African American Resources for Arkansas: Difference between revisions

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==Online Resources==

*[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ DiscoverFreedmen]

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

===Biographies===

===Cemeteries===

===Census Records===

===Church Records===

*First Missionary Baptist Church [Little Rock] (1845- ) [http://www.blackpast.org/aah/first-missionary-baptist-church-little-rock-arkansas-1845 History]

*Clark, John Franklin. ''A Brief History of Negro Baptists in Arkansas: A Story of Their Progress and Development, 1867-1939.'' Pine Bluff, Ark.: [s.n.], 1938. {{WorldCat|18582044|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}}

===Funeral Homes===

===Genealogies===

*[http://www.arkansasgenealogy.com/aa "Arkansas African American Records"] at ''Arkansas Genealogy''. Provides resources, including links to African American cemeteries, military records, slave records, and more.

====Plantation====

===Oral Histories===

===Other Records===

===Military Records===

*[http://www.ark-cat.com/search/detail.aspx?id=650 Company G, 2nd Arkansas Volunteers of African Descent, United States of America, records]. This collection contains records pertaining to Company G, 2nd Arkansas Volunteers, United States Army, during the Civil War.

*T[http://usctchronicle.blogspot.com/search/label/Arkansas%20USCT he USCT Chronicle: Arkansas]. This collection contains stories of the United States Colored Troops as recorded by genealogist Angela Walton-Raji. This link has all of her posts on Arkansas soldiers.

===Newspapers===

Online collections of Freedman's Bank records:

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

*{{RecordSearch|1417695|Freedman's Bank Records for Little Rock, Arkansas|access=browse}}

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|2328125|Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1864-1872}} Images only.

*{{RecordSearch|2427901|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872}} Images only. These reports primarily contain statistical and historical information.

Additional Resources:

*[http://mappingthefreedmensbureau.com/ Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau] - visual guide to the Freedmen's Bureau Field Offices, Freedmen Schools, contraband camps, and battle site locations the US Colored Troops fought

*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/m1901.pdf Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas,  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872] - a National Archives document describing the contents of each field office's records

===School Records===

===Slavery Records===

*[https://arkansasslavery.wordpress.com/ Slavery in Arkansas: A Resource for Genealogists]. Features [https://sites.google.com/view/arkansasslavenames/home Arkansas Slave Names], a searchable, downloadable spreadsheet containing the names of enslaved people, the slaveholders, county, and date and abstract of document.

*Works Project Administration. ''Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves''. Arkansas Narratives, Parts 1–7. Digital version at [http://archive.org/search.php?query=arkansas%20narratives%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Internet Archive] made available by Project Gutenberg.

====Marriage====

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.

*{{RecordSearch|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|1674710|Arkansas Deaths and Burials, 1882-1929; 1945-1963}} Index only. Includes name, gender, date and place, age, birthplace, occupation, race, and marital status.

*{{RecordSearch|1940760|Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950}} Index only. Includes name, death date and place, gender, age, and race.

===Voting Registers===

*[https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/voters-1867-1868/ Register of Legal Voters, 1867-68. Arkansas Digital Archives]

'''Black History Commission of Arkansas'''<br>

2B215, 2nd Floor, 1 Capitol Mall<br>

Little Rock, AR 72201<br>

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