While a heated debate is going on around the world regarding slave reparations, a Mormon Church funded world’s largest slavery database aims to help African Americans trace their enslaved ancestors. Tracing slave ancestors within the United States is relatively easy, but it is far more difficult to trace family records past "the water's edge" from America back to Africa. Recently, shocking new evidence suggested that the founders of the New York Times were slaveowners and even traded in minors.
Mormon Church Funds World’s Largest Slavery Database To Help African Americans Trace Their Enslaved Ancestors
Church funds FamilySearch
Thom Reed is a deputy chief genealogical officer of FamilySearch, which includes a whopping 8 billion genealogical records open to general public. FamilySearch is funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was previously known to the public as the Mormon Church.
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