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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== | ||
'''Record Collections''' | '''Record Collections''' | ||
<li>'''1861-1872''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1414908 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872] at FamilySearch</li> | |||
<li>'''1865-1874''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874] at FamilySearch</li> | |||
<li>'''1800-1994''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287 California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994] 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> | |||
[[Image:William Leidesdorff.jpg|border|right|200x300px|William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. (October 23, 1810 – May 18, 1848), one of the earliest mixed-race U.S. citizens in California]] | [[Image:William Leidesdorff.jpg|border|right|200x300px|William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. (October 23, 1810 – May 18, 1848), one of the earliest mixed-race U.S. citizens in California]] | ||
'''Lists of Sources''' | '''Lists of Sources''' | ||
<li>[http://www.archives.com/genealogy/free-north-american-genealogy-resources.html African American in California at ArchivesDigital Collection] - Genealogy related information for various States and Provinces is available from a variety of servers which may be official government services, genealogy society efforts, or maintained by interested individuals.</li> | |||
<li>[http://caags.org/genealogical-links/ California African American Genealogical Society] - Links to various genealogical sites</li> | |||
==Research Strategy== | ==Research Strategy== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
<li>[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/africanamerican/timelines.html African Americans in California] - a helpful historical timeline that highlights people and events from the Spanish Era until 2003.</li> | |||
<li>[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/curr The California Underground Railroad] - a collection of documents, letters, photographs, and newspapers documenting the experiences of African Americans in California. Compiled by California State University in Sacramento. </li> | |||
<li>[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/231510-the-negro-trail-blazers-of-california-a-compilation-of-records-from-the-california-archives-in-the-bancroft-library-at-the-university-of-california-in-berkeley-and-from-the-diaries-old-papers-and-conversations-of-old-pioneers-in-the-state-of-california?offset=1 ''The Negro trail blazers of California''] - a compilation of records documenting the history of African Americans in California from the beginning of statehood.</li> | |||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||