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To learn more, search these topics in the Research Wiki at [http://wiki.familysearch.org http://wiki.familysearch.org]: | To learn more, search these topics in the Research Wiki at [http://wiki.familysearch.org http://wiki.familysearch.org]: | ||
#Social Security Death Index for ancestors who died after 1962 | #[[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]] for ancestors who died after 1962 | ||
#WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 for men born 1873 to 1900 | #[[World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918#Draft_Records|WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918]] for men born 1873 to 1900 | ||
#Freedman's Savings And Trust 1864-1871 bank | #[[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Savings And Trust 1864-1871]] bank | ||
#U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) in the civil war soldiers and sailors system 1861-1865 | #[[African American Military Records|U.S. Colored Troops (USCT)]] in the civil war soldiers and sailors system 1861-1865 | ||
#Records Of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations pre-1861 | #[[African_American_Slavery_and_Bondage#Finding_plantation_records|Records Of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations]] pre-1861 | ||
#Slaves in wills (Probate Records), deeds (Land and Property), tax records (Taxation) | #Slaves in wills ([[African American Probate Records|Probate Records]]), deeds ([[African American Land and Property|Land and Property]]), tax records ([[African American Taxation|Taxation]]) | ||
#Registers of free blacks and registers of slaves in | #[[African_American_Land_and_Property|Registers of free blacks]] and [[African_American_Land_and_Property|registers of slaves]] in southern and border states | ||
#Freedmen’s Bureau – marriages, labor records, food, health care, lynching records 1864-72 | #[[African_American_Freedmen's_Bureau_Records|Freedmen’s Bureau]] – marriages, labor records, food, health care, lynching records 1864-72 | ||
#Slave Narratives 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves made in 1930s, well indexed | #[[African_American_Biography|Slave Narratives]] 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves made in 1930s, well indexed | ||
#Southern Claims Commission (advanced source) 1871-73 based on civil war claims | #[[Southern_Claims_Commission|Southern Claims Commission]] (advanced source) 1871-73 based on civil war claims | ||
#Runaway slave advertisements – spotty coverage, hard to find a particular ancestor | #[[African_American_Newspapers#Runaway_slave_advertisements|Runaway slave advertisements]] – spotty coverage, hard to find a particular ancestor | ||
=== Tips and Principles === | === Tips and Principles === | ||