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==Introduction== | |||
Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Nevada. | Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Nevada. | ||
== | ==Online Resources== | ||
*[http://www.nvgenweb.org/nvlinks.html NVGenWeb Project] | |||
==Research Strategy== | |||
==History== | |||
Legal history -[http://salonsubrosa.com/timeline-of-african-american-legal-history-in-nevada-1861-2011/ The Timeline of African-American Legal History in Nevada (1861-2011)] by Professor Rachel J. Anderson depicts selected events in the history of African-American lawyers, civil rights, and diversity in Nevada’s bar and on the bench. | |||
=== | Rusco. Elmer R. ''Good Time Coming''. Black Nevadans in the nineteenth century; forward by Kenneth W. Porter. West port, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975. xix, 230 p. - (Contributions in Afro-American and African studies; no. 15) E185.93.N52 R87 | ||
==Resources== | |||
=== | ===Biographies=== | ||
===Cemeteries=== | |||
===Census Records=== | |||
===Church Records=== | |||
===Emancipation Records=== | |||
===Funeral Homes=== | |||
===Genealogies=== | |||
===Land and Property=== | |||
====Plantation==== | |||
===Oral Histories=== | |||
===Other Records=== | |||
===Military Records=== | |||
===Newspapers=== | |||
===Probate Records=== | |||
===Reconstruction Records=== | |||
====Freedman’s Bank==== | |||
====Freedmen's Bureau==== | |||
===School Records=== | |||
===Slavery Records=== | |||
===Vital Records=== | |||
====Birth==== | |||
====Marriage==== | |||
====Death==== | |||
====Divorce==== | |||
===Voting Registers=== | |||
==Archives and Libraries== | |||
'''Lied Library''' | |||
4505 South Maryland Pkwy. <br>Box 457001 <br>Las Vegas, Nevada <br>89154-7001 <br>(702) 895-2100<br>Search the [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/index.html special collections] for oral histories and other resources. Also see [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/nevada_repositories/index.php Nevada Repositories]. | 4505 South Maryland Pkwy. <br>Box 457001 <br>Las Vegas, Nevada <br>89154-7001 <br>(702) 895-2100<br>Search the [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/index.html special collections] for oral histories and other resources. Also see [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/nevada_repositories/index.php Nevada Repositories]. | ||
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UNLV Libraries have received funding from the Nevada State Library and Archives under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project with the public libraries, the university, the State Museum, the public television station, and city and county government to document the African American experience in Las Vegas. [http://www.library.unlv.edu/oral_histories/african_americans_in_lv.html See African Americans in Las Vegas.] | UNLV Libraries have received funding from the Nevada State Library and Archives under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project with the public libraries, the university, the State Museum, the public television station, and city and county government to document the African American experience in Las Vegas. [http://www.library.unlv.edu/oral_histories/african_americans_in_lv.html See African Americans in Las Vegas.] | ||
'''Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center''' | |||
(University of Nevada, Reno)<br>1664 N. Virginia St. <br>Reno, Nevada 89557 <br>775.784.4636<br>[http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/univarch/ University Archives]<br> See [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/96-47.html A Guide to the Nevada Black History Project]. | (University of Nevada, Reno)<br>1664 N. Virginia St. <br>Reno, Nevada 89557 <br>775.784.4636<br>[http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/univarch/ University Archives]<br> See [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/96-47.html A Guide to the Nevada Black History Project]. | ||
==Societies== | |||
Nevada African American Genealogical Society - NAAGS meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month except on July and August at 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the family history center located at <br>509 S 9th Street <br>Las Vegas, NV 89101 <br>[http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/servlet/lvrj_ProcServ/dbpage=page&mode=display&gid=01352001051121471290397877 Website] | Nevada African American Genealogical Society - NAAGS meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month except on July and August at 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the family history center located at <br>509 S 9th Street <br>Las Vegas, NV 89101 <br>[http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/servlet/lvrj_ProcServ/dbpage=page&mode=display&gid=01352001051121471290397877 Website] | ||
== | ==References== | ||
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