Free Access to Fold3.com's Black Genealogy Records in February

Free Access to Fold3.com's Black Genealogy Records in February: Fold3 is providing free access to its Black
History Collection of historical and genealogical records for the month of February—Black
History Month
History Month in the United States. 
  • Court Slave Records for Washington, DC
  • South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732–1872
  • US Colored Troops Civil War service records
  • Southern Claims Commission records
  • The Atlanta Constitution newspaper
  • WWII "Old Man's Draft" Registration Cards
home page to see samples of the records and links leading to more information
History Collection home page, click on the link in the blue box to get started. here to see all the African-American genealogy research helps at ShopFamilyTree.com.


Those records document slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the World Wars and
the Civil Rights Movement. Here's a sampling of the record sets in the collection

Some of the record sets, such as the Southern Claims Commission records (Southerners'
reimbursement claims for property Union troops seized during the Civil War) and WWII
draft cards, also will cover non-African-Americans.

Visit the Fold3.com Black History Collection about each collection.  You'll need to set up a free registration to access the collections. On the Black If you're tracing black ancestors, you'll find tips and advice in guides at ShopFamilyTree.com, including:

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