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 | | '''African American News & Events'''
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 | | '''African American Topics'''
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 | *[[African American Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] 
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 | *[[African American Bible Records|Bible Records]] 
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 | *[[African American Biography|Biographies]] 
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 | *[[African American Cemeteries|Cemeteries]] 
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 | *[[African American Census|Census]] 
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 | *[[African American Church Records|Church Records]] 
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 | *[[African American Court Records|Court Records]] 
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 | *[[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Bank]] 
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 | *[[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen's Bureau]] 
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 | *[[African American Funeral Home Records|Funeral Homes]] 
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 | *[[African American Genealogy|Genealogy]] 
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 | *[[African American History|History]] 
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 | *[[African American Internet Sources|Internet Sources]] 
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 | *[[African American Military Records|Military Records]] 
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 | *[[African American Newspapers|Newspapers]] 
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 | *[[African American Obituaries|Obituaries]] 
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 | *[[African American Probate Records|Probate Records]] 
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 | *[[African American Resources|Resources]] 
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 | *[[African American Societies|Societies]] 
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 | *[[African American Vital Records - Civil Registration|Vital Records]]
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 | ''[[United States|United States]] > African American Research'' 
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 | == African American Genealogy  ==
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 | | [[Image:Largest ancestry map.png|thumb|240px|African American counties in dark purple.]]
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 | == Did you know?  ==
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 | *African Americans are listed as the most frequent ancestor ethnic group in eight states: [http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana]. 
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 | *The [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Bank]] and the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen's Bureau]] were separate, from different government branches, in separate Archives record groups. 
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 | *Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War. 
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 | *Only 15 percent of freed slaves used the family name of a former owner. 
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 | *From 1865 to 1875 many African Americans changed their family name. 
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 | *The first Africans to arrive in what is now the United States were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, before the Piligrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
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 | == Key Internet Links  ==
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 | *[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36928_AfricanAmerQG05.pdf Quick Guide] 
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 | *[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36367_africanamer2_color.pdf 1870-Present Research] 
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 | *[[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore]] 
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 | *[[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore (City)]] 
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 | *[[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert]] 
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 | *[[Caroline County, Maryland|Caroline]]
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 | *[[Carroll County, Maryland|Carroll]] 
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 | *[[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]] 
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 | *[[Charles County, Maryland|Charles]] 
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 | *[[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]] 
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 | *[[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick]] 
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 | *[[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett]]
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 | *[[Harford County, Maryland|Harford]] 
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 | *[[Howard County, Maryland|Howard]] 
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 | *[[Kent County, Maryland|Kent]] 
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 | *[[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery]] 
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 | *[[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's]] 
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 | *[[Queen Anne's County, Maryland|Queen Anne's]]
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 | *[[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset]] 
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 | *[[St. Mary's County, Maryland|St. Mary's]] 
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 | *[[Talbot County, Maryland|Talbot]] 
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 | *[[Washington County, Maryland|Washington]] 
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 | *[[Wicomico County, Maryland|Wicomico]] 
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 | *[[Worcester County, Maryland|Worcester]]
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 | Extinct or Renamed Counties: [[Charles County (old), Maryland|Charles (old)]] | [[Durham County, Maryland|Durham]] | [[Patuxent County, Maryland|Patuxent]] | [[Worcester (old) County, Maryland|Worcester (old)]] 
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