Thurman Center Taps NEHGS for Family History Project

By: berghaus (133) in BU Today

While searching through census records at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Desa [...]Larkin-Boutté notices her great-great-grandparents, who appear white, checked mulatto for their race. Larkin-Boutté works with online genealogist, David Allen Lambert, to discover how race is determined on past census records, and reflects on changes made in the 2010 census.

Larkin-Boutté’s research is part of the Family History Project, an educational partnership of the Howard Thurman Center and New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Read the story, and watch more Family History Project videos on BU Today:
http://www.bu.edu/today/node/10914

Tags: howard thurman center, new england, family history, genealogy, historic, genealogical society

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