February is Black History Month!
There are many African-American genelaogy sites on the world wide web, below are just a few that you may find interesting

• African American Lives 2, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - PBS - Premeries Feburary 6, 2008
• Tracing African American Roots - Video at PBS
• AfriGeneas - African American & African Ancestral Genealogy
• African Americans
• African American DNA Roots Project
• African American Griots
• African Ancestry
• African-Native American American History & Genealogy
• The Freedmen's Bureau Online
• Our Black Ancestry
• The USGenWeb African American Griots Project
• The University of Florida Africans Heritage Project

Lookup Volunteers Needed
The Irwin County, GAGenWeb Project is looking for invidiuals who are able to do lookups either at the Irwin County Courthouse or through books owned by potential volunteers.  If you are interested in helping researchers, please Clyde or Clarissa and let us know how you would like to volunteer.

Don't forget about the USGenWeb Special Projects!
When researching family history, check out The USGenWeb Special Projects.  This special projects are:

• The USGenWeb Archives Project
• The USGenWeb Family Group Sheet Project
• The USGenWeb African American Griots Project
• The USGenWeb Genealogical Events Project
• The USGenWeb Kidz Project
• The USGenWeb Lineage Project
• The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
• The USGenWeb Digital Map Library
• The Pension Project
• Online Census Images Project
  
• Church Records Project
• Marriage Records Project
• Obituary Project
• Special Collections Project
• Archives Newsletter - The USGenWeb Newsletter
  

Two census projects outside of The USGenWeb Project, but call themselves USGenWeb Census Projects:

• The USGenWeb Census Project
• USGenWeb Census Project