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<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[African American Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div> | <div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[African American Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div> | ||
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
<li>'''1846-1867''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867] at Ancestry ($)</li> | |||
<li>'''1861-1872''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1414908 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872] at FamilySearch</li> | |||
<li>'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2333777|Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch - images only</li> | |||
<li>'''1865-1874''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874] at FamilySearch</li> | |||
<li>[[African American Digital Bookshelf]] - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen] - this site searches all of the Freedmen's Bureau record collections on FamilySearch altogether (and redirects there)</li> | |||
Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. A great starting point is Afrigeneas's [http://afrigeneas.org/states/tn/ "African Ancestry in Tennessee."] | Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. A great starting point is Afrigeneas's [http://afrigeneas.org/states/tn/ "African Ancestry in Tennessee."] | ||
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==Research Strategy== | ==Research Strategy== | ||
The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|Tennessee State Library and Archives]] in Nashville offers several free online research guides for tracing Tennessee African Americans in their collection: | The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|Tennessee State Library and Archives]] in Nashville offers several free online research guides for tracing Tennessee African Americans in their collection: | ||
<li>[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/bibliographies/aa3.htm African American Collections of Note at TSLA]</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/guides/guide09.htm African American Genealogical Resources @ TSLA]</li> | |||
<li>FamilySearch Guide:[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/images/TN_BMDT3_Statewide_Indexes.pdf Tennessee Statewide Indexes and Collections]</li> | |||
<li>[http://tn.gov/tsla/history/bibliographies/aa2.htm Guide to African American Genealogy-Related Documents Prior to 1865 in the Collections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives]</li> | |||
<li>[http://tn.gov/tsla/history/bibliographies/aa1.htm Selected Bibliography of African American Genealogical Resources in the Tennessee State Library and Archives]</li> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||