African American Resources for Alabama: Difference between revisions

*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://lestweforget.hamptonu.edu/page.cfm?uuid=9FEC4EC4-9F99-064D-99109BD6B7AE7CB1 Alabama's First Lawmakers]  

*Reconstruction in Alabama: [http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec24.html A Quick Summary]

African Americans are identified in the [[Alabama Census#Online_Alabama_indexes_and_images|1866 Census]].  

A few parish registers (see "[[Alabama Church Records|Church Records]]") list slaves who attended church with their masters.<br>  

Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Alabama Land and Property|Land and Property]]").

See also [[Alabama Military Records|"Alabama Military Records"]]  

Slaves are sometimes mentioned in wills (see "[[Alabama Probate Records|Probate Records]]").

An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (visit this [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|wiki page]] to learn more). 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>  

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The records are also available online at Familysearch.org - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874]

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was created by the US government in 1865 to assist former slaves in the southern United States. The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists.  Such documents include censuses, marriage records, and medical records.  These records often include full names, former masters and plantations, and current residences.<ref>"African American Records: Freedmen's Bureau," "African American Heritage," ''National Archives'', accessed 11 May 2018. </ref> For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands 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.   

*[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ DiscoverFreedmen] - the search on this site will utilize all of the Freedmen's Bureau records on FamilySearch.

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2427901 ''United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872''] Images only. National Archives Microfilm Publications, RG 105. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. Microfilms of the originals are available at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This collection can also be viewed [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/362692?availability=Family%20History%20Library here].  These reports primarily contain statistical and historical information. 

*The African-American Mosaic: [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam015.html Ex Slave Narratives<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  

[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

Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See [[Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records]] for those records.  

FamilySearch has begun to digitize colored Alabama marriage books: {{RecordSearch|1743384|Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950}}. As of 6 August 2012, some books from Baldwin, Bullock, Crenshaw, Dallas, Jefferson, Madison, Mobile, Morgan, Pike, and St. Clair counties have been digitized and indexed.<ref>Coverage Table, "Alabama County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)," ''FamilySearch Research Wiki,'' https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_County_Marriages_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records), accessed 6 August 2012.</ref>

<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://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