{"id":3781,"date":"2023-05-19T11:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2023-05-19T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:34:06","slug":"freebie-friday-for-genealogy-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/19\/freebie-friday-for-genealogy-hunters\/","title":{"rendered":"Freebie Friday for Genealogy Hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back by popular requests, we&#8217;re offering genealogy and ancestry seekers will find the following freebies to delve into: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit the National Archives for countless images, text, blogs, other helpful resources about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/african-americans\">Black ancestors.<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"864\" data-id=\"3786\" src=\"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buffalo-soldiers-usma-6-5465-6.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buffalo-soldiers-usma-6-5465-6.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buffalo-soldiers-usma-6-5465-6-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buffalo-soldiers-usma-6-5465-6-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buffalo-soldiers-usma-6-5465-6-768x590.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy.\u00a0[404-WS-6-5465-7;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/news\/images\/buffalo-soldiers-usma-6-5465-7.png\">download hi-res image<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inquire about home movies captured by members of your family. Ask about those reels that may still be around someone&#8217;s home in attics, basements, desk drawers. You may have to transfer the media to another source, yet it is worth it.  Why? Many of the videos end up in thrift stores and discarded. Guess what? Those same videos are picked up by government and private agencies and become rich content. Take a look at a short <a href=\"http:\/\/ww.pbs.org\/video\/john-lewis-get-way-official-trailer\/\">http:\/\/ww.pbs.org\/video\/john-lewis-get-way-official-trailer\/<\/a>compilation of videos from personal and public videographers. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyexplained.com\/basics\/free-genealogy-websites\/\">26 free genealogy websites<\/a>. You may wish to sign up after giving the sites the test drives. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/tockify.com\/confkeep\/detail\/25571\/1685246400000\">&#8220;Story of Black Folk&#8221;<\/a> &#8230; tracing family histories in the Hudson, NY area. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The above referenced Black family history site is part of the larger, free calendar community of genealogy conferences, events and more. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/conferencekeeper.org\/calendar\/\">Conference Keeper Calendar. <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join your hometown or regional Black genealogy groups such as this large one in <a href=\"https:\/\/aagg.org\/\">Pennsylvania. <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geneanet has 44,000 free postcards without subscription. You can just put in your location of your ancestor and they will show you what they have for that town. &#8212; Submitted by Karen Harrison\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back by popular requests, we&#8217;re offering genealogy and ancestry seekers will find the following freebies to delve into:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[355,561,742,789],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freebie-fridays","tag-black-genealogy","tag-genealogy-website","tag-national-archives","tag-pbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}