Newport News genealogist works to recover African Americans’ ancestry

NORFOLK, Va. – More and more African Americans are chiseling their way through the infamous 1870 “brick wall” and digging up their ancestral roots. Today, at least 19 states have chapters of the Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society (AAHGS). “If you have those enslaved ancestors, as most folks who identify…

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