Quick Guide to African American Records: Difference between revisions

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 If the sources listed above do not help you identify a slave owner, try the following technique:
-. Find your family on the 1870 census.
+#Find your family on the 1870 census.
+#Make a list of every family with property on the 10 pages before and 10 pages after your ancestor. Add your ancestor’s surname to this list if it is not already there.
-. Make a list of every family with property on the 10 pages before and 10 pages after your ancestor. Add your ancestor’s surname to this list if it is not already there.
+#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.
+#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.
-. 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.
-. 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  =