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Black and White Southern Families in Plantation Records
Ari Wilkins
Free through April 18, 2026
Content
Welcome
1:22
Speaker's Introduction
0:42
Introduction
3:05
Ante-Bellum Southern Plantation Records
7:08
Resources
6:59
Research Tips
3:09
Case Study 1
16:20
Case Study 2
20:16
Announcements / prizes
3:05
Questions / answers
8:15
About this webinar
The Antebellum Southern Plantation Records can offer multifaceted views into many white and African American Southern families. This resource documents families' personal and business correspondence, conditions of plantation life (including the elusive names of slaves and descriptions of slave relationships), and much more. Learn about the genealogical value of the Southern Antebellum Plantation Records - how they are organized, how to search the collection, and apply it towards your genealogical research. The case studies will highlight the personal documents of a white Southern family and the indirect documentation of an African American family.
Discount code: southern26 (valid at familytreewebinars.com)
Valid through: April 14, 2026
About the speaker
Ari Wilkins graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor’s degree in interior design. She has been actively researching family history since 1998. Ms. Wilkins has spoken nationally at the...
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Comments (69)
Ari never disappoints! Though I am familiar with these records and found a record book of one our family’s enslavers in them, Ari gives so many ideas about furthering that research, I am excited to dive back in! Everyone researching the enslaved and their enslavers should watch this webinar. There’s something for every level of family historian.
This was another fabulous webinar by Ari Wilkins! Her step by step guidance, the unraveling of her personal efforts for us to learn from, the clear analysis of each document, and the time she provides in her narration for us to absorb what we're learning is excellent and well done. THANK YOU!
Learned so many new things! Thanks!
Best webinar I have ever attended. Terrific insights and explanations that are helpful for many other topics, too. Everyone doing any sort of genealogical research should watch this.
Excellent sharing of information, examples and formatting. I too am researching the Clark, Davis and Thomas families in Horse Creek and Mulberry Alabama. Several great ideas to address my brick walls. Thank you.
Very informative and worth watching again!!
Very good information with suggestions to finding more
Ari Wilkins was very thorough. She showed step-by-step what she did to learn more about her GGGGrandparents. She presented numerous resources including websites to research. Such valuable information.