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=== Other Sources Especially Useful for African American Research === | === Other Sources Especially Useful for African American Research === | ||
To learn more, search these topics in the Research Wiki at wiki.familysearch.org: 1. Social Security Death Index for ancestors who died after 1962 2. WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 for men born 1873 to 1900 3. Freedman's Savings And Trust 1864-1871 bank 4. U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) in the civil war soldiers and sailors system 1861-1865 5. Records Of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations pre-1861 6. Slaves in wills (Probate Records), deeds (Land and Property), tax records (Taxation) 7. Registers of free blacks and registers of slaves in upper south and border states 8. Freedmen’s Bureau – marriages, labor records, food, health care, lynching records 1864-72 9. Slave Narratives 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves made in 1930s, well indexed 10. Southern Claims Commission (advanced source) 1871-73 based on civil war claims 11. Runaway slave advertisements – spotty coverage, hard to find a particular ancestor | To learn more, search these topics in the Research Wiki at wiki.familysearch.org: | ||
1. Social Security Death Index for ancestors who died after 1962 | |||
2. WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 for men born 1873 to 1900 | |||
3. Freedman's Savings And Trust 1864-1871 bank | |||
4. U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) in the civil war soldiers and sailors system 1861-1865 | |||
5. Records Of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations pre-1861 | |||
6. Slaves in wills (Probate Records), deeds (Land and Property), tax records (Taxation) | |||
7. Registers of free blacks and registers of slaves in upper south and border states | |||
8. Freedmen’s Bureau – marriages, labor records, food, health care, lynching records 1864-72 | |||
9. Slave Narratives 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves made in 1930s, well indexed | |||
10. Southern Claims Commission (advanced source) 1871-73 based on civil war claims | |||
11. Runaway slave advertisements – spotty coverage, hard to find a particular ancestor | |||
=== Tips and Principles === | === Tips and Principles === | ||