> Is there such a thing?   I am interested in  African-Americans who have had
> success - or failure - in tracing their American ancestry.

Not only the AfricanAmer-Gen list, but many location-specific
possibilities may be found at:

<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-African/>

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Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library