Genealogy Toolkit 
Tracing Enslaved Ancestors in Tuscaloosa, Alabama 

old wagon tracks in a grassy path, lined by trees

A very old and tall tree with curvy branches and lots of green leaves

A side view of an old cabin with a red brick chimney and mud packing between the wooden slats with trees and grass in the background

an old 1826 map from the Library of Congress with pale pink, green, blue, and yellow counties

an old handwritten 1850 will with black ink letters on white paper

yellow Black-eyed-Susan flowers in a grassy meadow

a stack of old books with wide spines are on a library shelf

the dial of an old rotary telephone

a tall yellow sunflower with a round, brown center and big green leaves on the stalk and a blue sky in the background