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One of the most underutilized resources in genealogy and family history are newspapers. While the appeal of the census is alluring, it really only offers a snapshot in time on one day of one year while newspapers and periodicals run monthly, weekly, or even daily. #RootsNChill
We covered newspapers for people of color research in depth during episode 81 of #BlackProGen LIVE: #RootsNChill 
Black periodicals have been around for a LONG time in the U.S. In 1827, Freedom’s Journal was founded by Rev. John Wilk & others in New York. The "oldest existing periodical published by African-Americans in the U.S. whose existence dates before the Civil War..." #RootsNChill
