Beginning Genealogy
​(It's the same for EVERYONE back to around 1870. Let us help get you started.)

Genealogical libraries in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area
 
Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group
GKCBHSG's Bibliography of Local History Books Re: African-American History and Genealogy

Black Kansas City Histiogeneography™ A Reading List by David W. Jackson

Ancestor chart

Family Group Sheet
 
Midwest Genealogy Center
(scroll to "Genealogy Research" and use your library card to access databases)

Black Archives of Mid-America (official)
 
Black Archives of Mid-America (KCUR)
 
Kansas City Public Library Internet Genealogy Resources

Missouri State Genealogical Association

Black Archives Museum (St. Joseph)
 
State Historical Society of Missouri Guide to African American Genealogy

African American Genealogy (Missouri Secretary of State)

​Missouri Digital Heritage (Missouri Secretary of State)
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Family Search Missouri African American History Resources
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St. Louis African American History & Genealogy Society
 
St. Louis County Library Tools for African American Genealogy
 
Midwestern African American Genealogical Institute (St. Louis)
 
African American Gateway

Bibliographies and Guide Books of African-American Genealogical Research (Google search)

Local History & Genealogy and Reference Services- Missouri (Library of Congress)
scroll for "African Americans and Slavery"

Black History at the National Archives

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS-Missouri Resources)

National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smithsonian)

Diane Euston's South Kansas City history projects:
New Santa Fe Trailer Blog
​New Santa Fe Trailer Facebook
Grandview High School students' local history projects
Kansas City: 2 States, 1 Story Podcast

Cyndi's List

Genealogy Trails

1850 Slave Schedules 
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