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=== Archives and Libraries === | |||
Click [[County of Los Angeles Public Libraries#African_American_Resources|here]] to learn about African American Resources in Los Angeles. | Click [[County of Los Angeles Public Libraries#African_American_Resources|here]] to learn about African American Resources in Los Angeles. | ||
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*Beasley, Delilah Leontium. ''The Negro Trail Blazers of California '': a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California in Berkeley; and from the diaries, old papers, and conversations of old pioneers in the State of California. Los Angeles:[s.n.], - 317 p.: ill, ports F870.N38 B3 1919b FHL book 979.4 F2be | *Beasley, Delilah Leontium. ''The Negro Trail Blazers of California '': a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California in Berkeley; and from the diaries, old papers, and conversations of old pioneers in the State of California. Los Angeles:[s.n.], - 317 p.: ill, ports F870.N38 B3 1919b FHL book 979.4 F2be | ||
*Goode, Kenneth F. ''California's Black Pioneers: A Brief Historical Survey''. Santa Barbara, Calif. | *Goode, Kenneth F. ''California's Black Pioneers: A Brief Historical Survey''. Santa Barbara, Calif.: McNally Loftin, 1974 [c1974].- xiii, 222p.:ill. E185.93 C2G66 1974 | ||
*Lapp, Rudolph M. Blacks in Gold Rush California New Haven:Yale university Press, 1977 - xiv, 321 p., (Yale Western Americana Series; 29) E185.C2 L36 | *Lapp, Rudolph M. Blacks in Gold Rush California New Haven:Yale university Press, 1977 - xiv, 321 p., (Yale Western Americana Series; 29) E185.C2 L36 | ||
*Vivian, Octavia B. ''The Story of the Negro in Los Angeles County''. compiled by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration under the supervision of Hugh Harlan. - [S.l.:s.n.], 1956. - 43 p. F868.L8 V5 1970 | *Vivian, Octavia B. ''The Story of the Negro in Los Angeles County''. compiled by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration under the supervision of Hugh Harlan. - [S.l.:s.n.], 1956. - 43 p. F868.L8 V5 1970 | ||
*''Los Angeles Negro Business Directory''. - [ | *''Los Angeles Negro Business Directory''. - [Vol.1] 91952/53)- [Vol.2] (1953/54). - Los Angeles, 1953-1954 F869.L8 L82 | ||
*''History of Black American in Santa Clara Valley''. [Prepared by the staff of the Garden City Women's Club]. - [Sunnyvale, Calif.: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., c 1978]. - xxx, 220 p. | *''History of Black American in Santa Clara Valley''. [Prepared by the staff of the Garden City Women's Club]. - [Sunnyvale, Calif.: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., c 1978]. - xxx, 220 p.:ill. F868.S25 G37 1978 | ||
*Parker, Elizabeth L. and James Abajian. ''A Walking tour of the Black Presence in San Francisco during the nineteenth century'': A Black history week event; - [San Francisco]: San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society 1974. - 23 p.: ill F869.S3 P22 | *Parker, Elizabeth L. and James Abajian. ''A Walking tour of the Black Presence in San Francisco during the nineteenth century'': A Black history week event; - [San Francisco]: San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society 1974. - 23 p.: ill F869.S3 P22 | ||
== | === Census Records === | ||
== Church Records == | === Church Records === | ||
Los Angeles | '''Los Angeles''' | ||
First M.M.E. Churtch, | First M.M.E. Churtch,(1872- ) [http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/first-african-methodist-episc-church-1872 History] | ||
Sacramento | '''Sacramento''' | ||
St Andrews A.M.E. Church, (1850-) | St Andrews A.M.E. Church, (1850-)[http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/st-andrews-ame-church-1850 History] | ||
San Jose | '''San Jose''' | ||
Antioch Baptist Church, (1868-) [http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/antioch-baptist-church-san-jose-california-1893 History] | Antioch Baptist Church, (1868-) [http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/antioch-baptist-church-san-jose-california-1893 History] | ||
== | === Funeral Homes === | ||
== | === Genealogy === | ||
== | === History === | ||
[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/africanamerican/timelines.html African Americans in California] is a helpful historical timeline that highlights people and events from the Spanish Era until 2003. | [http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/africanamerican/timelines.html African Americans in California] is a helpful historical timeline that highlights people and events from the Spanish Era until 2003. | ||
== | === Newspapers === | ||
== | === Military Records === | ||
== | === Probate Records === | ||
== | === School Records === | ||
== | === Voting Registers === | ||
== | === Other Sources === | ||
== | === Online Resources === | ||
== | === References === | ||
{{African American|African American}} {{California|California}} | {{African American|African American}} {{California|California}} | ||
[[Category:California]] [[Category:African_Americans|California]] [[Category:African_American_Records]] | [[Category:California]] [[Category:African_Americans|California]] [[Category:African_American_Records]] | ||
Revision as of 08:47, 10 October 2014
United States
California African Americans
Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in California.
Introduction[edit | edit source]
A Research Strategy[edit | edit source]
Archives and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Click here to learn about African American Resources in Los Angeles.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Birth Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage Records[edit | edit source]
Death Records[edit | edit source]
Biography[edit | edit source]
- Beasley, Delilah Leontium. The Negro Trail Blazers of California : a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California in Berkeley; and from the diaries, old papers, and conversations of old pioneers in the State of California. Los Angeles:[s.n.], - 317 p.: ill, ports F870.N38 B3 1919b FHL book 979.4 F2be
- Goode, Kenneth F. California's Black Pioneers: A Brief Historical Survey. Santa Barbara, Calif.: McNally Loftin, 1974 [c1974].- xiii, 222p.:ill. E185.93 C2G66 1974
- Lapp, Rudolph M. Blacks in Gold Rush California New Haven:Yale university Press, 1977 - xiv, 321 p., (Yale Western Americana Series; 29) E185.C2 L36
- Vivian, Octavia B. The Story of the Negro in Los Angeles County. compiled by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration under the supervision of Hugh Harlan. - [S.l.:s.n.], 1956. - 43 p. F868.L8 V5 1970
- Los Angeles Negro Business Directory. - [Vol.1] 91952/53)- [Vol.2] (1953/54). - Los Angeles, 1953-1954 F869.L8 L82
- History of Black American in Santa Clara Valley. [Prepared by the staff of the Garden City Women's Club]. - [Sunnyvale, Calif.: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., c 1978]. - xxx, 220 p.:ill. F868.S25 G37 1978
- Parker, Elizabeth L. and James Abajian. A Walking tour of the Black Presence in San Francisco during the nineteenth century: A Black history week event; - [San Francisco]: San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society 1974. - 23 p.: ill F869.S3 P22
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Los Angeles
First M.M.E. Churtch,(1872- ) History
Sacramento
St Andrews A.M.E. Church, (1850-)History
San Jose
Antioch Baptist Church, (1868-) History
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
African Americans in California is a helpful historical timeline that highlights people and events from the Spanish Era until 2003.
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
School Records[edit | edit source]
Voting Registers[edit | edit source]
Other Sources[edit | edit source]
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
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