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==== African American Records ==== | ==== African American Records ==== | ||
African American records at the | African American records at the FamilySearch Library are listed in the bibliography below. Look for records from the place and time your ancestor lived. | ||
*Taylor, Marie. '' | *Taylor, Marie. ''FamilySearch Library Bibliography of African American Sources''. Salt Lake City: FamilySearch Library, 2000. ({{FSC|956235|title-id|disp=FS Library call no. 973 F23tm}}) | ||
:This bibliography: | :This bibliography: | ||
:*Has citations for about 3,320 African American sources. | :*Has citations for about 3,320 African American sources. | ||
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Note: To download pages or to peruse pages continuously rather than one-at-a-time, select Print Version Part 1 (Alabama - Ohio: Jackson County) or Print Version Part 2 (Ohio: Jackson County - Wisconsin: Milwaukee County and Canada: Alberta - Quebec.) Below Part 1 or Part 2 select Print Version to print or view. | Note: To download pages or to peruse pages continuously rather than one-at-a-time, select Print Version Part 1 (Alabama - Ohio: Jackson County) or Print Version Part 2 (Ohio: Jackson County - Wisconsin: Milwaukee County and Canada: Alberta - Quebec.) Below Part 1 or Part 2 select Print Version to print or view. | ||
:Over the years African American sources have been cataloged in many different ways at the | :Over the years African American sources have been cataloged in many different ways at the FamilySearch Library. This Bibliography was created to make the African American genealogical sources easier to locate. For example: | ||
:*Burkett, Randall. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23047573 Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790–1950: Cumulative Index]'' | :*Burkett, Randall. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23047573 Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790–1950: Cumulative Index]'' | ||
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Many slaves "stole" themselves and escaped north into Canada and freedom from the fugitive slave laws that required their return from northern states. See: | Many slaves "stole" themselves and escaped north into Canada and freedom from the fugitive slave laws that required their return from northern states. See: | ||
*Taylor, Marie. '' | *Taylor, Marie. ''FamilySearch Library Bibliography of African American Sources''. Salt Lake City: FamilySearch Library, 2000. ({{FSC|956235|title-id|disp=FS Library book 973 F23tm}} & {{FSC| 6002568}}.) Look under "Migration" in both the "Subject" and "Locality" sections. (For help see "Note" under the heading, African American Records.) | ||
*National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at [http://tinyurl.com/6sktldj Freedman's Bank Records] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | *National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at [http://tinyurl.com/6sktldj Freedman's Bank Records] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | ||
*National Geographic, [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html "The Underground Railroad"] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | *National Geographic, [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html "The Underground Railroad"] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | ||
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:*Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1966. | :*Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1966. | ||
See [http://www.afrigeneas.com/images/FHL%20African%20American%20Bibliography.pdf | See [http://www.afrigeneas.com/images/FHL%20African%20American%20Bibliography.pdf FamilySearch Library Bibliography of African American Sources] for the films and guide books for this collection. Whenever possible, these records are listed under the county or state where the plantation was located. They are then listed alphabetically by the name of the slave owner. | ||
=== Slave Names Databases === | === Slave Names Databases === | ||
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