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*Morales, Leslie Anderson and Ada Valaitis. ''Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865.'' 5 vols. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2007. {{FSC|1408659|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 V22v v. 1-5}}. | *Morales, Leslie Anderson and Ada Valaitis. ''Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865.'' 5 vols. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2007. {{FSC|1408659|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 V22v v. 1-5}}. | ||
The Library of Virginia has a collection titled '''Public claims, slaves and free blacks, 1781-1865'''. The collection contains tax records for free blacks and slaves, records of condemned blacks who were executed or transported out of state, and records of runaway slaves who were caught and whose owners could not be found. The runaway slaves became the property of the state and were sold to new owners. Copies are available on microfilm at the | The Library of Virginia has a collection titled '''Public claims, slaves and free blacks, 1781-1865'''. The collection contains tax records for free blacks and slaves, records of condemned blacks who were executed or transported out of state, and records of runaway slaves who were caught and whose owners could not be found. The runaway slaves became the property of the state and were sold to new owners. Copies are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library: {{FSC|783095|item|disp=FS Library Films 2027937-2027942}}.<br> | ||
'''African American Families Database online''' The Central Virginia History Researchers (CVHR) has now released the [http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/index.shtml ''African-American Families Database''] online. The first stage of this website provides a template for researchers trying to locate specific African- Americans who lived between circa 1850 and 1880. This period is particularly challenging for African-American family research because of the difficulty in relating ante-bellum and post-bellum records. The two plantations on which the website currently focuses are Hydraulic Plantation (5 miles north of Charlottesville, Va.), and the Bleak House Plantation (9 miles northwest of Charlottesville Va.).The site contains information on the plantations and information on the enslaved people living on these two plantations. The site also contains a blog focusing on the activities of the CVHR group, and details about the Database project. | '''African American Families Database online''' The Central Virginia History Researchers (CVHR) has now released the [http://www.centralvirginiahistory.org/index.shtml ''African-American Families Database''] online. The first stage of this website provides a template for researchers trying to locate specific African- Americans who lived between circa 1850 and 1880. This period is particularly challenging for African-American family research because of the difficulty in relating ante-bellum and post-bellum records. The two plantations on which the website currently focuses are Hydraulic Plantation (5 miles north of Charlottesville, Va.), and the Bleak House Plantation (9 miles northwest of Charlottesville Va.).The site contains information on the plantations and information on the enslaved people living on these two plantations. The site also contains a blog focusing on the activities of the CVHR group, and details about the Database project. | ||
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===Plantation Records=== | ===Plantation Records=== | ||
'''Virginia Plantation Records''' Occasionally, slaves are mentioned in plantation records. The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library | '''Virginia Plantation Records''' Occasionally, slaves are mentioned in plantation records. The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library] has several series of plantation records from the periods before and after the Civil War. These are listed in the Author/Title Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under the STAMPP, KENNETH M. or in the Subject Search under PLANTATION LIFE - VIRGINIA or PLANTATION LIFE - SOUTHERN STATES. Records are available at: {{Wikipedia|List of plantations in Virginia}} | ||
*'''Library of Congress''': inventory, {{FSC|566380|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 H2sm Ser. C}}; original records, films beginning with {{FSC|560814|item|disp=FS Library Film 1534247}}. | *'''Library of Congress''': inventory, {{FSC|566380|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 H2sm Ser. C}}; original records, films beginning with {{FSC|560814|item|disp=FS Library Film 1534247}}. | ||
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*'''Virginia Historical Society''': inventory, {{FSC|754137|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 H2sm Ser. M}}; original records, films beginning with {{FSC|752708|item|disp=FS Library Film 1985945}}. | *'''Virginia Historical Society''': inventory, {{FSC|754137|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 H2sm Ser. M}}; original records, films beginning with {{FSC|752708|item|disp=FS Library Film 1985945}}. | ||
The ''' | The '''FamilySearch Library''' has microfilms of most of the records described in the guide booklets. Virginia plantation records are scattered throughout. | ||
[https://sankofagenus.com/virginia/ Sankofagen: Virginia Plantations] | [https://sankofagenus.com/virginia/ Sankofagen: Virginia Plantations] | ||
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'''Census takers''' between 1790 and 1860 distinguished between free blacks and black slaves. Heinegg prepared lists of "Other Free" Heads of Household in the 1810 Virginia Census ([http://freeafricanamericans.com/1810VAc.htm arranged by county]) ([http://freeafricanamericans.com/1810VAa.htm arranged by name]). | '''Census takers''' between 1790 and 1860 distinguished between free blacks and black slaves. Heinegg prepared lists of "Other Free" Heads of Household in the 1810 Virginia Census ([http://freeafricanamericans.com/1810VAc.htm arranged by county]) ([http://freeafricanamericans.com/1810VAa.htm arranged by name]). | ||
Starting in 1793, each Virginia county court kept a '''register of free Negroes'''.<ref>''The Free Negro in Virginia,'' 101.</ref> Documentation of a black person's freedom status protected them from being forced into slavery. On the other hand, it also restricted their ability to migrate within the state, requiring them to stay in the county where he or she was registered.<ref>''The Free Negro in Virginia,'' 106-108.</ref> These registers may give the person's name, age, color, stature, marks and scars, and name the court of emancipation. Several of these registers are found at the Library of Virginia. The | Starting in 1793, each Virginia county court kept a '''register of free Negroes'''.<ref>''The Free Negro in Virginia,'' 101.</ref> Documentation of a black person's freedom status protected them from being forced into slavery. On the other hand, it also restricted their ability to migrate within the state, requiring them to stay in the county where he or she was registered.<ref>''The Free Negro in Virginia,'' 106-108.</ref> These registers may give the person's name, age, color, stature, marks and scars, and name the court of emancipation. Several of these registers are found at the Library of Virginia. The FamilySearch Library has copies of some of these registers. They are usually found in the FamilySearch Library Place Search under VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS. | ||
Example of registers that have been published: | Example of registers that have been published: | ||
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