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Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1718-1820

Nicka Smith
Jun 2, 2023
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Speaker's Introduction
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About the Collection
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Accessing the Collection
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Sample Documents
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

This groundbreaking collection, which also goes by the name Louisiana, U.S., Records of Enslaved People, 1719-1820, was the brainchild of Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo-Hall and features the names, genders, ages, occupations, illnesses, family relationships, places of origin and more for upwards of 100,000 formerly enslaved in Louisiana. In this session, learn the history of the collection, where records were obtained, how to search and find original documents, and more.

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Nicka Smith
Nicka Smith is a professional photographer, speaker, host, and documentarian with more than 20 years of experience as a genealogist. She has extensive experience in African ancestored genealogy, revers
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    Leslie Johnson
    1 year ago

    This was an excellent webinar! I always learn so much from Nicka Smith. She always teaches us the what, where and how to use record sets that are so vitally important for African American genealogy.

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    Clay Wilson
    1 year ago

    Nicka has always been a remarkable presenter of her research. I feel honored to know her.

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    Adrienne Swan
    1 year ago

    Nicka’s presentation was incredibly informative and easy to understand. I now know that doing research on enslaved people in Louisiana is very unique. And now knowing about Dr. Midlo-Hall’s work and getting direction about my specific research will make all the difference. I am so glad Nicka took my question because I would’ve never known about looking outside of the Louisiana to find my ancestors.

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    Teresa Gulley
    1 year ago

    Awesome webinar. So much great news. I can’t wait to watch the replay.

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    Terry Burks
    1 year ago

    No words for the amount of information imparted by Nicka in such an easy to understand fashion. Thank you Nicka

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    Lillian Anthony
    1 year ago

    Great detail and resource information given!

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    Alpha Blair
    1 year ago

    Excellent. Exceptional.

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    Diahanne Lucas
    1 year ago

    Excellent webinar with Nicka Smith. My first time joining one of her talks and it was very informative. Thank you!

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