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#[[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|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 | ||
#[[African American Military Records|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 | ||
#[[ | #[[African American Slavery and Bondage#Finding_plantation_records|Records Of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations]] pre-1861 | ||
#Slaves in wills ([[African American Probate Records|Probate Records]]), deeds ([[African American Land and Property|Land and Property]]), tax records ([[African American Taxation|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]]) | ||
#[[ | #[[African American Land and Property|Registers of free blacks]] and [[African American Land and Property|registers of slaves]] in southern and border states | ||
#[[ | #[[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen’s Bureau]] – marriages, labor records, food, health care, lynching records 1864-72 | ||
#[[ | #[[African American Biography|Slave Narratives]] 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves made in 1930s, well indexed | ||
#[[ | #[[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]] (advanced source) 1871-73 based on civil war claims | ||
#[[ | #[[African American Newspapers#Runaway_slave_advertisements|Runaway slave advertisements]] – spotty coverage, hard to find a particular ancestor | ||
=== Tips and Principles === | === Tips and Principles === | ||
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:D. Work from the easiest-to-document event to the hardest-to-document event on a family group record. The easiest to document is the most recent event that is on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. Consider what is exact, partial, or missing. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not mentioned on the family group and lacking a full date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | :D. Work from the easiest-to-document event to the hardest-to-document event on a family group record. The easiest to document is the most recent event that is on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. Consider what is exact, partial, or missing. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not mentioned on the family group and lacking a full date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | ||
4. Thoroughly search a full nuclear family in community context one event-person at a time | 4. Thoroughly search a full nuclear family in community context<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset & Principles of Scholarship " (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology & Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).</ref> one event-person at a time | ||
:A. Extract full information on people in the area with the same surname. | :A. Extract full information on people in the area with the same surname. | ||
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*Principles of Research wiki.familysearch.org/en/Principles_of_Family_History_Research Excellent all-around beginners guidebook. Wiki Quick Guide wiki.familysearch.org/en/Quick_Guide_to_African_American_Records This African American research guide describes how to begin your search, searching recent records, transition records out of slavery, slave records, and most useful records to search. | *Principles of Research wiki.familysearch.org/en/Principles_of_Family_History_Research Excellent all-around beginners guidebook. Wiki Quick Guide wiki.familysearch.org/en/Quick_Guide_to_African_American_Records This African American research guide describes how to begin your search, searching recent records, transition records out of slavery, slave records, and most useful records to search. | ||
*Woodtor, Dee. ''Finding a Place Called Home: an African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity''. New York: Random House, 1999. Advanced guidebook. | *Woodtor, Dee. ''Finding a Place Called Home: an African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity''. New York: Random House, 1999. Advanced guidebook. | ||
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[[Category:FamilySearch_Presentations_at_NGS_2010]] | [[Category:FamilySearch_Presentations_at_NGS_2010]] | ||