I wanted to get this post up and actually it will most likely be a multi part entry in that there's so much to say about this that I don't think I will do it all in one setting.
When I first started researching one of the places I ran into was AFRIGENEAS. I was at the time looking for resources for those searching in particularly for african american ancestors and found a storehouse of information as well as a community that is a must stop for anyone doing research that involves people of color especially.
There are forums on the site that cover a myriad of topics - Slave Research, Surnames, Indian Rolls, - and I could fill a whole paragraph with the topics they cover. It's best to just stop by and take a look. Then once there you will realize that it is more than just a forum its a thriving community where one can go for help during the search process as well as support when you run into the proverbial brick wall - which anyone who has done this kind of research will tell you you most certainly will. It helps tremendously to have a place to vent and the people are so friendly that you might even wind up finding your way past the brick wall due to the helpful hands that frequent the site.
There is chat on the site as well - you can find a listing of scheduled chats on the site and there are databases of information pertaining to african american genealogy. In short this site is a major center of information for anyone doing any kind of searching.
I actually stuck my head in over there yesterday and posted a short msg regarding the newly available death certificates in North Carolina, and wound up finding information on a newly found relative that I hadn't really done too much searching on. such is the nature of the site and the helpful nature of the people that frequent it.
The staff is equally as friendly and all in all this is one site you will want to stop by often even if you are not searching.
Just make sure that if you do stop by often, that one of your stops is one to donate to the time and effort spent keeping that site up. Its value to the African American Community right now may not fully be realized for a generation or two but I can say right now it is at this point in time priceless.
good afternoon, i am seeking information on william m.heath's slaves in 1682 in surrey county,virginia and his father adam heath's slaves in charles county,virginia ? as well as thomas and sarah heath in halifax county,north carolina ? aacording to the 1807 probate records of abraham heath is issac,a man,dicey a woman and a boy tillman.tillman later is tillman dickerson on page 64 of davis [cass]county,texas.on page 63 of dais county,texas is william l.heath a direct descendant of the william m.heath.on the probate records of benjamin heath on 10 september,1838 is charles and suckey [sookie],fanny,julius caesar,miles and jack.they are on page 64 of the 1870 census of davis county,texas.they are my family who are richardson's.on the 1880 census of cass county,texas is william l.heath and next door is my great great grandfather miles richardson and his family.dawah_ma_90221@yahoo.com-p.o.box 338-compton,ca.90223