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=== Tips and Principles === | === Tips and Principles === | ||
#Learn some of the other sources available for African American research from the Research Wiki: [ | #Learn some of the other sources available for African American research from the Research Wiki: [[African_American_Research|African_American_Research]] | ||
#'''''Principle:''''' Search for ethnic groups like African Americans first in the same sources you would for anyone else. | #'''''Principle:''''' Search for ethnic groups like African Americans first in the same sources you would for anyone else. | ||
#African Americans can appear in either “white” or separate “colored” registers. | #African Americans can appear in either “white” or separate “colored” registers. | ||
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:D. Work from the easiest-to-document event to the hardest-to-document event on a family group record. The easiest to document is the most recent event that is on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. Consider what is exact, partial, or missing. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not mentioned on the family group and lacking a full date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | :D. Work from the easiest-to-document event to the hardest-to-document event on a family group record. The easiest to document is the most recent event that is on the family group with a specific date, place, and source cited. Consider what is exact, partial, or missing. The hardest to document is the earliest possible event not mentioned on the family group and lacking a full date, place, or source citation (all of which you will have to guess). | ||
4. Thoroughly search a full nuclear family in community context<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset & Principles of Scholarship " (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology & Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).</ref> one event-person at a time | 4. Thoroughly search a full nuclear family in community context<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Genealogical Mindset &amp; Principles of Scholarship " (lecture in Course 4 Advanced Methodology &amp; Evidence, Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., 13 June 2005).</ref> one event-person at a time | ||
:A. Extract full information on people in the area with the same surname. | :A. Extract full information on people in the area with the same surname. | ||
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::6. Switch to kin and associates | ::6. Switch to kin and associates | ||
6. What to do when you do find it.<ref>G. David Dilts, “Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History,” ''Genealogical Journal'' 30, no. 1&2 (2003): 30-13.</ref> Organize and document AS YOU GO! | 6. What to do when you do find it.<ref>G. David Dilts, “Research Logs: The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Family History,” ''Genealogical Journal'' 30, no. 1&2 (2003): 30-13.</ref> Organize and document AS YOU GO! | ||
:A. Photocopy the new source document. | :A. Photocopy the new source document. | ||
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:A. The FamilySearch community is great! Wiki at | :A. The FamilySearch community is great! Wiki at | ||
::*[ | ::*[[African_American_Research#Key_Internet_Links|African_American_Research#Key_Internet_Links]] | ||
::*Category:Beginners at [ | ::*Category:Beginners at [[Category:Beginners]] | ||
:B. Other reading, classes, travel to ancestral homes. | :B. Other reading, classes, travel to ancestral homes. | ||
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#Contact your oldest living relatives and ask them for information and to see old family papers. | #Contact your oldest living relatives and ask them for information and to see old family papers. | ||
#Transfer information about your family to well-documented family group records using as a guide the Wiki article Family group record: roadmap for researchers at [ | #Transfer information about your family to well-documented family group records using as a guide the Wiki article Family group record: roadmap for researchers at [[Family_group_record:_roadmap_for_researchers|wiki.familysearch.org/en/Family_group_record:_roadmap_for_researchers]] | ||
#Find each of your ancestors, and their siblings on each census from 1870 to 1930, and earlier if possible. Add each census you find to the appropriate family group record. | #Find each of your ancestors, and their siblings on each census from 1870 to 1930, and earlier if possible. Add each census you find to the appropriate family group record. | ||
#Continue your genealogical education by reading, attending classes, and traveling. Glance through the African American Research Wiki articles listed below. | #Continue your genealogical education by reading, attending classes, and traveling. Glance through the African American Research Wiki articles listed below. | ||
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*Thackery, David T. ''Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide''. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, 2000. Includes several good bibliographies. | *Thackery, David T. ''Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide''. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, 2000. Includes several good bibliographies. | ||
*Thackery, David T., and Woodtor, Dee. ''Case Studies in Afro-American Genealogy''. Chicago, Illinois: Newberry Library, 1989. Four case studies showing how to start with an obituary, tracing a line into slavery, research free blacks before 1861, and changing names. | *Thackery, David T., and Woodtor, Dee. ''Case Studies in Afro-American Genealogy''. Chicago, Illinois: Newberry Library, 1989. Four case studies showing how to start with an obituary, tracing a line into slavery, research free blacks before 1861, and changing names. | ||
*''Wiki'' African American Research at [ | *''Wiki'' African American Research at [[African_American_Research|wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Research]] Excellent help with these African American topics: Search Strategies • Archives and Libraries • Bible Records • Biography • Cemeteries • Census • Church Records • Court Records • Freedman's Bank • Freedmen's Bureau • Funeral Homes • Genealogy • History • Internet Sources • Land and Property • Military Records • Newspapers • Obituaries • Probate Records • Resources • Slavery and Bondage • Societies • Southern Claims Commission • Vital Records | ||
*''Wiki'' Principles of Research [ | *''Wiki'' Principles of Research [[Principles_of_Family_History_Research|wiki.familysearch.org/en/Principles_of_Family_History_Research]] Excellent all-around beginners guidebook. | ||
*''Wiki'' Quick Guide [ | *''Wiki'' Quick Guide [[Quick_Guide_to_African_American_Records|wiki.familysearch.org/en/Quick_Guide_to_African_American_Records]] This African American research guide describes how to begin your search, searching recent records, transition records out of slavery, slave records, and most useful records to search. | ||
*Woodtor, Dee. ''Finding a Place Called Home: an African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity''. New York: Random House, 1999. Advanced guidebook. | *Woodtor, Dee. ''Finding a Place Called Home: an African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity''. New York: Random House, 1999. Advanced guidebook. | ||