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==Introduction==
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Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre-and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of consulting the same record types you would use to research non–African-Americans. Pre-Civil War records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, Alabama hiring practices, census records, plantation owners’ family records, church and cemetery records, military records, and Alabama court records.  
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==Online Resources==
| valign="bottom" align="center" | '''''Help Index Freedmen's Bureau Records'''''
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1714 U.S., Southeast Coastwise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860]
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*{{RecordSearch|2333770|Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Images only.
| Help yourself and others find their African American ancestors by participating in the [http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen Indexing Project]. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865631024/LDS-Church-FamilySearch-launch-project-to-index-Freedmen7s-Bureau-records-of-4-million-former.html?pg=all June 19th Press Conference]
*{{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874}}
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*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/netres.html#online-resources Alabama Department of Archives and History]
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1307888 Alabama Deaths 1908-1974] (Record Search)  
=== Archives and Libraries  ===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GhHb4IspnsgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=African-American+genealogy&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama'' ]by Frazine K. Taylor (Google Books)
 
*[http://www.birminghamarchives.org/SubjectGuideSuggestedReadin.htm Birmingham Public Library: Collections and Research]
[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/ Alabama Department of Archives and History]<br> P.O. Box 300100 / 624 Washington Ave.<br>Montgomery, AL 36130<br>(334) 242-4435
*[http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/aa.htm Alabama African American Genealogy Research] - A list of Alabama genealogy resources, including records and databases.  
 
*Access Genealogy:&nbsp; [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/african/alabama/ Alabama African American Records]<br>
<br>[http://alabamam.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default# J.F. Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center] <br>Alabama A &amp; M University<br>Box 489<br>Normal, AL 35762<br>Phone: (205) 851-5760
*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/africanamerican/results_afram.php?subject=al African American Gateway:] Alabama (Allen County Public Library)  
 
*Samford University: &nbsp;[http://samford.libguides.com/content.php?pid=48940&sid=360072 Primary Sources/Websites]<br>  
[http://library.samford.edu/ Samford University Library]<br>Samford University 800 Lakeshore Drive <br>Birmingham, AL 35229<br>Questions or Comments: 205-726-2748 <br> [http://www4.samford.edu/schools/ighr/ Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR)] <br>
*[http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/aa.htm Alabama African American Genealogy Research]-A comprehensive list of genealogy resources for Alabama  
 
*[http://www.africanaheritage.com/Larrys_Alabama_Archive.asp Larry's Alabama Archive] - Larry E. Caver Jr's Collection of Alabama records.  
[http://www.birminghamarchives.org/SubjectGuideSuggestedReadin.htm Birmingham Public Library: Collections and Research]<br> Birmingham Public Library<br>Department of Archives &amp; Manuscripts<br>2100 Park Place<br>Birmingham, Alabama USA 35203 <br>Phone:(205) 226-3631<br>E-mail: jbaggett@bham.lib.al.us
*[http://www.lib.alasu.edu/archives/research/genealogy/ African American Genealogy Resources Page] - Alabama State University
 
==Research Strategy==
=== Pre-Civil War records ===
 
slave importation declarations, plantation records, emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, Alabama hiring practices, census records, plantation owners’ family records, church and cemetery records, military records, and Alabama court records.  
 
===== Plantation records  =====
 
Some plantation records mention slaves. The Family History Library has many plantation records on microfilm. These records are described in a series of booklets by Kenneth M. Stampp. Guides for Series A–M are available at the Family History Library:<br>
 
*Stampp, Kenneth M., ed.''A Guide to Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series A–M,'' ''Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986. ( Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=call_number&searchCriteria=975+H2sm&author_givenName=&author_surname= book 975 H2sm.]) The Family History Library has microfilms of most of the records described in the guide. Alabama plantation records are scattered throughout.
 
<br>For example, the booklet for Series F describes records of many plantations in Alabama and other states of the Deep South. The records were microfilmed at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina. They are:
 
*''Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986–1987. (On 84 Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F564185&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films beginning with 1549774].)
 
For a history of slavery in Alabama, see:<br>Sellers, James Benson. Slavery in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1950, 1994. (Family History Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F706908&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D 976.1 F2s].) This 426 page book includes a bibliography, on pages 399–409.
 
<br>Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See [[Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records|Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records]] for those records
 
=== Civil War Records  ===
 
A record was made of men of African descent who served in the Confederate Army:<br>Alabama. Department of Archives and History. Negroes in the Confederate Army, 1860–1907. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F522854&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 1653243 item 4].) This source lists the name of the soldier and his duty. It may indicate the name of the slave owner, the date of pay, master’s place of residence, where the soldier served in the military, and his military expenses.
 
=== Post-Civil War  ===
 
===== Freedman's Records  =====
 
An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. This company was created to assist African-American soldiers of the Civil War and freed slaves. Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers from 3 March 1865 to 25 July 1874 may list the name of the depositor, date of entry, age, birthplace, residence, complexion, name of employer or occupation, wife or husband’s name, death information, children’s names, name of father and mother, brothers’ and sisters’ names, remarks, and signature. Early books sometimes contained the name of the former master or mistress and the name of the plantation. Copies of death certificates were sometimes attached to the entries. The collection is organized alphabetically by state, then city where the bank was located, then date the account was established, then account number.<br>  
 
Alabama had a branch of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company in Huntsville and Mobile. In each city depositors are listed by account number. The records are in:
 
*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Huntsville, Alabama), Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1865–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F709429&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 928571].)  
*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Mobile, Alabama). Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1867–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=film_number&searchCriteria=928572&author_givenName=&author_surname= film 928572 ].)<br>
 
===== [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/African_American_Freedmen%27s_Bureau_Records Freedmen’s Bureau] =====
 
United States:''Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama, 1865–1869.'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0809. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F362692&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films 1612338–60].)There is an ongoing effort to index these records. For more information please follow the link to the article about the Bureau.  These records do contain the names of slaves and the names of white southerners who were displaced by the war. They are very valuable to African American researchers. 
 
For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F362692&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 1612358]&nbsp;) includes the names of the owners of the plantations or homes that were abandoned, confiscated, or leased. It gives the county and location, a description of the house, the number of acres owned, and the number of cabins of former slaves. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves. 
 
The records for Alabama can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search under:  
The records for Alabama can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search under:  


<br>'''FREEDMEN - ALABAMA''' <br>Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Alabama Land and Property|Land and Property]]"), wills (see "[[Alabama Probate Records|Probate Records]]"), tax records (see "[[Alabama Taxation|Taxation]]"), and court order books (see "[[Alabama Court Records|Court Records]]") under their owner’s name. A few parish registers (see "[[Alabama Church Records|Church Records]]") list slaves who attended church with their masters.<br>
<br>'''FREEDMEN - ALABAMA'''


=== Reconstruction Era (1868-1877) ===
*Taylor, Frazine K.''Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama A Resource Guide.''Montgomery, Alabama: New South Books. 2008.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GhHb4IspnsgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=African-American+genealogy&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama] by Frazine K. Taylor (Google Books)
==History==
For a history of slavery in Alabama, see:<br>Sellers, James Benson. Slavery in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1950, 1994. (Family History Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F706908&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D 976.1 F2s].) This 426 page book includes a bibliography, on pages 399–409.


Reconstruction Era (1868-1877)
*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.lwfaah.net/alabama/reconstruction.htm &nbsp;Alabama's First Lawmakers]  
*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.lwfaah.net/alabama/reconstruction.htm &nbsp;Alabama's First Lawmakers]  
*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec24.html A Quick Summary]
*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec24.html A Quick Summary]


=== Jim Crow Era (1859-1964) ===
Jim Crow Era (1859-1964)


*[http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/insidesouth.cgi?state=Alabama Jim Crow Laws: &nbsp;Alabama]  
*[http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/insidesouth.cgi?state=Alabama Jim Crow Laws: &nbsp;Alabama]  
*[http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1248 Segregation (Jim Crow)], Encyclopedia of Alabama  
*[http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1248 Segregation (Jim Crow)], Encyclopedia of Alabama  
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ahei/Jim_Crow_Lived_in_Alabama_in_the_late_1800s_Feb_2011.pdf Title of Lesson: Jim Crow Lived in Alabama in the late 1800s]
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ahei/Jim_Crow_Lived_in_Alabama_in_the_late_1800s_Feb_2011.pdf Title of Lesson: Jim Crow Lived in Alabama in the late 1800s]
 
==Resources==
=== Biographies ===
===Biographies===
 
Several biographical dictionaries, compendia, and histories may contain information you need, for example:  
Several biographical dictionaries, compendia, and histories may contain information you need, for example:  


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<br>Moorman, Joseph H. and E. L. Barrett. ''Leaders of the Colored Race in Alabama.'' Mobile, Alabama: News Publishing, [198–?]. (Family History Library&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F509200&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D fiche 6079115] [set of 2].) This source contains biographical sketches with birth dates, educational information, a history of each minister’s service, and a history of churches. It includes an index.  
<br>Moorman, Joseph H. and E. L. Barrett. ''Leaders of the Colored Race in Alabama.'' Mobile, Alabama: News Publishing, [198–?]. (Family History Library&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F509200&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D fiche 6079115] [set of 2].) This source contains biographical sketches with birth dates, educational information, a history of each minister’s service, and a history of churches. It includes an index.  
===Cemeteries===
===Census Records===
African Americans are identified in the [[Alabama Census#Online_Alabama_indexes_and_images|1866 Census]].
===Church Records===
A few parish registers (see "[[Alabama Church Records|Church Records]]") list slaves who attended church with their masters.<br>
St.Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [Huntsville] (1808- ) [http://www.blackpast.org/aah/st-bartley-primitive-baptist-church-huntsville-alabama-1808 History]
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church [Montgomery] (1883- )[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/dexter-avenue-baptist-church-montgomery-alabama History ]
Booth, Charles Octavius. ''The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama'': Their leaders and their work. Birmingham: Alabama Pub. Co., 1895. - 267 p.: ill. BX6444.A6 B6
===Emancipation Records===
===Funeral Homes===
===Genealogies===
===Land and Property===
Some plantation records mention slaves. The Family History Library has many plantation records on microfilm. These records are described in a series of booklets by Kenneth M. Stampp. Guides for Series A–M are available at the Family History Library:<br>


=== Church Records  ===
*Stampp, Kenneth M., ed.''A Guide to Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series A–M,'' ''Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986. ( Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=call_number&searchCriteria=975+H2sm&author_givenName=&author_surname= book 975 H2sm.]) The Family History Library has microfilms of most of the records described in the guide. Alabama plantation records are scattered throughout.


St.Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [Huntsville] (1808- ) [http://www.blackpast.org/aah/st-bartley-primitive-baptist-church-huntsville-alabama-1808 History]
<br>For example, the booklet for Series F describes records of many plantations in Alabama and other states of the Deep South. The records were microfilmed at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina. They are:  


Dexter Avenue Baptist Church [Montgomery] (1883- )[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/dexter-avenue-baptist-church-montgomery-alabama History ]  
*''Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986–1987. (On 84 Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F564185&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films beginning with 1549774].)


=== Military Records  ===
<br>'''FREEDMEN - ALABAMA''' <br>Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Alabama Land and Property|Land and Property]]").


[[Alabama Military Records|Military records]] of Alabama<br>  
====Plantation====
===Oral Histories===
===Other Records===
===Military Records===
Civil War: A record was made of men of African descent who served in the Confederate Army:<br>Alabama. Department of Archives and History. Negroes in the Confederate Army, 1860–1907. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F522854&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 1653243 item 4].) This source lists the name of the soldier and his duty. It may indicate the name of the slave owner, the date of pay, master’s place of residence, where the soldier served in the military, and his military expenses.


===== Civil War =====
[[Alabama Military Records|Military records]] of Alabama<br>  


1862: Over 10,000 Alabama freedmen served as Union Soldiers<br>World War II (1941-1945)  
1862: Over 10,000 Alabama freedmen served as Union Soldiers<br>World War II (1941-1945)  
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*Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/ tuskegeeairmen.org] An estimated 16,000 to 19,000 airmen including mechanics, parachute riggers and support staff were involved.  
*Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/ tuskegeeairmen.org] An estimated 16,000 to 19,000 airmen including mechanics, parachute riggers and support staff were involved.  
*For photos of Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.americanprofile.com/tuskegee americanprofile.com/tuskegee]
*For photos of Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.americanprofile.com/tuskegee americanprofile.com/tuskegee]
===Newspapers===
===Probate Records===
<br>'''FREEDMEN - ALABAMA''' <br>Slaves are sometimes mentioned in wills (see "[[Alabama Probate Records|Probate Records]]").
===Reconstruction Records===
====Freedman's Bank====
An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. This company was created to assist African-American soldiers of the Civil War and freed slaves. Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers from 3 March 1865 to 25 July 1874 may list the name of the depositor, date of entry, age, birthplace, residence, complexion, name of employer or occupation, wife or husband’s name, death information, children’s names, name of father and mother, brothers’ and sisters’ names, remarks, and signature. Early books sometimes contained the name of the former master or mistress and the name of the plantation. Copies of death certificates were sometimes attached to the entries. The collection is organized alphabetically by state, then city where the bank was located, then date the account was established, then account number.<br>


=== Bibliography  ===
Alabama had a branch of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company in Huntsville and Mobile. In each city depositors are listed by account number. The records are in:


*Taylor, Frazine K.''Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama A Resource Guide.''Montgomery, Alabama: New South Books. 2008.  
*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Huntsville, Alabama), Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1865–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F709429&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 928571].)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GhHb4IspnsgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=African-American+genealogy&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama] by Frazine K. Taylor (Google Books)
*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Mobile, Alabama). Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1867–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=film_number&searchCriteria=928572&author_givenName=&author_surname= film 928572 ].)<br>
====Freedmen's Bureau====
United States:''Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama, 1865–1869.'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0809. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F362692&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films 1612338–60].)There is an ongoing effort to index these records.  For more information please follow the link to the article about the Bureau.  These records do contain the names of slaves and the names of white southerners who were displaced by the war. They are very valuable to African American researchers.


=== Slave Narratives ===
For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F362692&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 1612358]&nbsp;) includes the names of the owners of the plantations or homes that were abandoned, confiscated, or leased. It gives the county and location, a description of the house, the number of acres owned, and the number of cabins of former slaves. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves. 
===School Records===
===Slavery Records===
*The African-American Mosaic: [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam015.html Ex Slave Narratives<br>]
===Vital Records===
<br>Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See [[Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records|Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records]] for those records
====Birth====
====Marriage====
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160903215556/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alaag/AlAfAm-Marriages/ Alabama African American Marriages]<br>Alabama Genealogy Project<br>Email: tru_black@hotmail.com
====Death====
====Divorce====
===Voting Registers===
==Archives and Libraries==
[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/ Alabama Department of Archives and History]<br> P.O. Box 300100 / 624 Washington Ave.<br>Montgomery, AL 36130<br>(334) 242-4435


*The African-American Mosaic: &nbsp;[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam015.html Ex Slave Narratives<br>]
<br>[http://alabamam.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default# J.F. Drake Memorial Learning Resources Center] <br>Alabama A &amp; M University<br>Box 489<br>Normal, AL 35762<br>Phone: (205) 851-5760


=== Societies  ===
[http://library.samford.edu/ Samford University Library]<br>Samford University 800 Lakeshore Drive <br>Birmingham, AL 35229<br>Questions or Comments: 205-726-2748 <br> [http://www4.samford.edu/schools/ighr/ Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR)] <br>


[http://www.birminghamarchives.org/SubjectGuideSuggestedReadin.htm Birmingham Public Library: Collections and Research]<br> Birmingham Public Library<br>Department of Archives &amp; Manuscripts<br>2100 Park Place<br>Birmingham, Alabama USA 35203 <br>Phone:(205) 226-3631<br>E-mail: jbaggett@bham.lib.al.us
==Societies==
*[http://www.bbaaghs.org/records.html Online Records] of Black Belt African American Genealogical Historical Society, Inc.
*[http://www.bbaaghs.org/records.html Online Records] of Black Belt African American Genealogical Historical Society, Inc.
==References==
<references />


=== Websites  ===
*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/africanamerican/results_afram.php?subject=al African American Gateway:] Alabama (Allen County Public Library)
*Samford University: &nbsp;[http://samford.libguides.com/content.php?pid=48940&sid=360072 Primary Sources/Websites]<br>
*[http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/aa.htm Alabama African American Genealogy Research]-A comprehensive list of genealogy resources for Alabama
*[http://www.africanaheritage.com/Larrys_Alabama_Archive.asp Larry's Alabama Archive] - Larry E. Caver Jr's Collection of Alabama records.
*[http://www.lib.alasu.edu/archives/research/genealogy/ African American Genealogy Resources Page] - Alabama State University
=== Vital Records  ===
===== Birth  =====
===== Marriage  =====
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160903215556/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alaag/AlAfAm-Marriages/ Alabama African American Marriages]<br>Alabama Genealogy Project<br>Email: tru_black@hotmail.com
===== Death  =====
=== African Americans  ===
Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre-and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of consulting the same record types you would use to research non–African-Americans. Pre-Civil War records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, Alabama hiring practices, census records, plantation owners’ family records, church and cemetery records, military records, and Alabama court records.
==== Online Resources for African-American Research  ====
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1714 U.S., Southeast Coastwise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860]
*{{RecordSearch|2333770|Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Images only.
*{{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874}}
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/netres.html#online-resources Alabama Department of Archives and History]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1307888 Alabama Deaths 1908-1974] (Record Search)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GhHb4IspnsgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=African-American+genealogy&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama'' ]by Frazine K. Taylor (Google Books)
*[http://www.birminghamarchives.org/SubjectGuideSuggestedReadin.htm Birmingham Public Library: Collections and Research]
*[http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/aa.htm Alabama African American Genealogy Research] - A list of Alabama genealogy resources, including records and databases.
*Access Genealogy:&nbsp; [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/african/alabama/ Alabama African American Records]<br>
==== Census Records  ====


African Americans are identified in the [[Alabama Census#Online_Alabama_indexes_and_images|1866 Census]].
==== Church Records  ====
Booth, Charles Octavius. ''The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama'': Their leaders and their work. Birmingham: Alabama Pub. Co., 1895. - 267 p.: ill. BX6444.A6 B6


==== Freedman's Bank Records  ====
==== Freedman's Bank Records  ====
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