https://www.blackfams.com/black-genealogy-and-family-history-blog.html The Family Blog is our online journal. It will offer lots of fresh tips and ideas for starting, researching and maintaining your family archives, and more! en-us family history Sat, 30 May 2026 17:44:03 -0400 Sat, 30 May 2026 17:44:03 -0400 blackfams.com https://www.blackfams.com/d1a3d854be1691061cd436935ef43e25Share your Black genealogy and family history stories and photos. Get tips on researching and preserving your family tree.
Sat, 30 May 2026 17:43:50 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/family-reunion.htmlaafb51a2b92750d94063bcb43238aae6Are you looking to plan and organize a Family Reunion? Here are 3 quick tips to help ease the stress
Sat, 11 Jan 2020 17:16:06 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/best-genealogy-discoveries.html8332d280f78b4209f064a1e0717d3fafWhat are the best genealogy discoveries you've made in your family research? Do you have a great tip? Please share! Sat, 22 Jun 2019 13:28:12 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/restoring-my-aunts-book.html3670b80ce9e2d79d4bfe3c7129bac2e2I have been searching through old family photos for this website... In particular, I really, really wanted to find photos of my great aunt, Dorothy.
Fri, 1 Apr 2016 00:42:37 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/family-gathering-memories.html2bccc8a1277bb4f0b09260e06149a1f3Do you have any favorite family or holiday gathering memories? Take a trip down "memory lane"!
Sun, 27 Mar 2016 21:03:50 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/jumping-into-the-poolfinding-hidden-ancestors-using-dna.htmla7fb73109fe26b43ee24ca81a447032bI had never taken a genealogy DNA class before. Genealogy Grandma (my mom), and most of my family had taken an array of the popular tests being offered
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Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:21:55 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/caags-conference-2016-post-traumatic-slave-syndrome.html17182d0039c05b7e50bd73718ca20329When I chose to attend the Calfornia African-American Genealogical Society (CAAGS) Annual Conference, there were a number of workshop titles I wanted to
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Sat, 19 Mar 2016 22:06:09 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/seeing-santa.html43cbd05570c8beffc11eb96c43c606a3My brother's favorite holiday when we growing up was, like many children--Christmas. He used to love going to visit Santa. Here he is on the big man's
Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:38:09 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/my-best-discovery-my-paternal-side.html3203fd967093c9a16255f07c2658f8d3After being away from my father for the first 27 years of my life due to situations and circumstances, I reconnected with him and met my grandmother(his Sun, 1 Nov 2015 21:39:43 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/helping-kids-learn-their-family-history.html776ace555552c062e22bf7eee9f18f0bA fun project for families is to study the family history. It is a project that parents can do with their kids, no matter how young they are. It makes Sat, 31 Oct 2015 21:05:10 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/my-halfsisters-cousin.html2a1d6086f741449f332bc1acaad69eedMy friend of many years had introduced me to genealogy about 15 years ago. I, not being one that would be comfortable at my local library, I attempted
Sat, 9 Aug 2014 21:43:57 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/fletcher-my-son.html913ddf620e33fc339053a0b206716a3fI wrote this story about my deceased brother while in high school. My brother and I were very close, even though he was seven years older than me. He
Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:19:59 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/a-day-at-pedra-do-arpoado.html7873477b686ce14e27539ddd2ea8e3baHaving fun with the kids, Rio De Janeiro Brazil. (Um dia de diversão com as crianças, Rio De Janeiro Brasil)
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:49:10 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/tracing-family-history.html25fb7046457314d7c4f92b0d88e2b304Tracing family history reveals that my mother's oral history might have been faulty.
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:03:11 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-history-search.html7a18c52686d658f532cdc792ef586af5The story of our family history search continues with all roads leading to mystery person named, "Vines".
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:52:51 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-history-7.html9b4bfa62593458924fc8a30a2800b360Finding family history continues, with the search for great-grandmother Jennie.
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:41:02 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-history-6.html2fd3e88f9655b4ae594bbe939cb1a982Finding Family History, part 6 continues: "I Was 5-Years-Old in 1914"
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:28:58 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-history-5.html8fc4cb03d1310ae897a3ad6004c2f0e5Our family history story, part 5 continues: Where is Miles during the Civil War?
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:27:15 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-history-4.html3724aa08401ab100d33300ff2384ea40Our family history story continues: The 1986 Reunion.
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:25:23 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-history-3.html8769594d6ec4859b29103ba90151021bFinding Family History story, part 3 continues: Walter Barnes, and the Natchez fire that took their lives.
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Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:19:49 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-liaison.html623766efb3582a53b59178bd7c10fe7aThe "Family Liaison" is a free e-zine that provides you with unique ideas and tips to make your family research a fun and fulfilling experience. Subscribe here! Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:40:57 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/grandmother-goes-to-washington.html4c37c2f07ee4b22b0a282334da6325c2My grandmother was a very active volunteer in civic and public affairs, as I mentioned in Teas with Grandmother. Here are a couple of photos in our family
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:58:08 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/my-niece-is-a-teenager.htmle77a60dd52a3c0bc90639fa7d93e5f32This little one (not so little now) was born on my birthday 13 years ago. I'm also her godmother. Since she became my birthday soul-sister, I have gotten
Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:12:45 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/its-sister-3s-birthday.html98dfe2b9909c5f7be20c9a6be5bf2a89My middle sister's (#3) birthday falls in the first week of November and is the official kick-off of birthday season in my family. About 15 birthdays
Wed, 6 Nov 2013 22:20:19 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/teas-with-grandmother.htmle5c140c68808b5d25105e8e852233e63Being around my grandmother was always fun and interesting. My sisters, cousins, and I used to go so many places with her. In this photo, Sister #2
Mon, 4 Nov 2013 20:05:32 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/riverwalk-adventure.htmlc0aeff32092fd77c81fc36ee4f7029d2About two years ago, my family and I went on a family reunion to San Antonio, Texas. The adults had to go to this planning meeting about where to have
Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:51:13 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/favorite-grandparent-memories.html308da80298e264e3748fe1c7cf8d34e4If you have one, or many favorite grandparent memories, you may post them here! Mon, 4 Nov 2013 18:17:09 -0500 https://www.blackfams.com/family-history.htmlae7bc69831382081e4a0e600900e26fcOur family history story begins with our mom, Joyce, AKA "Genealogy Grandma". She keeps a journal of her research and observations, which we would like to share.
Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:04:49 -0400 https://www.blackfams.com/About-Us.html64ce242f56b2f0b773369e747b01c443A little about us and this website! Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:35:42 -0400