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===Funeral Homes=== | ===Funeral Homes=== | ||
===Genealogies=== | ===Genealogies=== | ||
*[http://www.arkansasgenealogy.com/aa "Arkansas African | *[http://www.arkansasgenealogy.com/aa "Arkansas African American Records"] at ''Arkansas Genealogy''. Provides resources, including links to African American cemeteries, military records, slave records, and more. | ||
===Land and Property=== | ===Land and Property=== | ||
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===Reconstruction Records=== | ===Reconstruction Records=== | ||
====Freedman’s Bank==== | ====Freedman’s Bank==== | ||
An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (visit the [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records]] page to learn more). This company was created to assist African | An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (visit the [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records]] 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. <br> | ||
Online collections of Freedman's Bank records: | Online collections of Freedman's Bank records: | ||