Uncovering the People, Places, & Stories History Left Behind
Researching the lives, places, and legacies of people and communities whose stories were displaced, excluded, or forgotten. Through historical records, genealogy, maps, cemeteries, churches, and family stories, we work to uncover and preserve the history they left behind.
Preserving the Stories History Left Behind
Uncovering The Banished is dedicated to researching and preserving the stories of individuals, families, and communities whose histories were displaced, excluded, or forgotten. Through genealogy, historical records, maps, cemeteries, churches, and family stories, we work to reconnect people with the places and histories that came before them.
Explore the Records. Reconstruct the Stories.
Explore our growing collection of census records, family histories, cemetery and church research, historical maps, community records, and ongoing research projects. Each record helps reconnect names, families, and places to the communities they were once part of.
How We Reconstruct the Past
Our research brings together historical records, genealogy, maps, cemeteries, churches, and family stories to reconstruct the people and communities history left behind.
Discover the Records
Search census records, deeds, death certificates, newspapers, church records, cemetery records, maps, and other historical sources.
Connect the People & Places
Compare records across time to reconnect families, identify communities, trace migrations, and document relationships.
Preserve Their Stories
Bring the evidence together into family profiles, community histories, maps, timelines, and research collections so these stories are not forgotten.
Explore Our Research Collections
Explore the records, families, places, and communities we are documenting through ongoing historical and genealogical research.
Family & Genealogical Research
Reconstructing families through census records, vital records, deeds, newspapers, church records, cemetery records, and other historical sources.
Historical Records & Places
Investigating the records, maps, churches, cemeteries, schools, farms, and other places that help reconstruct community history.
Community Heritage
Documenting the families, neighborhoods, institutions, migrations, and events that shaped communities across generations.
Follow the discoveries as they unfold.
Here we share newly uncovered names, family connections, forgotten places, unanswered questions, and the evidence that helps bring these stories back into view. Some discoveries may solve long-standing mysteries, while others may open entirely new paths for research.
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Reconstructing the Black Communities of Forsyth County, Georgia: 1910–1950
Between 1910 and 1950, federal census records provide important clues about the Black families who…
