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This Wiki page describes research strategies, and major sources of information about African American families from [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]]. As you read this Wiki page, also study the [[African American Research]] Wiki pages, which will help you understand more strategies, and the contents and uses of other African American genealogical records.<br><br> | This Wiki page describes research strategies, and major sources of information about African American families from [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]]. As you read this Wiki page, also study the [[African American Research]] Wiki pages, which will help you understand more strategies, and the contents and uses of other African American genealogical records.<br><br> | ||
Societies dedicated to African American genealogy, such as the [http://www.aahgs.org/ Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.], include local chapters in Virginia that offer many resources to help people with black ancestry. | Societies dedicated to African American genealogy, such as the [http://www.aahgs.org/ Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.], include local chapters in Virginia that offer many resources to help people with black ancestry. | ||
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=== Records === | === Records === | ||
'''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages (they were not allowed to marry until 1866). The tradition during the period of slavery had been to "jump over the broomstick" | '''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages (they were not allowed to marry until 1866). The tradition during the period of slavery had been to "jump over the broomstick" as a marriage ceremony.<ref>Christopher A. Nordmann, Ph.D., CGRS, "Jumping Over the Broomstick: Resources for Documenting Slave Marriages," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 91, No. 3 (September 2003):196-216. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/ngs_quarterly_archives NGS website] ($).</ref> This valuable genealogical data is being made available online through the Library of Virginia's [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z Virginia Memory Collection] (scroll to "Cohabitation Registers"). More about this source is also found on the [[Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page, and the [[Virginia Cohabitation Records|Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page. | ||
'''Freedman's Savings and Trust Company''' signature cards or registers may list the slave's former masters, birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouse, or siblings. [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] had three branches of this bank: | '''Freedman's Savings and Trust Company''' signature cards or registers may list the slave's former masters, birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouse, or siblings. [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] had three branches of this bank: | ||
*Lynchburg 1871 | *Lynchburg 1871 | ||