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Quick Guide to African American Records (view source)
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=== Making the Slave Connection === | === Making the Slave Connection === | ||
[[Image:James Hopkinsons Plantation Slaves Planting Sweet Potatoes.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<center>James Hopkinson's plantation slaves planting sweet potatoes</center>]]You must first identify the slave owner, and then study the owner’s records for clues to your family. Correctly identifying your ancestor in | [[Image:James Hopkinsons Plantation Slaves Planting Sweet Potatoes.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<center>James Hopkinson's plantation slaves planting sweet potatoes</center>]]You must first identify the slave owner, and then study the owner’s records for clues to your family. Correctly identifying your ancestor in records of the enslaved can be difficult. Professional researchers are successful only about 50 percent of the time.<br><br> | ||
Keep in mind that only about 15 percent of | Keep in mind that only about 15 percent of the formerly enslaved took their last slave owner’s surname. Some took the surname of people they admired, such as Lincoln or Washington, and some took a surname they had been using for many years without the knowledge of the slave owner. | ||
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Southern_States_Slavery_and_Bondage_Collections Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections in the Family Search Catalog]''' | *'''[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Southern_States_Slavery_and_Bondage_Collections Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections in the Family Search Catalog]''' | ||