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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 | *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. | ||
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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. | 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. ''[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH33&CISOPTR=1765&REC=13 Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources | *Taylor, Marie. ''[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH33&CISOPTR=1765&REC=13 Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources]''. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=956235&disp=Family+History+Library+bibliography+of+A%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 973 F23tm; fiche 6002568].) This bibliography: | ||
:*Has citations for about 3,320 African American sources. | :*Has citations for about 3,320 African American sources. | ||