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After the Civil War, African Americans appears in the same sources as white people, such as '''censuses''' (beginning in 1870), '''marriage registers''' (though there was often a separate register for "colored marriages"), '''deeds''', '''wills''', '''military records''', '''cemeteries''' and '''church records''' (though they were usually segregated churches and cemeteries), '''tax records,''' '''voter registrations,''' and '''newspapers '''(including ethnic African American newspapers). Unique records relating to specifically to black Virginians include '''cohabitation records''' and '''Freedmen's Bank''' records.<br> | After the Civil War, African Americans appears in the same sources as white people, such as '''censuses''' (beginning in 1870), '''marriage registers''' (though there was often a separate register for "colored marriages"), '''deeds''', '''wills''', '''military records''', '''cemeteries''' and '''church records''' (though they were usually segregated churches and cemeteries), '''tax records,''' '''voter registrations,''' and '''newspapers '''(including ethnic African American newspapers). Unique records relating to specifically to black Virginians include '''cohabitation records''' and '''Freedmen's Bank''' records.<br> | ||
'''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages which was not allowed until 1866. This valuable genealogical data is being made available online through the Library of Virginia's [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z Virginia Memory Collection] | '''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages which was not allowed until 1866. This valuable genealogical data is being made available online through the Library of Virginia's [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z Virginia Memory Collection] (scroll to "Cohabitation Registers"). More about this source is also found on the [[Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page, and the [[Virginia Cohabitation Records|Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page. | ||
'''Freedman's Savings and Trust Company''' signature cards or registers may list the slave's former masters, birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouse, or siblings. [[Virginia]] had three branches of this bank: | '''Freedman's Savings and Trust Company''' signature cards or registers may list the slave's former masters, birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouse, or siblings. [[Virginia]] had three branches of this bank: | ||