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| '''African American News & Events''' | |||
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| '''African American Topics''' | |||
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*[[African American Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] | |||
*[[African American Bible Records|Bible Records]] | |||
*[[African American Biography|Biographies]] | |||
*[[African American Cemeteries|Cemeteries]] | |||
*[[African American Census|Census]] | |||
*[[African American Church Records|Church Records]] | |||
*[[African American Court Records|Court Records]] | |||
*[[African American Freedman-s Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Bank]] | |||
*[[African American Freedmen-s Bureau Records|Freedman's Bureau]] | |||
*[[African American Funeral Home Records|Funeral Homes]] | |||
*[[African American Genealogy|Genealogy]] | |||
*[[African American History|History]] | |||
*[[African American Internet Sources|Internet Sources]] | |||
*[[African American Military Records|Military Records]] | |||
*[[African American Newspapers|Newspapers]] | |||
*[[African American Obituaries|Obituaries]] | |||
*[[African American Probate Records|Probate Records]] | |||
*[[African American Resources|Resources]] | |||
*[[African American Societies|Societies]] | |||
*[[African American Vital Records - Civil Registration|Vital Records]] | |||
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''[[United States|United States]] > African American Research'' | |||
== African American Research == | |||
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| [[Image:Largest ancestry map.png|thumb|240px|African American counties in dark purple.]] | |||
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== Did you know? == | |||
*Want to locate an historic place in Maryland -- such as learning which county a town was in? Fisher's 1852 ''Gazetteer of the State of Maryland ''is on [http://books.google.com/books?id=_XgFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=maryland+gazetteers&ei=xC56SYqkNoPKkQSXx8W8Bg#PPA1,M1 Google Books]. | |||
*[http://www.msa.md.gov/ The Maryland State Archives] has nearly all available public records from 1634 to 1789; most original state and county records through the mid-twentieth century; microfilm copies of land, probate, and vital records to the present; and an extensive number of volume and card indexes. | |||
*Maryland Genealogy (located on [http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/MD_topics/his/_gen.html Sailor: Maryland's Public Information Network]) | |||
*The websites of any Maryland county association (such as a county genealogical society) are listed on the county pages linked below. | |||
== Key Internet Links == | |||
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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36928_AfricanAmerQG05.pdf Quick Guide] | |||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36367_africanamer2_color.pdf 1870-Present Research] | |||
*[[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore]] | |||
*[[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore (City)]] | |||
*[[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert]] | |||
*[[Caroline County, Maryland|Caroline]] | |||
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*[[Carroll County, Maryland|Carroll]] | |||
*[[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]] | |||
*[[Charles County, Maryland|Charles]] | |||
*[[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]] | |||
*[[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick]] | |||
*[[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett]] | |||
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*[[Harford County, Maryland|Harford]] | |||
*[[Howard County, Maryland|Howard]] | |||
*[[Kent County, Maryland|Kent]] | |||
*[[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery]] | |||
*[[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's]] | |||
*[[Queen Anne's County, Maryland|Queen Anne's]] | |||
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*[[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset]] | |||
*[[St. Mary's County, Maryland|St. Mary's]] | |||
*[[Talbot County, Maryland|Talbot]] | |||
*[[Washington County, Maryland|Washington]] | |||
*[[Wicomico County, Maryland|Wicomico]] | |||
*[[Worcester County, Maryland|Worcester]] | |||
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Extinct or Renamed Counties: [[Charles County (old), Maryland|Charles (old)]] | [[Durham County, Maryland|Durham]] | [[Patuxent County, Maryland|Patuxent]] | [[Worcester (old) County, Maryland|Worcester (old)]] | |||
== Things you can do == | |||
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