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Image of Oscar and Leala Smoot Knox family

Researching African American Ancestors

Image of Oscar and Leala Smoot Knox family, Cabarrus and Iredell Counties, NC, c.1909 courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina.

#Everything NC: Genealogy
A list of resources for genealogical research
Beginning Genealogy Resources
A guide to print and online resources useful to the study of family history and genealogy. Many of these materials are available through the North Carolina Government and Heritage Library.
RootsMOOC: An Introduction to Genealogy and Family History Research
A Massive Open Online Course on starting genealogical research from the State Library of North Carolina’s Government and Heritage Library and Wake Forest University’s Z. Smith Reynolds Library
How to Get Started with Genealogy Research
Tips on starting your family history research from the NC Government and Heritage Library
Genealogical Records of Enslaved People
A guide to helpful tools for locating records of enslaved ancestors

Family Records Collection
Digitized family history materials from the North Carolina Digital Collections
Genealogy Blog Posts from the GHL
Posts related to genealogy from the NC Government & Heritage Library Blog
Genealogy: Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
Tools and Resources to research African American family history from the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
6 African-American Genealogy Research Tips
Tips for researching African American Family History from Family Tree Magazine
African-American Genealogy
Video and related content about conducting African American genealogical research from PBS.org's History Detectives
Starting African American Family History Research
Tips on starting African American family history research from the Ancestry.com blog
Tracing Your African-American Genealogy
Tips and resources for researching African American family history from the FamilySearch.org blog

Research Log
Record the sources you have consulted for family history research in a Research Log
Ancestor Chart
Fill in an Ancestor Chart with names of known ancestors you find in your research
Family Group Sheet
List collateral relatives (blood relatives who are not direct ancestors, such as siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews) on a Family Group Sheet

George Clinton
b. July 22, 1941

George Clinton performing at the Royal Festival Hall in London, on June 21, 2008. Image from Flickr user neil365.

George Clinton
Biographical NCpedia article on George Clinton
Parliament-Funkadelic Research Guide
Research guide from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives
George Clinton
Biographical information from the Official Website of George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic
How George Clinton Made Funk a World View
Article from The New Yorker
George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic (1964-1981)
Article from BlackPast.org