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Quick Guide to African American Records (view source)
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4. An excellent guide that carefully explains how to search for your ancestors is: | 4. An excellent guide that carefully explains how to search for your ancestors is: | ||
Woodtor, Dee Parmer. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40331192 Finding a Place Called Home: An African American Guide to Genealogical and Historical Identity]. (New York: Random House, 1999)[FHL book 973 F2wd]. This explains basic as well as complex research techniques. It includes unique sources such as the records of the Freedmen’s Bureau. | *Woodtor, Dee Parmer. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40331192 ''Finding a Place Called Home: An African American Guide to Genealogical and Historical Identity'']. (New York: Random House, 1999)[FHL book 973 F2wd]. This explains basic as well as complex research techniques. It includes unique sources such as the records of the Freedmen’s Bureau. | ||
5. Join an African American Genealogical Society in your area or the area where your ancestors lived. | 5. Join an African American Genealogical Society in your area or the area where your ancestors lived. | ||
=== African American Records === | === African American Records === | ||
African American records at the Family History Library are listed in the bibliography below. Look for records from the place and time your ancestor lived. | |||
Taylor, Marie. Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. (FHL book 973 F23tm; fiche 6002568.) This bibliography: | *Taylor, Marie. Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. (FHL book 973 F23tm; fiche 6002568.) This bibliography: | ||
:*Has citations for about 3,320 African American sources. | |||
:*Includes Canadian records. | |||
:*Includes records in the collection by 1994. (The Family History Library Catalog does not list all these records.) | |||
:*Includes articles from historical and genealogical periodicals. | |||
:This bibliography has two sections: | |||
:*Search the "Bibliography Arranged by Subject" section for general types of records, such as church, court, slavery and bondage, or vital records. | |||
:*Search the "Bibliography Arranged by Locality" section for records from the U.S. state or Canadian province where your ancestor lived. Each state or province has a subject section, followed by a section for each county. | |||
Over the years African American sources have been cataloged in many different ways at the Family History Library. This Bibliography was created to make the African American genealogical sources easier to locate. For example: | Over the years African American sources have been cataloged in many different ways at the Family History Library. This Bibliography was created to make the African American genealogical sources easier to locate. For example: | ||