americans is likely to take years to accomplish; in the interim, this webinar provides a useful survey of the many existing databases that serve a similar purpose though limited in scope.

About the speaker

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 of Genealogists in October 2021. She enjoyed a 3
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  1. SA
    Sheila Armstrong
    3 weeks ago

    Thank you so much for doing this presentation. I am excited to use these databases and hope they will help me breakthrough a specific part of my research that I have been stuck on for a while.

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    Barry Jackson
    3 weeks ago

    The Presenter was knowledgeable and well prepared. She presented more material that I haven’t been exposed to before than I hoped for. One of the best classes I’ve taken in years

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    Dorene Dias
    3 weeks ago

    Extremely helpful and well-presented. I hope this presenter will do more on African Americans. FamilySearch has never done a presentation about the Country of Cabo Verde formerly Cape Verde. The focus seems to be on Caucasians European Countries, and the UK. I’d love to see more of the 1000 African Countries. I do love and appreciate Family Search for all of the help that is provided for free.

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    Traci Austin
    3 weeks ago

    This was an excellent presentation! Ms. Garrett-Nelson is a great presenter–clear, interesting, and easy to follow. The information she provided was fantastic; I learned so much about the sources available and also a lot about history along the way. I’m so glad I got to participate!

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    Lisa Lewis
    3 weeks ago

    LaBrenda is a great presenter because she treats us like professional researchers. She gave us so much great information! I love that she found the best sources and compiled them for us. Always a great reminder to look at the actual document.

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    Susan Ferrell
    3 weeks ago

    This speaker is always very helpful. I appreciate her experience, knowledge and research!

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    Cynthia Hamilton
    3 weeks ago

    Great information!

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  8. SG
    sharron gebhardt
    3 weeks ago

    Excellent.

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