African American Resources for Delaware: Difference between revisions

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==Online Resources==

'''Record Collections'''

*[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen] - this site searches all of the Freedmen's Bureau record collections on FamilySearch altogether (and redirects there)

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874]

*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867] ($)

*{{RecordSearch|1989156|Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Images only.

*{{RecordSearch|1609795|Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954}}

*{{RecordSearch|1674781|Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955}}

'''Digital Archives'''

*[http://dehistory.org/our-sites/8-home-page/visit-us/our-sites/181-center-for-african-american-heritage Center for African American Heritage]

==Research Strategy==

==History==

*[http://www1.udel.edu/BlackHistory/overview.html Black Americans in Delaware: An Overview]

==Resources==

===Biographies===

===Cemeteries===

===Census Records===

*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1126 Selected African Americans in Delaware, 1890 U.S. Census] - lists name, occupation, enumeration district, and residence

===Church Records===

A few parish registers list slaves who attended church with their masters (see [[Delaware Church Records|Church Records]]).

===Land and Property===

Slaves in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see [[Delaware Land and Property|Land and Property]]).

====Plantation====

===Oral Histories===

===Other Records===

===Military Records===

*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2802316 List of African American Men from the State of Delaware, 1864-1865. NAID 2802316 - National Archives]

===Probate Records===

Slaves in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] are sometimes mentioned in wills (see [[Delaware Probate Records|Probate Records]]).

===Reconstruction Records===

====Freedman’s Bank====

Online collections of Freedman's Bank records:

*{{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874}}

*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8755 U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871 ($)]

====Freedmen's Bureau====

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was created by the US government in 1865 until 1872 to assist former slaves in the southern United States. The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists.  Such documents include censuses, marriage records, and medical records.  These records often include full names, former masters and plantations, and current residences.<ref>"African American Records: Freedmen's Bureau," "African American Heritage," ''National Archives'', accessed 11 May 2018. </ref> For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands includes the names of the owners of the plantations or homes that were abandoned, confiscated, or leased. It gives the county and location, a description of the house, the number of acres owned, and the number of cabins of former slaves. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves.   

**{{RecordSearch|2492627|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872 }}

**{{RecordSearch|2427894|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872 }}

Other FamilySearch collections not included:

*{{RecordSearch|2575789|United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872 }}

*{{RecordSearch|2721171|United States Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872 }}

*{{RecordSearch|1989156|Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Images only.

===School Records===

===Slavery Records===

===Vital Records===

====Birth====

*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1672 Delaware, Birth Records, 1800-1932] ($) - information usually includes name; birth date and place; gender; race; father's name, age, occupation, and birth place; mother's name, age, and birthplace; and child's number in the family

====Marriage====

*{{RecordSearch|1609795|Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954}} - lists names, marriage date and place, residence, age, race, occupation, birthplace, marital status, and parents

The Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1872) was created by the US government to assist former slaves in the southern United States. One of their responsibilities was to record the marriages (past and present) of the former slaves. These records can be found in the collections below and include the lists of marriages that occurred previously, marriage certificates, and marriage licenses.  The information contained on the records may include the name of the husband and wife/groom and bride, age, occupation, residence, year or date of marriage, by whom, number of children, and remarks.

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1414908 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872]

*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867]

====Death====

*{{RecordSearch|1674781|Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955}} - lists name, death date and place, age, birthplace, race, and parents and their birthplaces

====Divorce====

===Voting Registers===

{{Delaware|Delaware}}