https://www.emalineandthem.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/8b4e23c6-b81d-4007-9332-2a01bc3aaed3/Genealogy+docs+in+folder+-+khenderson.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/fe54a6ad-72c0-4ae4-a69f-10163a311a5f/Instagram_AppIcon_Aug2017.png https://www.emalineandthem.com/about daily 0.75 2026-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/d3aed19d-24b3-4a96-b221-7a27e21b04aa/KHendersonHeadshot2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/8079da4f-97d5-43b1-b860-266008d639fc/Collage+of+images+representing+art%2C+artifacts%2C+and+archivesrelated+to+www.DigitalSchomburg.org https://www.emalineandthem.com/roots daily 0.75 2026-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/3681fed0-6ee6-4ab6-a037-476ccb3f1935/Screenshot+2026-07-25+at+10.23.55+AM.png roots “The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database now comprises 36,000 individual slaving expeditions between 1514 and 1866.” | https://www.slavevoyages.org/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/05d0f282-236a-4d13-94ec-2b511a52e831/maternal+icon+photo+with+mom.png roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/1605306449809-JI4ZTZEMTC6QL0X5BOK9/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-19%2Bat%2B12.30.39%2BPM.png roots The digitized records from the Freedman’s Bureau —which was the refugee recovery organization for newly freed slaves that includes searchable marriage records, banking records, land grants, etc. | https://www.freedmensbureau.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/bc76f712-9dfb-42eb-84c6-12b22257997b/paternal+icon+photo+with+dad.png roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/a099d5da-091d-44d9-86b8-fba3d5d4cb62/image-asset.jpg roots “Two books you can read on-line containing about 2,700 pages of family histories based on all colonial court order and minute books on microfilm at the state archives of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Delaware (over 1000 volumes)” | https://freeafricanamericans.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5faec1cd0c9d6f2b11774912/1605307031621-Q8GCL5HUJ7LXZPEDLIZ0/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-19%2Bat%2B1.46.42%2BPM.png roots Find A Grave —awesome online database featuring images of headstones and death records for ancestors. 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