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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|Biography]] 
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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 Land and Property|Land and Property]] 
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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 Slavery and Bondage|Slavery and Bondage]] 
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 | *[[African American Societies|Societies]] 
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 | *[[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]] 
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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]]
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 | == Did you know?  ==
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 | *The first African settlers in the U.S. were indentured servants in Jamestown, Va., in 1619 (before the Piligrims landed at Plymouth Rock) and freed after 7 years. 
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 | *African American is the most common ancestry in: [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 organizations, from different federal departments, in separate National 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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 | == Key Internet Links  ==
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 | *[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36928_AfricanAmerQG05.pdf African American Quick Guide pdf] 
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 | *[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36367_africanamer2_color.pdf Finding African Americans 1870-Present] 
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 | *[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1438024 1870 United States Census] 
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 | *[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH33&CISOPTR=1765&REC=1 Family History Library Bibliography of African-American Sources] 
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 | *[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1417695 Freedman Bank Records 1865-1874] 
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 | *[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1414908 Freedmen’s Bureau Virginia Marriages 1815-1866] 
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 | *[http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1105 Freedmen's Bureau Field Offices 1865-1872] 
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 | *[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/steps.htm Southern Claims Commission] 
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 | *[[Short article on African American Research|African American Research Short Article]] 
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 | *[http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm African-American Migration Experience]
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 | *[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/african/ Access Genealogy: African American Genealogy] 
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 | *[http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] 
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 | *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=6482&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 World War I Draft Registration] 
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 | *[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/heritage/african-american/ National Archives African American Research] 
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 | *[http://www.genealogy.com/00000360.html Genealogy.com African American] 
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 | *[http://www.unc.edu/iaar/ Institute of African American Research] 
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 | *[http://www.broward.org/library/aarlcc.htm African American Research Library and Cultural Center] 
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 | *[http://www.afrigeneas.com/ African Ancestored Genealogy] 
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 | *[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages] 
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 | *[http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture]
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 | == Things you can do  ==
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