Researching Your Family Tree – Taneya Koonce for the Fort Negley Descendants Project (YouTube video)
Download our “Resources for Seeking African American Ancestors” here.
BIOGRAPHICAL
CEMETERIES
- African Americans buried in the Nashville City Cemetery–
- Greenwood Cemetery burials
- Greenwood Cemetery (West) burials
- at Find-A-Grave
- Mt. Ararat Cemetery
CHURCHES
- House of the Lord : Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Nashville Tennessee, 1868-1996 – by Sadie W. Overton
- Unveiling the past: a history of Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, 1885-2001 -by Providence House Publishers
- Unveiling the Past: a history of Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, VolumeTtwo 2003-2013 – by Loyce Stewart Thompson
CIVIL RIGHTS
- Civil Rights Nashville Walking Tour – from Historic Nashville
GENERAL RESOURCES
- African Americans in Nashville – from Historic Nashville
- African-American collections at the Tennessee State Library & Archives
- Guide to pre-1865 African American genealogy-related documents at the Tennessee State Library & Archives
- Places, Perspectives, and African American Community Building in Tennessee, 1860-1920 – a project from MTSU
- Proceedings of the State convention of the colored citizens of Tennessee, held in Nashville, Feb. 22d, 23d, 24th & 25th, 1871
- FamilySearch Guide to African-American Genealogy Resources Online
- African American Genealogy – a guide from the New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Join the Freedmen’s Bureau Project – help index these valuable records!
- Last Seen! Finding Family After Slavery
- How to Research Enslaved Ancestors – video from the Beyond Kin project
LIBRARIES
NEWSPAPERS/OBITUARIES
- Nashville Globe (1907-1918) – full-text issues available online
- Nashville Globe Obituaries, 1907 – 1918 – index by the Metro Archives
- History of the Nashville Globe – by Lewis Laska
PLANTATIONS
- The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation with John F. Baker Jr. (February 2014 podcast with Bernice Burnett) – The Wessyngton Plantation is located in Robertson County, Tennessee.
RESEARCH STRATEGIES
- Tips on Tracing Slave Ancestors – from Sherri Camp
- How to research African-American genealogy – video from the Metro Archives
SCHOOLS
- Central Tennessee College – 1883-1884 Catalog
- Fisk University
- Fisk University. History, building and site, and services of dedication, at Nashville, Tennessee, January 1, 1876
- 1883-84 Catalog
- Jubilee Songs – as sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers 1872
- Jubilee singers, and their campaign for twenty thousand dollars (1873)
- Story of the Jubilee singers: with their songs (1877)
- Fisk University Scrapbook – belonged to William H. Fort Jr.
- 1900 Catalog
- Meharry Medical College
- Catalogs,1883-1961
- Commencement Programs, 1902 – present
- Convocation Programs, 1967-present
- Newsletters, 1943-1992
- Yearbooks, 1942 – present
- Tennessee State University
- Commencement Programs, 1928-1936
- Yearbooks, 1925-1960
- Roger Williams University
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