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'''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages which was not allowed until 1866. The tradition during the period of slavery had been to "jump over the broomstick" as as a marriage ceremony.<ref>Christopher A. Nordmann, "Jumping Over the Broomstick: Resources for Documenting Slave Marriages," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 91, No. 3 (September 2003):196-216. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/ngs_quarterly_archives NGS website] ($).</ref> This valuable genealogical data is being made available online through the Library of Virginia's [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z Virginia Memory Collection] (scroll to "Cohabitation Registers"). More about this source is also found on the [[Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page, and the [[Virginia Cohabitation Records|Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page. | '''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages which was not allowed until 1866. The tradition during the period of slavery had been to "jump over the broomstick" as as a marriage ceremony.<ref>Christopher A. Nordmann, Ph.D., CGRS, "Jumping Over the Broomstick: Resources for Documenting Slave Marriages," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 91, No. 3 (September 2003):196-216. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/ngs_quarterly_archives NGS website] ($).</ref> 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: | ||