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4. An excellent guide that carefully explains how to search for your ancestors is:  
4. An excellent guide that carefully explains how to search for your ancestors is:  
:*Woodtor, Dee Parmer. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40331192 Finding a Place Called Home: An African American Guide to Genealogical and Historical Identity]''. New York: Random House, 1999. {{FSC| 973 F2wd}}. This explains basic as well as complex research techniques. It includes unique sources such as the records of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
:*Dee Parmer Woodtor, {{FSC|829837|item|disp=Finding a Place Called Home: An African American Guide to Genealogical and Historical Identity}}, FS Library book 973 F2wd. Also at ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40331192 at World Cat]''. This book explains the basic as well as complex research techniques required for African American research. It includes unique sources such as the records of the Freedmen’s Bureau.


5. Join an African American Genealogical Society in your area or the area where your ancestors lived.
5. Join an African American Genealogical Society in your area or the area where your ancestors lived.
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