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== Strategies == | == Strategies == | ||
[[Image:Africa ethnic groups 1996.jpg|thumb|right|300px | [[Image:Africa ethnic groups 1996.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] African American research in Virginia can be divided into two general time periods - before and after the Civil War. | ||
This Wiki page describes research strategies, and major sources of information about African American families from [[Virginia]]. As you read this Wiki page, also study the [[African American Research]] Wiki pages, which will help you understand more strategies, and the contents and uses of other African American genealogical records. | This Wiki page describes research strategies, and major sources of information about African American families from [[Virginia]]. As you read this Wiki page, also study the [[African American Research]] Wiki pages, which will help you understand more strategies, and the contents and uses of other African American genealogical records. | ||
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*'''1840''': 449,087 | *'''1840''': 449,087 | ||
*'''1860''': 490,865<ref>William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):325. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | *'''1860''': 490,865<ref>William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):325. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | ||
PBS's interactive [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/index.html Reconstruction: The Second Civil War] discusses what life was like for freed slaves and their descendants in the nineteenth century. | |||
'''Slavery Legislation.''' To learn about the laws that affected Virginia slaves, see: | '''Slavery Legislation.''' To learn about the laws that affected Virginia slaves, see: | ||
*Finkelman, Paul. ''State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfiche Collection.'' Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1989. {{FHL|744709|item|disp=FHL Book 975 F23s}}. Pages 317-56 pertain to Virginia and cover the years 1789-1865. The advertisements are indexed. The records list the names of many slaves and slave owners. | *Finkelman, Paul. ''State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfiche Collection.'' Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1989. {{FHL|744709|item|disp=FHL Book 975 F23s}}. Pages 317-56 pertain to Virginia and cover the years 1789-1865. The advertisements are indexed. The records list the names of many slaves and slave owners. | ||
[http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/laws.html The Geography of Slavery in Virginia] includes a list of Virginia slave laws, references to slaves in the House of Burgesses Journals, and other documents. | |||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
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*Virginia Historical Society: inventory, {{FHL|754137|item|disp=FHL Book 975 H2sm Ser. M}}; original records, films beginning with {{FHL|752708|item|disp=FHL Film 1985945}}. | *Virginia Historical Society: inventory, {{FHL|754137|item|disp=FHL Book 975 H2sm Ser. M}}; original records, films beginning with {{FHL|752708|item|disp=FHL Film 1985945}}. | ||
The Family History Library has microfilms of most of the records described in the guide booklets. Virginia plantation records are scattered throughout. | The Family History Library has microfilms of most of the records described in the guide booklets. Virginia plantation records are scattered throughout. | ||
[http://manybooks.net/titles/wpa2897328973.html ''Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves''], recorded after the Civil War, recounts memories of life as a slave. | |||
=== Free People of Color === | === Free People of Color === | ||
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*[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/va/ African American Cemeteries Online] includes transcribed records from Accomack, Albemarle, Amherst, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Halifax, Henrico, Page, Prince William, Russell, and Sussex county cemeteries. | *[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/va/ African American Cemeteries Online] includes transcribed records from Accomack, Albemarle, Amherst, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Halifax, Henrico, Page, Prince William, Russell, and Sussex county cemeteries. | ||
The Library of Virginia has prepared a list of [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/AA_newspaper_holdings.pdf African-American Newspapers] they hold. | The Library of Virginia has prepared a list of [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/AA_newspaper_holdings.pdf African-American Newspapers] they hold. | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
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*[http://www.afrigeneas.com/states/va/ African Ancestry in Virginia] at [http://www.afrigeneas.com/ Afrigeneas] includes a concise history of black people in the state. The site includes links to databases for several record sets. | *[http://www.afrigeneas.com/states/va/ African Ancestry in Virginia] at [http://www.afrigeneas.com/ Afrigeneas] includes a concise history of black people in the state. The site includes links to databases for several record sets. | ||
*[http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/projects/bell/ J. F. Bell Funeral Home Records, Charlottesville, VA 1917-1989] | *[http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/projects/bell/ J. F. Bell Funeral Home Records, Charlottesville, VA 1917-1989] | ||
*[http://www.accomacroots.com/default.asp African American History of Accomac County, Virginia] at Accomac Roots. Includes genealogy, census data, tax lists, indentures, cemeteries, maps, pictures, documents, and sources. | *[http://www.accomacroots.com/default.asp African American History of Accomac County, Virginia] at Accomac Roots. Includes genealogy, census data, tax lists, indentures, cemeteries, maps, pictures, documents, and sources. | ||
*[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=592631&word= History of the American Negro, Virginia edition ]See page 728. | *[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=592631&word= History of the American Negro, Virginia edition ]See page 728. | ||
*[http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas13&local_base=CLAS13 World War I History Commission Questionnaires].[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/wwiqabout.htm Read more about the questionnaires.] | *[http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas13&local_base=CLAS13 World War I History Commission Questionnaires].[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/wwiqabout.htm Read more about the questionnaires.] | ||
*[http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-American-Genealogy-Examiner~y2009m6d8-State-online-resources-for-AfricanAmerican-genealogy--Virginia State online resources for African-American genealogy: Virginia] | *[http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8873-African-American-Genealogy-Examiner~y2009m6d8-State-online-resources-for-AfricanAmerican-genealogy--Virginia State online resources for African-American genealogy: Virginia] | ||
*[http://www.examiner.com/x-8873-African-American-Genealogy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-More-state-online-resources-for-AfricanAmerican-genealogy-Virginia More state online resources for African-American genealogy: Virginia] | *[http://www.examiner.com/x-8873-African-American-Genealogy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-More-state-online-resources-for-AfricanAmerican-genealogy-Virginia More state online resources for African-American genealogy: Virginia] | ||
*[http://www.vahistorical.org/aamcvhs/guide_downloads.htm African-American Manuscripts (Virginia Historical Society)] | *[http://www.vahistorical.org/aamcvhs/guide_downloads.htm African-American Manuscripts (Virginia Historical Society)] | ||
*[http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/vbha/vbharepo.html Virginia Black History Archives Collections] | *[http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/vbha/vbharepo.html Virginia Black History Archives Collections] | ||
*Access Genealogy: [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/african/virginia/index.htm Virginia African American Genealogy]. Includes a large list of online resources. | *Access Genealogy: [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/african/virginia/index.htm Virginia African American Genealogy]. Includes a large list of online resources. | ||