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*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].) Look under "Migration" in both the "Subject" and "Locality" sections. | *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].) Look under "Migration" in both the "Subject" and "Locality" sections. | ||
*National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at http://www.freedomcenter.org/ (accessed 6 February 2010). | *National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at http://www.freedomcenter.org/ (accessed 6 February 2010). | ||
*National Geographic, "The Underground Railroad" at http:// | *National Geographic, "The Underground Railroad" at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html (accessed 6 February 2010). | ||
=== Making the Slave Connection === | === Making the Slave Connection === | ||
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3. Act as if each family name on the list was the name of the former slave owner. Use the records listed under Search Records of Slaves. As you use the records you will start eliminating some names, and others will look more promising. | 3. Act as if each family name on the list was the name of the former slave owner. Use the records listed under Search Records of Slaves. As you use the records you will start eliminating some names, and others will look more promising. | ||
4. If you don’t find a match, try to find out if the family moved from a different location. If so, repeat this process as you check the census records for the other location. | 4. If you don’t find a match, try to find out if the family moved from a different location. If so, repeat this process as you check the census records for the other location. | ||
= Searching Records for Slaves = | = Searching Records for Slaves = | ||