State has online resource for African-American genealogy researchers © 2008, Springfield News-Leader Researchers interested in African-American genealogy have an online resource available from the Secretary of State's office. African-American Genealogy: Putting Together the Pieces of Your Past is a five-part video created by the Missouri State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State's office. Family History Research Consultant Traci Wilson-Kleekamp provides tips on accessing the best Web sites, which records are most beneficial and how to get the most out of original records. Wilson-Kleekamp guides researchers through the process of identifying ancestors from the era of slavery through a variety of records and documents. The series is available online at http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/about/presentations.asp --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.