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:*See [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=All_T3_ResMeth_-_How_Do_I_Begin.ASP ''How Do I Begin?''] for more information. | :*See [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=All_T3_ResMeth_-_How_Do_I_Begin.ASP ''How Do I Begin?''] for more information. | ||
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= Searching Recent Records = | = Searching Recent Records = | ||
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2. Search records from the [[United States#States|state]] where your ancestor lived. | 2. Search records from the [[United States#States|state]] where your ancestor lived. | ||
:*[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/ Cemetery records]<br> | :*[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/ Cemetery records]<br> | ||
:*City directories | :*City directories | ||
:*Church records<br> | :*Church records<br> | ||
:*Court records | :*Court records | ||
:*Land records | :*Land records | ||
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:*Burkett, Randall. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23047573 Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790–1950: Cumulative Index]'' | :*Burkett, Randall. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23047573 Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790–1950: Cumulative Index]'' | ||
For information about [[Melungeons]], tri-racial families, African Americans with Native American ancestry, and free people of color see the Taylor bibliography, pages 54–56. <br> | For information about [[Melungeons]], tri-racial families, African Americans with Native American ancestry, and free people of color see the Taylor bibliography, pages 54–56. <br> | ||
The following records can help you determine if an ancestor was born free or freed by a slave owner. | The following records can help you determine if an ancestor was born free or freed by a slave owner. | ||
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For information on the above records, see: | For information on the above records, see: | ||
:*[[African American Military Records]] Wiki pages. | :*[[African American Military Records]] Wiki pages. | ||
:*[[United States Military Records]] Wiki pages. | :*[[United States Military Records]] Wiki pages. | ||
:*Wiki [[United States#States|Pages for the states]] where your ancestors lived. | :*Wiki [[United States#States|Pages for the states]] where your ancestors lived. | ||
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==== Freedmen’s Bureau ==== | ==== Freedmen’s Bureau ==== | ||
There are two sets in Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen’s Bureau) collection: commissioner’s records and field office records. The field office records are the most useful, but can be searched only at the National Archives. | There are two sets in [[Bureau_of_Refugees,_Freedmen,_and_Abandoned_Land_Records|Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands ]](Freedmen’s Bureau) collection: commissioner’s records and field office records. The field office records are the most useful, but can be searched only at the National Archives. | ||
For a guide to the field office records, see: | For a guide to the field office records, see: | ||
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==== Southern Claims Commission Records ==== | ==== Southern Claims Commission Records ==== | ||
United States. House of Representatives. Commissioners of Claims. Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871–1880. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0087. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1945. (FHL film 1463963–76.) | United States. House of Representatives. Commissioners of Claims. Records of the [[Southern_Claims_Commission|Commissioners of Claims ]]1871–1880. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0087. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1945. (FHL film 1463963–76.) | ||
:*Nearly 22,300 cases are filed by individuals, family groups, churches, and businesses. | :*Nearly 22,300 cases are filed by individuals, family groups, churches, and businesses. | ||