Black Belt of Alabama DNA Project
Group Administrator: B. J. Smothers bjsmothers@bellsouth.net



Project Surnames:
AckerAdamsAdkinsAdkison
African AmericanAlbertAlbrittonAllen
AllisonAlstonAmonsAnderson
AndrewsArmstrongArnoldArthur
AtkinsAughtryAustinAutery
AutryAvantAveryAvritt
BaggettBaileyBainBanks
BargeBarlowBarnesBasset
BattleBeckBeckhamBecks
BeersBellBendolphBenham
BenjaminBennettBerryBethea
BevelBilberryBinionBlack
BlackmonBlakeneyBlalockBland
BlankenshipBledsoeBloxomBobbitt
BodifordBogganBoggsBones
BonnerBooneBootheBorjas
BoutwellBoykinBradleyBrady
BrameBrantleyBrasellBreithaupt
BrewerBridgeforthBridgesBrislin
BroadnaxBrooksBrowderBrown
BruceBuckalewBuckleyBullock
BunkleyBurkeBurnsBurpo
BurrellBurrusBursonBythewood
CabbleCadeCaineCaldwell
CallenCampbellCanslerCapell
CarlieCarmichaelCarothersCarr
CarsonCarterCattsCauty
ChamblissChampionChanceChancellor
ChappellChisholmChittlissChristian
ClaibonClaibornClarkeCoker
ColemanCollierCollinsCompton
ConeConleyConoleyCook
CooperCorgillCoryCosby
CottenCottonCraftCraig
CrainCraneCranfordCreagh
CriswellCrockerCrossCrum
CulpepperCulverhouseCurlinCurling
CurryCurtisDaileyDale
DanielDanielsDansbyDaughett
DaughetteDavidDavidsonDavis
DayDeeseDeloachDennis
DenslerDevanDexterDickinson
DicksonDillardDixonDobbs
DonaldDonovanDoranDoster
DrewDrummondDruryDuckworth
DuffeeDukesDulaneyDulany
DumasDunganDunnDunnam
EadsEarlyEasterlingEatmon
EddinsEddyEddyeEdge
EdwardsElamEllerbeEllis
EnglandEnglishErnestErvin
EtheridgeEvansFaginFalls
FarishFarrFarrellFarrington
FarrishFathereeFeeFells
FeltsFendleyFergusonFields
FilesFisherFlowersFoote
FordForeFosterFowlkes
FrankFranklinFrenchFrizzell
FunkFurrFutchGaddy
GantGarnerGarrettGaston
GayGeeGibbsGibson
GilbertGillGilmoreGivhan
GloverGodwinGoldsbyGolson
GoodeGoodmanGordonGrace
GrahamGranthamGravesGrayson
GreenGreeningGriffinGriffith
GriggsbyGrimesGrossGuin
GuinnGulletGulleyGunn
GuyGwinGwinnHaddox
HaleHallHamerlyHandley
HanksHardyHareHarper
HarraldHarrellHarrisHarrison
HartHartleyHarvellHasselvander
HatcherHattonHavardHawthorn
HayesHaysHefnerHenderson
HenryHernandezHickmanHicks
HigdonHightowerHillHillis
HillmanHinsonHobbleyHobbs
HobdyHolderHollandHollinger
HollinsHollomanHolmanHooks
HorneHoughHudginsHuggins
HunterHurdHutchersonHutchinson
HuttoInlowIrbyIreland
JacksonJamesonJanuaryJay
JeffreyJenkinsJenningsJohnson
JonesKellyKelsawKennedy
KilpatrickKimbroughKingKirk
KirvenKnightKyserLambridge
LancasterLanghamLangleyLaporte
LathamLawallLawrenceLee
LenoirLesterLewisLinam
ListerLongLoveLowe
LukerLynamLynchMadaris
MahanMajorsMandevilleManess
ManningMarshMarshallMartin
MasonMathewsMatthewsMaynard
McarthurMcbrideMccantsMccarthy
McclurkinMccondichieMcconicoMcconnell
McconnicoMccowanMccowenMccracken
MccraneyMccraryMccurdyMcdonald
McduffieMcfarlandMcgeeMcgilberry
MchenryMcintoshMckeeMckellar
MckinneyMckinzieMckithernMclean
McmillanMcmurphyMcneilMcneill
McphersonMcquirterMcraneyMcranie
McrenoldsMcwilliamsMeltonMendenhall
MendezMerrittMilesMilhouse
MillerMimsMinorMinter
MireeMitchellMixonMonroe
MooreMoorerMorganMorrill
MorrisMoseleyMosesMoultrie
MuldrewMunnNeelyNelson
NettlesNevilleNewtonNichols
NielNorrisNunnallyNunnelee
OdomOldsOrnerOrsburn
OsbornOwenOwensOwtry
PagePalmerParkerParrish
PatePatrickPattonPearl
PearsonPeekPeguesPerkins
PettawayPettwayPettywayPharr
PhelpsPhilenPhillipsPierce
PittsPorterPortisPowe
PowellPresleyPrewettPrice
PrimmPritchettProctorPruett
PruittPtomeyPughPurifoy
QuarlesRachelRamseyRand
RansomRascoRatliffRawls
RayRaybornRaybourneRayburn
ReavesReedReeseReeves
RehobethReynoldsRhodesRice
RichardsRicheyRickettsRidgell
RidgewayRiggsRiversRoark
RobbinsRobersonRobertRobinson
RogersRossitterRotchRow
RowellRubinRuppenthalRush
RussellRutledgeRyderSadler
SalesSavageSawyerScott
SemmesShadeShambergerSharp
ShawSheffieldShelbyShelton
ShepherdShieldsShowersSills
SimmonsSimsSingerSingleton
SkinnerSmallSmithSmoke
SnellSnowSolesSolomon
SouthallSpaightSpinksStabler
StallworthStanberryStandlandStanford
StaplesSteeleSteinwinderStewart
StockmanStokesStringerStrother
StrothersStuartStubblefieldStuckey
SturdivantSullivanSwainTait
TalbertTaliaferroTartTarver
TateTaylorTeddletonTedeton
TedletonTettertonTettletonThigpen
ThomasThompsonThorntonThrash
TillToolTownsendTranum
TurnerTurpinTwilleyTwilly
TysonTyusUnderwoodVanderslice
VasserVaughnVestVickers
VincentsVoltzVVernonWade
WaidWaiteWalkerWallace
WallisWaltonWarbingintonWard
WarenWarrenWatfordWatson
WattersWattsWaughWay
WeatherfordWeatherlyWeaverWebster
WellbornWellsWestWhatley
WhitenWhitfieldWhittingtonWhittle
WigginsWilcoxWilkersonWilkinson
WilletWilliamsWilliamsonWilliford
WilsonWindhamWinfieldWinn
WolfeWoodWoodsWoodward
WootanWormleyWorrellWright
YongueYorkYostYoung
Yow


Project Background:
The Black Belt of Alabama DNA Project is intended to use DNA as a tool for African Americans researching their central Alabama roots. Anyone who can trace their ancestry to Dallas, Marengo, Perry or Wilcox counties (or to areas that border these counties) in the period from about 1840 through 1880 is welcome to participate.

Surname projects are often meaningless for African Americans whose family bonds may have been broken during the Enslavement Period or whose families experienced one or more name changes after Emancipation. In addition, many African Americans--as many as 30% by some estimates--have European Y-DNA but have not been able to find the progenitors of their European lines. In these cases, researchers may have been able to trace their ancestry by traditional means back to the first census after Emancipation in which their ancestors were identified by surnames and then hit the proverbial "1870 Brick Wall". This project is designed to help them to scale that barrier.

The Black Belt of Alabama project is sponsored by the Black Belt African American Genealogical and Historical Society (BBAAGHS), headquartered in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama and by AfriGeneas.com, the premier African American genealogy website.

B.J. Smothers
Project Administrator


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