Finding Indian Ancestors in African American Families

Angela Walton-Raji
Feb 5, 2021
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About this webinar

This session will explore records that document blended families of African and Native American ancestry. The presentation will also point out places beyond the online databases that can be useful when documenting families of mixed heritage.

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About the speaker

Angela Walton-Raji is known nationally for her genealogical and historical research and work with Oklahoma Native-American records. Her book, “Black Indian Genealogy Research” was the first book of it...
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  1. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    4 years ago

    Knowledgeable speaker, good examples shown on the slides, good handout. Thanks. \n\nLiked the logical organization approach. I have a tendency to be all over the place.\n\nLots of great information. Very kind person.\n\nOne of the best webinars so far. Loved it!!!\n\nPleasant, knowledgeable. Thank you\n\nPresenter was very knowledgeable. Wonderful presentation!\n\nShe is definitely in the top 5five for presentation and content.\n\nsHE WAS EXCELLANT\n\nShe was extremely knowledgeable on this topic.\n\nSimply outstanding!\n\nSO MUCH helpful information for researching African American/Native American individuals! \n\nSuch a pleasure to listen to Angela’s webinars. She has such a wealth of information that always helps me to explore more.\n\nThank you, very informative.\n\nThe information was good. I enjoyed Angela's presentation of the information. \n\nThe presenter was excellent, however she talked so fast that I was unable to take really good notes. \n\nThis was one of the best webinars I have attended. Angela is very knowledgeable and has such a pleasant voice. It's not often a presenter offers to help others do their research at no cost. Very much appreciated.\n\nThis webinar was interesting and informative.\n\nThorough, resourceful, clear, knowledgeable\n\nVery great presentation and graphics.\n\nVery enlightening. Thank you.\n\nVery informative\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative \n\nVery informative! Thanks!\n\nVery informative. I’ve been encouraged to resume my research.\n\nVery informative. Lots of good information and ideas to pursue. Thanks for the time!\n\nVery informative. \n\nvery interesting information!\n\nVery interesting subject matter and the presenter did an excellent job of sharing that subject matter. Outstanding!Very interesting, even for a non-indian, non-african-american person!\n\nVery knowledgeable presenter and interesting information provided\n\nvery very good\n\nvery well presented and informative\n\nWonderful information. I will be searching these resources to find information on my heritage. Thanks.\n\nWonderful speaker and had an organized presentation.\n\nWonderful workshop. Great information. The presenter was excellent and knowledgeable.\n\nWonderful, excellent information.

  2. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    4 years ago

    Excellent\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent information \n\nExcellent information and gained a new perspective about researching.\n\nExcellent information. \n\nExcellent presentation!\n\nExcellent presentation!!!\n\nExcellent presentation, details and explanations of subject.\n\nExcellent presenter. Great information. Yakoke.\n\nExcellent session as always!!\n\nExtremely informative and encouraging.\n\nFantastic webinar crammed full of great information, brilliantly illustrated to give valued information about Indian ancestors in African American communities.\n\nFantastic webinar!! My interest has been rekindled\n\nFantastic! Very to the point but detailed at the same time. Although I've completed other workshops, etc about Native American ancestry, I had some information I thought was suspect corrected by today's presentation. But maybe it's because better information and more records are now readily available, disspelling some of the earlier myths...Thank you, Angela.\n\nGlad to learn about the special Indian records in 1900 & 1910 federal censuses.\n\nGood & concise info. Well presented.\n\nThanks!\n\nGood information to use in exploring family history.\n\nGreat information & enjoyed listening to the speakers voice.\n\nGreat information. The presentation was easy to follow because of how it was structured which helped with understanding the historical concepts and documentation. Thank you\n\nGreat lecture, enjoyed her knowledge. thanks so much\n\nGreat presentation! I learned a lot, including some tips to pass along to an African-American friend who has Indian ancestors, according to her family stories.\n\nGreat presentation, an enormous amount of materials to digest\n\nGreat presentation.\n\nGreat speaker\n\nI am looking into family lore about being part of the Piscataway nation and this webinar provided a lot of information and food for thought. Great webinar!\n\nI have no Black ancestry (according to my DNA... but do share some Native ancestry. This webinar was very helpful to me, too.\n\nI hope I can hear more from today's speaker!\n\nI learned a wealth of info. Thank you so very much!\n\nI learned so much. Thank you for including the African-American series this year. Angela is an outstanding presenter and teacher.\n\nI learned that there is so much documentation available that I didn't know existed.\n\nI really enjoyed this session......I will have to look at the Mississippi Indian rolls now\n\ninteresting thanks for sharing\n\nIt was very informative!

  3. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    4 years ago

    Very informative \n\nA super great lecturer today. She was very knowledgeable about her presentation and she was able to share with us a boat load of information. I must listen to her again and soon. \n\nAbsolutely love her passion. Also, love the topic; it is wonderful to see more lectures that focus on researching other ethnicities. Well done to Angela, and well done to Legacy tree webinars.\n\nAngela has been doing this for quite some time and is very helpful\n\nAngela is a wonderful speaker and her passion is evident.\n\nAngela is always full of useful information - I learn something from her everytime\n\nAngela is an excellent speaker, Her presentation was most interesting. Yakoke! : )\n\nAngela Walton-Raji is a very well-spoken and knowledgeable genealogist speaker. I could actually feel her enthusiasm about the subject through her voice and knowledge. I enjoyed her webinar and I learned a lot about the subject. She answered some questions that I had about my own genealogy without me submitting them. She was GREAT!! I look forward to her next webinar!!\n\nAngela was a wealth of information. Highly recommend everyone to watch it.\n\nAngela's knowledge of the subject far exceeds what can fit into one hour!\n\nAppreciate the topic and the speaker was very knowledgeable\n\nAwesome want more!\n\nBrilliant webinar. Well-worth listening.

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