Welcome to the
Black Pearls of Genealogy
Welcome to the BPOG
What is BPOG ?

Trace Your Lineage: Unearth the
Pearls of African American Heritage
Memorials in Local BIPOC Communities

Cross Memorial Installations
These memorials will be placed in local BIPOC communities at religious entities, burial sites, and cemeteries. They symbolize respect for the departed and provide spaces for reflection and acknowledgment of spiritual and historical impact.
2024 Projects
2023 Projects
Lost Stories Memorial
The Lost Stories Memorial aims to preserve the memory of local heroes and significant historical sites. These sites, though not always widely recognized, form the core of our nation’s history and have left indelible marks on our collective consciousness.
Ancestral Memorial Projects
In our quest to ensure that these crucial events do not fade into oblivion, Black Pearls of Genealogy is dedicated to placing memorials at identified historical locations throughout the United States. These memorials will serve as everlasting reminders of the events, the people, and the sacrifices made. They will stand as testaments to our shared history, ensuring that future generations are educated, informed, and inspired.
Understanding the importance of connection to one’s roots, we provide an extensive range of tools and resources to facilitate research into ancestral histories and support meaningful memorial projects. Whether you’re tracing your family lineage, commemorating a loved one, or exploring the stories of unsung heroes within the BIPOC community, we offer a platform where the past meets the present, and every contribution is valued and honored.
Documenting Slavery
- Enslavement Research
- Adams Co. MS Slave Certificates
- Chancery Records
- Insurance Policies Registry
- Louisiana Notaries
- Public Claims & Free Blacks
- Register of Free Negroes
- Probate Records
- Cohabitation & Marriage Records
- Compensated Emancipation
- Emancipation -vs- Manumission
- Emancipation Petitions
- Homesteading
- Jesuit Enslavement
- US & Federal Census

Freedmen Records
- Freedman's Bank
- Freedmen's Bureau
- What's the Freedmen’s Bureau?
- Circulars
- Field Office M1900-M1913
- Pre-Bureau Records
- M2029
- Assistant Commissioners
- Superintendents of Educ.
- Freedman's Village
- Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau

Military / Tribes
- We will not use the term "Five Civilized Tribes" on our site. Instead the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole will be identified as the "Five Tribes" to respect the perspectives of those from these nations and individuals with Native tribal connections, as the term "civilized" may be considered offensive.
- USCT - Civil War
- Compensated Emancipation
- Emancipation Petitions
- Military Pension
- Pension Index Cards
- Widow’s Pension
- Pension Payment Cards
- Native American Rolls
- Application Jackets
- Land Allotment
- Enrollment Cards



Tools
- Genealogy Labels
- Cemeteries
- Virtual Records
- Newspapers
- FamilySearch Tools
- FamilySearch Tools
- Beginner’s Guide
- Full-Text Search
- Slavery and Bondage
HBCU Archives


