What if we could re-imagine genealogy as more than just America's favorite pastime? What if we could turn it around--or disrupt it--and view genealogy as an active engagement with social justice.

Is it possible that family researchers could get to a place where they feel comfortable enough to research their ancestors and upload whatever they find (good, bad, and in between) to genealogy websites. Especially those instances and places where their ancestors' lives intersected with those of Black people through slavery, Jim Crow, etc. 

What if genealogists made a pledge that as they find those records of slave schedules, bills of sale, etc., that they publish that information places like Ancestry.com or Family Search, etc.  

Because it isn't about blame but reconciliation and restoration.  No one is trying to say that the current generation is responsible for the past.  In fact, that is one of the greatest gifts white people can give to Blacks--making it possible for them to find records and documents online that they would otherwise never find.

Would you be willing to take that pledge? Here's hoping you'll consider it!