I found my enslaved 3rd great grandfather’s 1848 baptism!

About this episode

Marc L. discusses his journey to find the baptism record of his enslaved 3rd great grandfather through Catholic archives.

Here I talk about how I connected with Catholic archives to find the marriage record of my 3rd great grandfather, which I’ve been looking for …. For years. This lead me to find my 3rd ggf’s baptism, which confirmed he was born into slavery

People in this episode

Host: Marc L.

Topics covered

• genealogy
• slavery
• Catholic records
• family history
• baptism

Keywords

• enslaved ancestor
• baptism record
• marriage record
• genealogy research
• Catholic archives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic archives

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