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 === Tips and Principles  ===
-#1. Learn some of the other sources available for African American research from the Research Wiki: wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Research
+#Learn some of the other sources available for African American research from the Research Wiki: [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Research http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Research]
-#2. Principle: Search for ethnic groups like African Americans first in the same sources you would for anyone else.
+#Principle: Search for ethnic groups like African Americans first in the same sources you would for anyone else.
-#3. African Americans can appear in either “white” or separate “colored” registers.
+#African Americans can appear in either “white” or separate “colored” registers.
-#4. African American names change, especially from 1865 to 1875—how to find them anyway.
+#African American names change, especially from 1865 to 1875—how to find them anyway.
-#5. What to do when an ancestor is not in an index when they should be there
+#What to do when an ancestor is not in an index when they should be there
 :A. Try a different spelling