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| ==Introduction==
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| ==Online Resources==
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| <li>'''1846-1867''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867] at Ancestry ($)</li>
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| <li> '''1861-1872''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1414908 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872] at FamilySearch </li>
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| <li>'''1865-1874''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874] at FamilySearch </li>
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| <li>[[African American Digital Bookshelf]] - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites</li> | |
| <li>[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen] - this site searches all of the Freedmen's Bureau record collections on FamilySearch altogether (and redirects there)</li>
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| <li>[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29835 Negroes in Michigan during the Civil War] at Ancestry ($)</li>
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| <li>[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22513 Slavery petitions and papers] at Ancestry ($) </li>
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| <li>[http://research.udmercy.edu/find/special_collections/digital/baa/ University of Detroit Mercy Black Abolitionist Archives] </li>
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| ==Research Strategy==
| | In the 1796 Detroit census both slaves and free African Americans are listed. The abolitionist movement was strong and the part of a "underground railroad" ran through Michigan. In 1855 the state passed a "personal liberty law" blocking the recovery of fugitive slaves. The automobile industry attracted African Americans to Detroit in the 1900s.<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Red book : American state, county and town sources'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 343. ({{FHL|973 D27rb}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry].</ref> |
| ==History==
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| In the 1796 Detroit census both enslaved and free African Americans are listed. The abolitionist movement was strong and the part of a "underground railroad" ran through Michigan. In 1855 the state passed a "personal liberty law" blocking the recovery of "fugitive slaves." The automobile industry attracted African Americans to Detroit in the 1900s.<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Red book : American state, county and town sources'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 343. ({{FSC|973 D27rb}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry].</ref> | |
| ==Resources==
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| ===Biographies===
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| ===Cemeteries===
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| ===Census Records===
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| ===Church Records===
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| ===Emancipation Records===
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| ===Funeral Homes===
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| *[https://app.air.inc/a/borzvL1af/b/8dc76b25-27b0-42b5-a889-6c7027db068f CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection] at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images
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| ===Genealogies===
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| ===Land and Property===
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| ====Plantation====
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| ===Obituaries===
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| *[https://app.air.inc/a/borzvL1af/b/8dc76b25-27b0-42b5-a889-6c7027db068f CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection] at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images
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| ===Oral Histories===
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| ===Other Records===
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| ===Military Records===
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| ===Newspapers===
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| ===Probate Records===
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| ===Reconstruction Records===
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| ====Freedman’s Bank====
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| An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (visit the [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records]] page to learn more). This company was created to assist African American soldiers of the Civil War and Freedmen. Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers from 3 March 1865 to 25 July 1874 may list the name of the depositor, date of entry, age, birthplace, residence, complexion, name of employer or occupation, wife or husband’s name, death information, children’s names, name of father and mother, brothers’ and sisters’ names, remarks, and signature. Early books sometimes contained the name of the former slaveholder and the name of the plantation. Copies of death certificates were sometimes attached to the entries. The collection is organized alphabetically by state, then city where the bank was located, then date the account was established, then account number.<br>
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| Online collections of Freedman's Bank records:
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874]
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| *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8755 U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871 ($)]
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| ====Freedmen's Bureau====
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| The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was created by the US government in 1865 until 1872 to assist formerly enslaved persons in the southern United States. The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists. Such documents include censuses, marriage records, and medical records. These records often include full names, former slaveholders and plantations, and current residences.<ref>"African American Records: Freedmen's Bureau," "African American Heritage," ''National Archives'', accessed 11 May 2018. </ref> For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands includes the names of the owners of the plantations or homes that were abandoned, confiscated, or leased. It gives the county and location, a description of the house, the number of acres owned, and the number of cabins of enslaved persons. These films do not appear to contain the names of the enslaved.
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| To find Freedmen's Bureau records:
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| *[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ DiscoverFreedmen] - the search on this site will utilize all of the Freedmen's Bureau records on FamilySearch, including:
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2432941|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records,1865-1872}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2432992|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2475025|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1861-1872''' {{RecordSearch|1414908|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872}} at FamilySearch - [[United States Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2431759|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2515868|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired, 1865-1872 }} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2515865|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Court Records, 1865-1872 }} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2515867|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872 }} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2492627|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872 }} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **'''1865-1972''' {{RecordSearch|2427894|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872 }} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| Other FamilySearch collections not included:
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| *'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2575789|United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872 }} at FamilySearch - [[United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2721171|United States Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872 }} at FamilySearch - [[United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2427901|''United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872'' }} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images. These reports primarily contain statistical and historical information.
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| *More collections are available in the FamilySearch Catalog. Search for "FREEDMEN - MICHIGAN" in the Subjects search bar to find.
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| Visit the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records]] page to learn more about utilizing these records.<br>
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| ===School Records===
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| ===Slavery Records===
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| ===Vital Records===
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| ====Birth====
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675348 Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995] - information can include name, gender, birth date and place, race, and parents and their birthplaces
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| ====Marriage====
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1452395 Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925] - lists marriage date and place and the bride and groom’s name, race, residence, age, birthplace, occupation, and witnesses
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| The Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1872) was created by the US government to assist formerly enslaved persons in the southern United States. One of their responsibilities was to record the marriages (past and present) of the formerly enslaved couples. These records can be found in the collections below and include the lists of marriages that occurred previously, marriage certificates, and marriage licenses. The information contained on the records may include the name of the husband and wife/groom and bride, age, occupation, residence, year or date of marriage, by whom, number of children, and remarks.
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1414908 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872]
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| *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867]
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| ====Death====
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675357 Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995] - information may include name, gender, death date and place, burial date and place, age, birth date and place, race, marital status, spouse, and parents
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1452402 Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897] - lists name, death date, gender, race, marital status, age, death place, cause of death, birthplace, occupation, and parents and their residence
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| ====Divorce====
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| ===Voting Records===
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| ==Archives and Libraries==
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| [http://www.lib.umich.edu/brown-versus-board-education/ '''Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education''']<br>
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| University of Michigan Library<br>
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| 818 Hatcher Graduate Library South<br>
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| 913 S. University Avenue<br>
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| Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190<br>
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| Phone: (734) 764-0400<br>
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| Email: contact-mlibrary@umich.edu<br><br>
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| [https://thewright.org/ '''Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History''']<br>
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| 315 East Warren Avenue<br>
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| Detroit, MI 48201<br>
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| Phone: (313) 494-5800<br>
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| ==Societies==
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| The Burton Historical Collection has African American records. For further reading, see: | | The Burton Historical Collection has African American records. For further reading, see: |
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| *Melvin E. Banner, ''Black Pioneer in Michigan'' (Midland, Mich.: Pendall Publ., 1973. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/814734 WorldCat entry]. | | *Melvin E. Banner, ''Black Pioneer in Michigan'' (Midland, Mich.: Pendall Publ., 1973. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/814734 WorldCat entry]. |
| *Reginald Larrie, ''Black Experiences in Michigan History''. Lansing, Mich.: MI History Div., 1975. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2035400 WorldCat entry]. | | *Reginald Larrie, ''Black Experiences in Michigan History''. Lansing, Mich.: MI History Div., 1975. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2035400 WorldCat entry]. |
| *[http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19313---,00.html State Archives of Michigan,] ''Circular No. 29, African-Americans''. Lansing, Mich.: SAM, 2002.<br><br> | | *[http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19313---,00.html State Archives of Michigan,] ''Circular No. 29, African-Americans''. Lansing, Mich.: SAM, 2002. |
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| | === Online Resources === |
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| | *[http://research.udmercy.edu/find/special_collections/digital/baa/ University of Detroit Mercy Black Abolitionist Archives] |
| | *[http://www.lib.umich.edu/brown-versus-board-education/ Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive], University of Michigan Library |
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| [https://www.smbhs.org/ '''The Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society''']<br>
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| 471 W. South Street, Suite 42A<br>
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| Kalamazoo, MI 49007<br>
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| Phone: (269) 381-9775<br>
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