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6. '''''Principle:''''' Be thorough. Find each ancestor on every census from 1870-1930. Do the same for siblings. Show your findings on each ancestor’s family group record. To learn how see [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|wiki.familysearch.org/en/Adding_a_Custom_Event_to_a_PAF_Family_Group_Record]] | 6. '''''Principle:''''' Be thorough. Find each ancestor on every census from 1870-1930. Do the same for siblings. Show your findings on each ancestor’s family group record. To learn how see [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|wiki.familysearch.org/en/Adding_a_Custom_Event_to_a_PAF_Family_Group_Record]] | ||
=== Other Sources Especially Useful for African American Research | === Other Sources Especially Useful for African American Research === | ||
To learn more, search these topics in the Research Wiki at [http://wiki.familysearch.org http://wiki.familysearch.org]: | To learn more, search these topics in the Research Wiki at [http://wiki.familysearch.org http://wiki.familysearch.org]: | ||
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#[[African American Slavery and Bondage#Finding_plantation_records|Records Of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations]] pre-1861 | #[[African American Slavery and Bondage#Finding_plantation_records|Records Of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations]] pre-1861 | ||
#Slaves in wills ([[African American Probate Records|Probate Records]]), deeds ([[African American Land and Property|Land and Property]]), tax records ([[African American Taxation|Taxation]]) | #Slaves in wills ([[African American Probate Records|Probate Records]]), deeds ([[African American Land and Property|Land and Property]]), tax records ([[African American Taxation|Taxation]]) | ||
#[[African American Land and Property|Registers of free blacks]] and [[African American Land and Property|registers of slaves]] in | #[[African American Land and Property|Registers of free blacks]] and [[African American Land and Property|registers of slaves]] in southern and border states | ||
#[[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen’s Bureau]] – marriages, labor records, food, health care, lynching records 1864-72 | #[[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen’s Bureau]] – marriages, labor records, food, health care, lynching records 1864-72 | ||
#[[African American Biography|Slave Narratives]] 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves made in 1930s, well indexed | #[[African American Biography|Slave Narratives]] 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves made in 1930s, well indexed | ||
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::1. Switch spelling of the name (or skipping the index and looking page by page) | ::1. Switch spelling of the name (or skipping the index and looking page by page) | ||
::2. Switch record (different edition or different author) - | ::2. Switch record (different edition or different author) - | ||
::3. Switch record type (use a Record Finder to find substitutes) | ::3. Switch record type (use a Record Finder to find substitutes) | ||
::4. Switch jurisdiction (up, down, or sideways) | ::4. Switch jurisdiction (up, down, or sideways) | ||
::5. Switch repository | ::5. Switch repository | ||
::6. Switch to kin and associates | ::6. Switch to kin and associates | ||
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