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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
This guide focuses on sources that are specific to the African American experience in Arkansas. Check out the [[Arkansas]] and [[African American Genealogy|African American]] guides on FamilySearch.org as well. | This guide focuses on sources that are specific to the African American experience in Arkansas. Check out the [[Arkansas]] and [[African American Genealogy|African American]] guides on FamilySearch.org as well. | ||
==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
<li>'''1861-1872''' {{RecordSearch|1414908|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872}} at FamilySearch </li> | |||
<li>'''1865-1874''' {{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874}} at FamilySearch</li> | |||
<li>'''1882-1929, 1945-1963''' {{RecordSearch|1674710|Arkansas Deaths and Burials, 1882-1929; 1945-1963}} at FamilySearch - index only. Includes name, gender, date and place, age, birthplace, occupation, race, and marital status.</li> | |||
<li>'''1914-1950''' {{RecordSearch|1940760|Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950}} at FamilySearch - index only. Includes name, death date and place, gender, age, and race</li> | |||
<li>[[African American Digital Bookshelf]] - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites</li> | |||
<li>[https://sites.google.com/view/arkansasslavenames/home Arkansas Slave Names]</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ DiscoverFreedmen]</li> | |||
==Research Strategy== | ==Research Strategy== | ||
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===Cemeteries=== | ===Cemeteries=== | ||
<li>[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ar/ African American Cemeteries Online: Arkansas] - organized by county</li> | |||
<li>[https://arkansasgravestones.org/search.php Arkansas Gravestones]</li> | |||
<li>[http://agp.arkansasgravestones.org/ Arkansas Gravestones Project]</li> | |||
===Census Records=== | ===Census Records=== | ||
===Church Records=== | ===Church Records=== | ||
<li>[http://www.ark-cat.com/search/detail.aspx?id=412 Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church records (1944-1983)] are located in the state archives (Arkansas History Commission). This collection contains the church board, treasurer, and Sunday school records of the Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), of Sweet Home, Arkansas, 1944-1983.</li> | |||
<li>First Missionary Baptist Church [Little Rock] (1845- ) [http://www.blackpast.org/aah/first-missionary-baptist-church-little-rock-arkansas-1845 History]</li> | |||
<li>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).}}</li> | |||
===Emancipation Records=== | ===Emancipation Records=== | ||
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===Genealogies=== | ===Genealogies=== | ||
<li>[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.</li> | |||
===Land and Property=== | ===Land and Property=== | ||
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====Plantation==== | ====Plantation==== | ||
[https://sankofagenus.com/arkansas/ Sankofagen: Arkansas plantations and slave labor sites] | <li>[https://sankofagenus.com/arkansas/ Sankofagen: Arkansas plantations and slave labor sites]</li> | ||
===Oral Histories=== | ===Oral Histories=== | ||