”Repairing the Knowledge Tree: Making our orchards grow” | PasadenaWeekly.com

By Ellen Snortland, from our interview in January 2024
February 8, 2024

Articles

”When kin of slaves and owner meet” | CNN.com

By Wayne Drash, about Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby, authors of Cousins
May 20, 2010

US-focused Resources

Coming to the Table

Coming to the Table provides leadership, resources, and a supportive environment for all who wish to acknowledge and heal wounds from racism that is rooted in the United States’ history of slavery. Membership is free.

Linked Descendants, a National Working Group of Coming to the Table. Linked descendants want to know the truth about their ancestors, discover their connections, maybe even heal a bit of the wounded past. This group also has a curated Resources Page.

E Pluribus Unum: “Out of Many, One” | DAR

An Initiative of the Daughters of the American Revolution, working to increase recognition of often underrepresented Revolutionary War Patriots, including those who were African American, Native American, and women.

New Netherland Settlers | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society

The NYG&B is pleased to announce the launch of New Netherland Settlers — a groundbreaking, multiyear project to develop detailed, peer-reviewed sketches of all the people residing in New Netherland prior to 1664. Its aim is to document all residents of the colony, including settlers, those who did not settle, free and enslaved individuals, Indigenous people, and the many others who contributed to the diverse, multilingual dynamics of New Netherland.

US Black Heritage Project

Over 200 volunteer professional genealogists and amateur family historians with one mission: Make it easy for descendants of enslaved ancestors to discover their roots and connect with family members. It is the largest free database of African-American families, with more than 280,000 profiles created and growing daily.

Internationally-focused Resources

Connecting Roots

Connecting Roots is a U.S. non-profit organization whose goal is to reunite adoptees with their biological Chilean families. We donate MyHeritage DNA testing kits at no cost to confirm genetic matches between Chile-born adoptees and their families.

Tampa woman, one of Chile’s stolen children, to reunite with birth mom | Axios.com

The story of Maria Hastings, one of an estimated 20,000 children stolen from low-income mothers between 1973 and 1990 under dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet, whose solution for child poverty was sending kids abroad to be adopted under false pretenses.
February 14, 2024