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=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for African Americans === | === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for African Americans === | ||
[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library]{{·}} [[Library of Congress]]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives Regional Branches]]{{·}} [[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]]{{·}} Birmingham Civil Rights Institute{{·}} Black Archives of Mid-America{{·}} Duke Univeristy Rubenstein Library{{·}} [[Introduction to | [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library]{{·}} [[Library of Congress]]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives Regional Branches]]{{·}} [[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]]{{·}} Birmingham Civil Rights Institute{{·}} Black Archives of Mid-America{{·}} Duke Univeristy Rubenstein Library{{·}} [[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers|FamilySearch Centers]]{{·}} [[Godfrey Memorial Library]]{{·}} Kalamazoo College Black History Mobile Museum{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Newberry Library]]{{·}} [[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]{{·}} Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture{{·}} Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum{{·}} [[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries]]{{·}} University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center{{·}} University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library<br><br> | ||
=== Online Records for African American Research === | === Online Records for African American Research === | ||
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==== National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ==== | ==== National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ==== | ||
'''[[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]]'''<br>50 East Freedom Way<br>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<br>Telephone: 513-333-7500 or toll free 877-648-4838<br>E-mail: [http://www.freedomcenter.org/contact-us Contact Us] form<br>Website: [http://www.freedomcenter.org/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]<br> | '''[[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]]'''<br>50 East Freedom Way<br>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<br>Telephone: 513-333-7500 or toll free 877-648-4838<br>E-mail: [http://www.freedomcenter.org/contact-us Contact Us] form<br>Website: [http://www.freedomcenter.org/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]<br> | ||
:The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is more a museum (few original manuscripts) than an archive. However, it has a [[Introduction to | :The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is more a museum (few original manuscripts) than an archive. However, it has a [[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers|family history center]] for research help and Ancestry.com access on the Internet. They tell the history of the guides, safe houses, and transportation network used to smuggle runaway enslaved African Americans out of the slave states to freedom in the North before the American Civil War. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center reveals stories about freedom’s heroes: the men, women and children who challenge inequities to pursue greater freedom for their brothers and sisters.<ref>[http://www.freedomcenter.org/enabling-freedom Enabling Freedom] in ''National Underground Railroad Freedom Center'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
=== Regional Repositories === | === Regional Repositories === | ||
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:*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center] collects, and preserves published and unpublished primary sources for understanding the history and culture of Africa and people of the African Diaspora in the Americas.<ref>[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture] in ''Duke University Libraries'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref> The Franklin Center is part of the Rubenstein Special Collections Library on the 3rd floor of the Perkins Library.<br><br> | :*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center] collects, and preserves published and unpublished primary sources for understanding the history and culture of Africa and people of the African Diaspora in the Americas.<ref>[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture] in ''Duke University Libraries'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref> The Franklin Center is part of the Rubenstein Special Collections Library on the 3rd floor of the Perkins Library.<br><br> | ||
==== | ==== FamilySearch Centers ==== | ||
[[File:Ncfayetteville.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A Family History Center in Fayetteville NC]]'''[[Introduction to | [[File:Ncfayetteville.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A Family History Center in Fayetteville NC]]'''[[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers|FamilySearch Centers]]''' (FHCs) have [[Family History Center Portal|premium online services]] for genealogists for free and offer research suggestions. These microfilms include a good collection of African American records including censuses, vital records, cemeteries, church records, biographies, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, funeral homes, military records, oral history, probate records, slavery and bondage records, and the Southern Claims Commission records. | ||
There are more than 4,700 FHCs in 134 countries. There is no cost to visit a Family History Center or FamilySearch Library. They are open to anyone with an interest in genealogical research. They are operated by [https://www.mormon.org/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Click on [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a family history center] to locate the the center nearest you.<ref>[[Introduction to | There are more than 4,700 FHCs in 134 countries. There is no cost to visit a Family History Center or FamilySearch Library. They are open to anyone with an interest in genealogical research. They are operated by [https://www.mormon.org/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Click on [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a family history center] to locate the the center nearest you.<ref>[[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 29 February 2016).</ref> | ||
Each center has unique hours of operation, and may have changed from the hours posted on our site. It is a good idea to call the center for their scheduled hours before you visit.<br><br> | Each center has unique hours of operation, and may have changed from the hours posted on our site. It is a good idea to call the center for their scheduled hours before you visit.<br><br> | ||
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