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AfriGeneas Help Desk | Forum Facilitator: Help Desk Team |
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Welcome to the support forum. This is a read-only board for announcements and FAQs for all technical and customer service questions about the the AfriGeneas message boards and website |
Most Recent Post: 11/5/2012, 8:20 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Announcements and Events Forum | Forum Facilitator: Samatha Leavell | |
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This is a message board for posting announcements and events of
interest to the genealogical community only. All other posts will be removed.
You may also add your events to the AfriGeneas Events
Calendar.
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Most Recent Post: 2/6/2013, 10:28 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Adoption Forum | Forum Facilitator: Regina Burch Spencer | |
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In keeping with AfriGeneas' mission of reconnecting families, this forum is provided
for adoptees, foster children, birth, adoptive and foster parents who are seeking one another. |
Most Recent Post: 10/23/2012, 10:19 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Africa Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: Theresa Cherry | |
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This forum is intended to explore our diversity, our history, our cultures, our accomplishments our needs and our resources in researching the motherland.
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Most Recent Post: 1/14/2013, 4:38 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| African American Cemeteries Forum | Forum Facilitators: B.J. Smothers, Crystal Hampton | |
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Hosted message board of the African American Cemeteries Online website. For African American cemetery queries and for the discussion of their history, cultural significance and for preservation issues and alerts.
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Most Recent Post: 2/2/2013, 5:32 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| African American History Forum | Forum Facilitators: Forum Team | |
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This forum is for the discussion of African American history and the African American experience throughout the world from ancient times to the present. |
Most Recent Post: 1/23/2013, 9:52 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| African American Newspapers Forum | Forum Facilitator: Tim Pinnick | |
| Expert guidance and advice on locating information on ancestors in newspapers. |
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| African-Native American Genealogy Forum | Forum Facilitator: Angela Walton-Raji | |
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Hosted message board of the African-Native American Genealogy website. Discussion is strictly limited to the genealogy and history of the Oklahoma Freedmen -- the African citizens of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole Nations. All other posts will be removed.
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Most Recent Post: 2/2/2013, 1:01 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| AfriGeneas Call to Action! | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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AfriGeneas' response to President Barack Obama's call for "a new era of responsibility." This is the place to inform and to organize
members of the AfriGeneas family so that we can act individually and collectively to transform our communities, our cities, our states and the nation.
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Most Recent Post: 3/22/2012, 12:00 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| AfriGeneas Discuss! | Forum Facilitator: Vicky Daviss Mitchell | |
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For the posting of any non-genealogical topic of interest to AfriGeneas members. THE place to wax grandiloquent about fun topics, controversial subjects or current events.
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Most Recent Post: 1/30/2013, 11:52 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| AfriGeneas at the Movies | Forum Facilitators: Forum Team | |
| Join us for reel talk. The place for movie reviews and discussions. |
Most Recent Post: 2/3/2013, 9:57 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Ancestral Cooking Forum | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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This forum is for sharing African American recipes and discussing foodways--how people produce, prepare, present, consume, and think about food--and African-American genealogy and culture.
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Most Recent Post: 1/24/2013, 9:04 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Books~Authors~Reviews | Forum Facilitator: George Geder | |
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Got Book? What's on your reading list? The Book Club Forum is for the exploring, sharing, and dissemination of ideas through literature relative to genealogy and the AfriGeneas community. It's all here - from reviews to discussions. Enjoy.
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Most Recent Post: 1/26/2013, 3:24 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Brick Wall Forum | Forum Facilitators: Lynda Matthews and Selma Stewart | |
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This forum is a moderated board for advanced researchers only. A Brick Wall is a genealogical dead-end. A Brick Wall is a problem that you just can't solve no matter how many times you return to it. Our research team will post your message to a more appropriate forum if it is determined that every avenue of research has not been exhausted. |
Most Recent Post: 12/4/2012, 4:43 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Canada Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: Lisa B. Lee | |
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Following the "North Star" led us to points of freedom enroute to Canada. This Forum board will help us learn about and connect with our ancestors who reached and settled on these shores.
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Most Recent Post: 9/30/2012, 3:46 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Caribbean Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: Alva H. Griffith | |
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Forum-Carib covers the numerous islands of the West Indies and the countries of North, Central and South America that border on the Caribbean.
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Most Recent Post: 1/27/2013, 7:47 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Creole Research Forum | Forum Facilitators: Jari Honora | |
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This forum is strictly limited to the study of Louisiana Creole
ancestry and culture and encompasses Black Creoles descended from slaves, "gens
de coleur" - mixed-race or free Creoles of color - and Creoles of European
descent.
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Most Recent Post: 12/22/2012, 2:48 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| DNA Research Forum | Forum Facilitators: Melvyn Gillette, B.J. Smothers | |
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This forum is for queries regarding the use of DNA as a special tool in genealogical pursuits. This forum is strictly limited to discussion of the above topic. All other posts will be removed.
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Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 2:23 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Family Reunion Forum | Forum Facilitator: Melvin Collier | |
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This forum is the place to discuss how to plan a reunion, to find out how others have done it and what works and what doesn't. It's also a place for experienced planners to help others by sharing their experiences, swapping recipes, telling their stories, and by just giving great advice.
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Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 9:50 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Free Persons of Color Forum | Forum Facilitators: Paul Heinegg, Erin Bradford | |
| Hosted message board of the Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware website. Discussion is strictly limited to issues pertaining to ancestors who were either born free or emancipated prior to the Civil War. All other posts will be removed.
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Most Recent Post: 2/6/2013, 2:14 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Genealogy and History Forum | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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This is the place for the discussion of broad and general genealogical and historical topics. |
Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 6:53 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Genealogy Technology Forum | Forum Facilitators: Valencia King Nelson, B.J. Smothers, Tyronne Foy | |
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This forum is for the discussion of all things technological as it relates to genealogy -- hardware, software, websites, storage media, anything that helps us in the search for the ancestors. Lets talk about what works, what doesn't, successes, great new finds, snafus, glitches.
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Most Recent Post: 2/1/2013, 11:27 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Health and Wellness Forum | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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This forum is the place to discuss nutrition and fitness and issues surrounding the prevention and treatment of illnesses and disease, especially those that afflict the African American community disproportionately.
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Most Recent Post: 12/14/2012, 7:27 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Heritage Arts & Crafts Forum | Forum Facilitator: Sharon Sutton | |
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This forum is provided as a place to discuss all types of heritage arts and crafts including but not limited to: scrapbooking, quiltmaking, needlework, painting, basketmaking, woodworking, jewelry making and beading, leatherworking, glassmaking, pottery making, storytelling and other traditional and folk arts.
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Most Recent Post: 9/26/2012, 3:27 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Juniors Forum | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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This forum is reserved for the use of junior genealogists. Any topics related to genealogy and family history are allowed. Any other posts will be promptly removed.
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Most Recent Post: 1/31/2013, 6:13 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Military Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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For anyone interested in Military History and Records from the Revolutionary War to the present. Strictly limited to serious discussion of this topic. All other posts will be removed. |
Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 9:53 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Reconstruction Period Research Forum | Forum Facilitators: Lynda Matthews, Jennifer Stokes | |
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This forum is designed to understand the life, time, survival and living of those we are researching during the 1860-1880 period. We will further develop tips, tools, records and resources to document their history and our lineage.
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Most Recent Post: 2/2/2013, 1:52 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Schools, Organizations, Churches and Institutions Forum | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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This forum is for mining the records of Black organizations and institutions for genealogical information.
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Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 9:08 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Slave Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: David E. Paterson | |
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This board is reserved for discussion of the Enslavement Period, slave genealogy, documents pertaining to slavery, and techniques for finding the last slaveowner and the first slave ancestor.
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Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 12:56 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| States Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: Doll Harris-Hargrove | |
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This forum board will help us put our heads and hearts together to focus, develop and utilize research resources in each of these United States of America. Please note that each State will be prefixed in the subject line, so post accordingly.
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| Surnames and Family Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: Denise Oliver-Velez | |
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This is the place for surnames queries, for asking all those questions about "getting started", planning a research strategy, evaluating findings, making a change of direction, requesting lookups and sharing information, knowledge and tips.
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Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 3:12 am (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Underground Railroad Research Forum | Forum Facilitator: Ari Wilkins | |
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A message board for anyone interested in the history of the Underground Railroad, the vast pre-Civil War network of trails and safe houses used by enslaved people in their journey to freedom. Discussions will focus on the history, abolitionists, conductors as well as present day preservation and education efforts. This forum is strictly limited to serious discussion of the Underground Railroad. All other posts will be removed. |
Most Recent Post: 2/8/2013, 1:33 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Western Frontier Forum | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
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This forum welcomes anyone interested in discussing the history/genealogy of African Americans, (explorers, prospectors, mountain men, fur traders, cowboys, soldiers, scouts, farmers, ranchers, teachers, nurses, cooks, mule drivers, handymen, washerwomen, businessmen/women and the exodusters of 1879), as well as their relationships with other groups. Strictly limited to serious discussion of these and other related topics. All other posts will be removed.
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Most Recent Post: 12/22/2012, 7:11 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| World Research Forum (Multicultural & Multiracial Research) | Forum Facilitator: Forum Team | |
| The continents of, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Antarctica hold clues, keys, facts, documents and relations in our ancestral search.This forum is the place to discuss and combine our efforts to research these ROOTS! This is also the place for researching Multiethnic, Multicultural, Multiracial, biracial and triracial families and for discussing the difficulties in research as well as resources available and needed. A major objective would be to reduce the stigma faced too often by such heritage and to assist each of us to accept all parts of who we are. |
Most Recent Post: 12/28/2012, 2:32 pm (no new messages have been posted) | |
| Writers Forum | Forum Facilitator: K. Wyer Lane | |
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This forum is for those interested in writing and publishing family histories, biographies, articles, extracts, transcriptions, or any other genealogical work.
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Most Recent Post: 2/7/2013, 3:16 pm (no new messages have been posted) |
