David T. Thackery

DAVID T. THACKERY served as curator of the Local and Family History collection at the Newberry Library in Chicago from 1983 until his death in July 1998. His books include Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide, A Bibliography of African American History at the Newberry Library and Afro-American Family History at the Newberry Library: A Research Guide and Bibliography.

Thackery was recognized as a noted African American genealogist who significantly strengthened the Newberry’s African American genealogical holdings. He also co-authored Case Studies in Afro-American Genealogy with Dee Woodtor and published A Light and Uncertain Hold through Kent State University Press.

David T. Thackery’s books are published by Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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