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''[[United States|United State[[Category:African American Records]]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn[[Category:African American Records]]] [[African American Research|African American Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn[[Category:African American Records]]] [[Quick_Guide_to_African_American_Records|Search Stategie[[Category:African American Records]]]''  

[[Image:PowersBibleQuilt 1898.jpg|right|300px|PowersBibleQuilt 1898.jp[[Category:African American Records]]]This ''Search Strategies'' section describes:<br><br>  

1. Search United States records, as described in the [[United State[[Category:African American Records]]] Wiki page such as:  

:*[[United States Census|Census record[[Category:African American Records]]]  

:*[[United States Military Records|Military record[[Category:African American Records]]]  

:*[[Homestead Records|Homestead record[[Category:African American Records]]]  

2. Search records from the [[United States#States|stat[[Category:African American Records]]] where your ancestor lived.  

:*[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/ Cemetery record[[Category:African American Records]]<br>  

*Woodtor, Dee Parmer. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40331192 Finding a Place Called Home: An African American Guide to Genealogical and Historical Identit[[Category:African American Records]]''. New York: Random House, 1999. {{FHL| 973 F2wd}}. This explains basic as well as complex research techniques. It includes unique sources such as the records of the Freedmen’s Bureau.

*Taylor, Marie. [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F956235&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D ''Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources''.[[Category:African American Records]]Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. ({{FHL|956235|title-id|disp=FHL book 973 F23tm}} &amp; {{FHL| 6002568}}.) This bibliography:

For information about [[Melungeon[[Category:African American Records]]], tri-racial families, African Americans with Native American ancestry, and free people of color see the Taylor bibliography, pages 54–56. <br>  

*National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at [http://tinyurl.com/6sktldj Freedman's Bank Record[[Category:African American Records]] (accessed&nbsp;22&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2011).  

[[Image:James Hopkinsons Plantation Slaves Planting Sweet Potatoes.jpg|right|300px|James Hopkinsons Plantation Slaves Planting Sweet Potatoes.jp[[Category:African American Records]]]You must first identify the slave owner, and then study the owner’s records for clues to your family. Correctly identifying your ancestor in slave records is difficult. Even professional researchers are successful only about 50 percent of the time.<br><br>  

[[United States Colored Troops in the Civil War|United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Civil War servic[[Category:African American Records]]] and pension records. These records list the date and place of birth of the soldier and may name the last slave owner.  

:*[[African American Military Record[[Category:African American Records]]] Wiki pages.  

:*[[United States Military Record[[Category:African American Records]]] Wiki pages.  

:*Wiki [[United States#States|Pages for the state[[Category:African American Records]]] where your ancestors lived.

:*The Freedman's Bank records are part of National Archives Record Group 101, Records of the Comptroller of the Currency. For more information, see: [http://tinyurl.com/6sktldj freedman bank record[[Category:African American Records]]  

United States. House of Representatives. Commissioners of Claims. Records of the [[Southern Claims Commission|Commissioners of Claims[[Category:African American Records]]]1871–1880. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0087. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1945. {{FHL| 1463963}}  

:*Library of Congress' free Internet site that indexes 2,300 narratives in ''[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Projec[[Category:African American Records]]''.  

:*Howard E. Potts, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36284310 A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slav[[Category:African American Records]]'' (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997) {{FHL| 973 F22p}}.  

:*University of North Carolina's free site ''[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ North American Slave Narrative[[Category:African American Records]]''.

*[http://www.african-nativeamerican.com/ African-Native American&nbsp;Genealogy Homepag[[Category:African American Records]]&nbsp;containing Indian Freedmen Records of Okalahoma, Black Families&nbsp;of the Mississippi Choctaw, and Eastern Cherokee Records sites.&nbsp;

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/african-american-genealogical-research-at-the-library-of-congress/63 African American Genealogical Research at the Library of Congres[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/library-resources-at-the-new-england-historic-genealogical-society/113 Library&nbsp;Resources at New England Historical Genealogical Societ[[Category:African American Records]]&nbsp;  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/avoid-traps-in-african-american-genealogy/77 Avoid Traps in African American Genealog[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22United+States%22&resultListItem=4 Finding the Slave Generatio[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/howard-dodson-chief-of-the-schomburg-center-for-research-in-black-culture-of-new-york-public-library/153 Howard Dodson: Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of New York Public Librar[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/national-underground-railroad-activities-and-accomplishments/147 National Underground Railroad: Activities and Accomplishment[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/researching-african-native-american-ancestors-of-indian-territory/148 Researching African-Native American Ancestors of Indian Territor[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/roots-west-african-american-history-in-the-trans-mississippi-west/150 Roots West: African American History in the Trans Mississippi Wes[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/tracing-slaveholdings-and-slavery-in-the-family/336 Tracing Slaveholdings and Slavery in the Famil[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/finding-records-of-your-ancestors-1870-present/155 Finding Records of Your Ancestors 1870-Presen[[Category:African American Records]]

*[http://www.afrigeneas.com/ Afrigeneas: African Ancestored Genealog[[Category:African American Records]] Supports research of African American ancestors.  

*[http://www.aagsnc.org/genlinks/Genealogical AAGSNC - African American Genealogical Society of Northern Californi[[Category:African American Records]] Has links to African American history and genealogy divided into 17 categories.  

*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/docs/36928_African_American_Quick_Guide.pdf FamilySearch Quick Guide to African-American Record[[Category:African American Records]] Has chronological information about Africans in America.  

*[http://tinyurl.com/yzmenle African American History: A research guide to primary and secondary sources for African American histor[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries Onlin[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[http://www.afrigeneas.com/aacensus/ African American Census Schedules Onlin[[Category:African American Records]]  

*[http://tinyurl.com/7gvnpku List of Slavery Sites Accessible on the Web through Brown Universit[[Category:African American Records]]&nbsp;  

*University of North Carolina - Greensboro's [http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/pSearch.aspx?s=2 Digital Library on American Slaver[[Category:African American Records]] has digitized details about American slaves from thousands of court and legislative petitions filed between 1775 and 1867 in 15 different states.&nbsp; Search by name, search by petition or browse subjects.

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