This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/729.1 Message Board Post: I very much appreciate your message.....and I totally agree with you that researching Afri-Americans is one of the toughest. (Please don't give up!) Did you visit this page? http//www.rootsweb.com/~gabibb/afr-am.htm Also there are some additional hints about what might be available on http//www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/afroam.htm Then, would you please share what you've discovered already on your family...and then I'll post it on-line . I work with both Bibb and Jones . I always think that there are people just "listening on these lists"....and that we really need to get more people talking and sharing. By reading what you have learned (and if you provide some "sources") I think that will inspire others to do the same digging in these counties.