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| valign="bottom" align="center" | '''''Help Index Freedmen's Bureau Records''''' | | valign="bottom" align="center" | '''''Help Index Freedmen's Bureau Records''''' | ||
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| Help yourself and others find their African American ancestors by participating in the [http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen Indexing | | Help yourself and others find their African American ancestors by participating in the [http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen Indexing Projec[[Category:African American Records]]. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865631024/LDS-Church-FamilySearch-launch-project-to-index-Freedmen7s-Bureau-records-of-4-million-former.html?pg=all June 19th Press Conferenc[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
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=== Archives and Libraries === | === Archives and Libraries === | ||
[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/ Alabama Department of Archives and | [http://www.archives.alabama.gov/ Alabama Department of Archives and Histor[[Category:African American Records]]<br> P.O. Box 300100 / 624 Washington Ave.<br>Montgomery, AL 36130<br>(334) 242-4435 | ||
<br>[http://alabamam.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default# J.F. Drake Memorial Learning Resources | <br>[http://alabamam.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default# J.F. Drake Memorial Learning Resources Cente[[Category:African American Records]] <br>Alabama A & M University<br>Box 489<br>Normal, AL 35762<br>Phone: (205) 851-5760 | ||
[http://library.samford.edu/ Samford University | [http://library.samford.edu/ Samford University Librar[[Category:African American Records]]<br>Samford University 800 Lakeshore Drive <br>Birmingham, AL 35229<br>Questions or Comments: 205-726-2748 <br> [http://www4.samford.edu/schools/ighr/ Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR)] <br> | ||
[http://www.birminghamarchives.org/SubjectGuideSuggestedReadin.htm Birmingham Public Library: Collections and Research]<br> Birmingham Public Library<br>Department of Archives & Manuscripts<br>2100 Park Place<br>Birmingham, Alabama USA 35203 <br>Phone:(205) 226-3631<br>E-mail: jbaggett@bham.lib.al.us | [http://www.birminghamarchives.org/SubjectGuideSuggestedReadin.htm Birmingham Public Library: Collections and Research]<br> Birmingham Public Library<br>Department of Archives & Manuscripts<br>2100 Park Place<br>Birmingham, Alabama USA 35203 <br>Phone:(205) 226-3631<br>E-mail: jbaggett@bham.lib.al.us | ||
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*''Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986–1987. (On 84 Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F564185&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films beginning with 1549774].) | *''Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986–1987. (On 84 Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F564185&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films beginning with 1549774].) | ||
For a history of slavery in Alabama, see:<br>Sellers, James Benson. Slavery in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1950, 1994. (Family History Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F706908&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D 976.1 | For a history of slavery in Alabama, see:<br>Sellers, James Benson. Slavery in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1950, 1994. (Family History Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F706908&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D 976.1 F2[[Category:African American Records]].) This 426 page book includes a bibliography, on pages 399–409. | ||
<br>Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See [[Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records|Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records]] for those records | <br>Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See [[Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records|Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Record[[Category:African American Records]]] for those records | ||
=== Civil War Records === | === Civil War Records === | ||
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*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Huntsville, Alabama), Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1865–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F709429&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 928571].) | *Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Huntsville, Alabama), Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1865–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F709429&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 928571].) | ||
*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Mobile, Alabama). Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1867–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=film_number&searchCriteria=928572&author_givenName=&author_surname= film 928572 ].)<br> | *Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Mobile, Alabama). Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1867–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=film_number&searchCriteria=928572&author_givenName=&author_surname= film 928572[[Category:African American Records]].)<br> | ||
===== Freedman’s Bureau ===== | ===== Freedman’s Bureau ===== | ||
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<br>The separate Freedman’s Bureau records do not usually name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search under: | <br>The separate Freedman’s Bureau records do not usually name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search under: | ||
<br>'''FREEDMEN - ALABAMA''' <br>Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Alabama Land and Property|Land and | <br>'''FREEDMEN - ALABAMA''' <br>Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Alabama Land and Property|Land and Propert[[Category:African American Records]]]"), wills (see "[[Alabama Probate Records|Probate Record[[Category:African American Records]]]"), tax records (see "[[Alabama Taxation|Taxatio[[Category:African American Records]]]"), and court order books (see "[[Alabama Court Records|Court Record[[Category:African American Records]]]") under their owner’s name. A few parish registers (see "[[Alabama Church Records|Church Record[[Category:African American Records]]]") list slaves who attended church with their masters.<br> | ||
=== Reconstruction Era (1868-1877) === | === Reconstruction Era (1868-1877) === | ||
*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.lwfaah.net/alabama/reconstruction.htm Alabama's First | *Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.lwfaah.net/alabama/reconstruction.htm Alabama's First Lawmaker[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec24.html A Quick | *Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec24.html A Quick Summar[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
=== Jim Crow Era (1859-1964) === | === Jim Crow Era (1859-1964) === | ||
*[http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/insidesouth.cgi?state=Alabama Jim Crow Laws: | *[http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/insidesouth.cgi?state=Alabama Jim Crow Laws: Alabam[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
*[http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1248 Segregation (Jim Crow)], Encyclopedia of Alabama | *[http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1248 Segregation (Jim Crow)], Encyclopedia of Alabama | ||
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ahei/Jim_Crow_Lived_in_Alabama_in_the_late_1800s_Feb_2011.pdf Title of Lesson: Jim Crow Lived in Alabama in the late | *[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ahei/Jim_Crow_Lived_in_Alabama_in_the_late_1800s_Feb_2011.pdf Title of Lesson: Jim Crow Lived in Alabama in the late 1800[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
=== Biographies === | === Biographies === | ||
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=== Church Records === | === Church Records === | ||
St.Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [ | St.Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [Huntsvill[[Category:African American Records]] (1808- ) [http://www.blackpast.org/aah/st-bartley-primitive-baptist-church-huntsville-alabama-1808 Histor[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church [ | Dexter Avenue Baptist Church [Montgomer[[Category:African American Records]] (1883- )[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/dexter-avenue-baptist-church-montgomery-alabama History[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
=== Military Records === | === Military Records === | ||
[[Alabama Military Records|Military | [[Alabama Military Records|Military record[[Category:African American Records]]] of Alabama<br> | ||
===== Civil War ===== | ===== Civil War ===== | ||
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*''Combat Connected Naval Causalities, World War II, by States''. Two Volumes. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. (Family History Library .) This source is alphabetically arranged by state, then within the state by dead, missing, wounded, Prisoner of War (POW), died or killed while a POW, and POWs released. | *''Combat Connected Naval Causalities, World War II, by States''. Two Volumes. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. (Family History Library .) This source is alphabetically arranged by state, then within the state by dead, missing, wounded, Prisoner of War (POW), died or killed while a POW, and POWs released. | ||
*Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/ tuskegeeairmen. | *Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/ tuskegeeairmen.or[[Category:African American Records]] An estimated 16,000 to 19,000 airmen including mechanics, parachute riggers and support staff were involved. | ||
*For photos of Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.americanprofile.com/tuskegee americanprofile.com/ | *For photos of Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.americanprofile.com/tuskegee americanprofile.com/tuskege[[Category:African American Records]] | ||
=== Bibliography === | === Bibliography === | ||
*Taylor, Frazine K.''Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama A Resource Guide.''Montgomery, Alabama: New South Books. 2008. | *Taylor, Frazine K.''Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama A Resource Guide.''Montgomery, Alabama: New South Books. 2008. | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GhHb4IspnsgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=African-American+genealogy&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Researching African American Genealogy in | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=GhHb4IspnsgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=African-American+genealogy&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Researching African American Genealogy in Alabam[[Category:African American Records]] by Frazine K. Taylor (Google Books) | ||
=== Slave Narratives === | === Slave Narratives === | ||
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=== Societies === | === Societies === | ||
*[http://www.bbaaghs.org/records.html Online Records] of Black Belt African American Genealogical Historical Society, Inc. | *[http://www.bbaaghs.org/records.html Online Record[[Category:African American Records]] of Black Belt African American Genealogical Historical Society, Inc. | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/africanamerican/results_afram.php?subject=al African American Gateway:] Alabama (Allen County Public Library) | *[http://www.genealogycenter.info/africanamerican/results_afram.php?subject=al African American Gateway[[Category:African American Records]] Alabama (Allen County Public Library) | ||
*Samford University: [http://samford.libguides.com/content.php?pid=48940&sid=360072 Primary Sources/ | *Samford University: [http://samford.libguides.com/content.php?pid=48940&sid=360072 Primary Sources/Website[[Category:African American Records]]<br> | ||
*[http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/aa.htm Alabama African American Genealogy Research]-A comprehensive list of genealogy resources for Alabama | *[http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/aa.htm Alabama African American Genealogy Research]-A comprehensive list of genealogy resources for Alabama | ||
*[http://www.africanaheritage.com/Larrys_Alabama_Archive.asp Larry's Alabama | *[http://www.africanaheritage.com/Larrys_Alabama_Archive.asp Larry's Alabama Archiv[[Category:African American Records]] - Larry E. Caver Jr's Collection of Alabama records. | ||
*[http://www.lib.alasu.edu/archives/research/genealogy/ African American Genealogy Resources | *[http://www.lib.alasu.edu/archives/research/genealogy/ African American Genealogy Resources Pag[[Category:African American Records]] - Alabama State University | ||
=== Vital Records === | === Vital Records === | ||
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===== Marriage ===== | ===== Marriage ===== | ||
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alaag/AlAfAm-Marriages/ Alabama African American | [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alaag/AlAfAm-Marriages/ Alabama African American Marriage[[Category:African American Records]]<br>Alabama Genealogy Project<br>Email: tru_black@hotmail.com | ||
===== Death ===== | ===== Death ===== | ||
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{{African American}} | {{African American}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alabam[[Category:African American Records]]] [[Category:African_Americans|Alabam[[Category:African American Records]]] | ||