{"id":10765,"date":"2025-06-15T14:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T14:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=10765"},"modified":"2025-06-15T14:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T14:04:48","slug":"celebrating-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/celebrating-juneteenth\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Juneteenth, the day commemorating the official end of slavery in the United States, is celebrated on June 19. This year is the 160th anniversary of the abolition of U.S. slavery. You can learn more about the history of Juneteenth in the United States in this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juneteenth\">Wikipedia article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Family History Guide has some helpful resources for tracing enslaved African American ancestors. Here are just a few of them, found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer04.html\">Goal 4 of Project 9: African American<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/blog\/en\/african-american-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FamilySearch\u2014Researching Formerly Enslaved African Americans<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestryacademy.com\/needles-and-threads-piecing-together-african-american-families\/videos\/researching-slave-ancestors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ancestry Academy\u2014Researching Slave Ancestors\u201411:15<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestryacademy.com\/needles-and-threads-piecing-together-african-american-families\/videos\/identifying-the-slave-owner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ancestry Academy\u2014Identifying the Slave Owner\u201413:10<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/great-databases-for-slave-genealogy-1421640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thoughtco.com\u2014Great Databases for Slave Genealogy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bIZoz1rQkkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RootsTech\u2014Introducing the 10 Million Names Project<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestryacademy.com\/needles-and-threads-piecing-together-african-american-families\/videos\/identifying-the-slave-owner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2014<\/a>63:31<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/c\/family-history-learning-hub\/freedmens-bureau-and-freedmans-bank-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ancestry\u2014Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau Records &amp; Freedman&#8217;s Bank Records<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.com\/experts\/lee-lisa\/underground-railroad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Archives.com\u2014Tracing Your Ancestors From The Underground Railroad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/vault.html#eth-afr\">Vault<\/a>\u2014additional articles and videos on slavery research <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/x-afr-fre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/x-afr-fre.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/x-afr-fre-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juneteenth, the day commemorating the official end of slavery in the United States, is celebrated on June 19. This year is the 160th anniversary of the abolition of U.S. slavery. You can learn more about the history of Juneteenth in the United States in this Wikipedia article. 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