I am not aware of a listserv specifically but there is a program on PBS this evening about this topic: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/

Also, you may want to get in touch with the Jean Sampson Scott Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. They have a website address listed in their newsletter but the link is broken: www.aahgsny.org.    The parent organizations web address is: www.aahgs.org.

Good luck.

Catherine M. Ellard, MLS
Librarian
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
122 East 58th Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 755-8532
(212) 754-4218 - fax
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
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> Is there such a thing?   I am interested in  African-Americans who have had
> success - or failure - in tracing their American ancestry.   
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> Christopher Gray
> Office for Metropolitan History
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