The Great African American Migration Part 2: Destinations and Causes – James Tanner (Sep 2023)
This second video in a six-part series focuses on discovering the destinations and causes of the Great Migration population shift with a more in-depth examination of the sources of information including the U.S. censuses, draft registration records, employment records, Social Security records and other resources for tracing a family back to its origins in the South. This part of the series will focus on a family from New York.
The Great African American Migration – James Tanner (16 Jul 2023)
The Great African American Migration Part 1: Overview and Methodology
The Great African American Migration Part 2: Destinations and Causes
The Great African American Migration Part 3: Additional Sources and Records
The Great African American Migration Part 4: Impact on the Country
The Great African American Migration Part 5: Understanding and Researching the Records
The Great African American Migration Part 6: Summary of the Main Record Sources