How can i trace my family back to Africa?
The first thing anyone needs to do to go back to their family’s original homeland is to find out as much as you can about your family. You will need to begin building a family tree, if you do not have one. The farther back you can go, the more surnames you can locate, the more states/towns that you are aware of – will make the task more reachable. In doing a search of the internet, I located this site, http://www.afrigeneas.com/surnames/ . I am not sure if it will be helpful or not. It does look like you can search some of your surnames and see if someone researching their African American roots is searching the same surname. It appears that you can email those researchers. If your family is/was from Louisiana, here is an interesting database (1780-1820) at: http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/fields.ph… The LDS (Mormon Church) pilot site is at:
