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{{AfrAm-sidebar}}<div style="float: left; width: 75%"><center>''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African_American_Research|African American Research]]''</center><br> | {{AfrAm-sidebar}}<div style="float: left; width: 75%;"><center>''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African_American_Research|African American Research]]''</center><br> | ||
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| <br>'''''Its most unique genealogical features:''''' | | <br>'''''Its most unique genealogical features:''''' | ||
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=== African American pages are available for these states === | === African American pages are available for these states === | ||
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*Only 15 percent of freed slaves used the family name of a former owner. | *Only 15 percent of freed slaves used the family name of a former owner. | ||
*From 1865 to 1875 many African Americans changed their family name. | *From 1865 to 1875 many African Americans changed their family name. | ||
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=== Key Internet Links === | === Key Internet Links === | ||
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*[http://learn.ancestry.com/LearnMore/VideoRedirection.aspx?content_id=15340 Avoid Traps in African American Genealogy], Tony Burroughs | *[http://learn.ancestry.com/LearnMore/VideoRedirection.aspx?content_id=15340 Avoid Traps in African American Genealogy], Tony Burroughs | ||
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/AfricanAmerican.pdf Finding Records for Your Ancestors, Part A-African American 1870 to Present] | *[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/AfricanAmerican.pdf Finding Records for Your Ancestors, Part A-African American 1870 to Present] | ||
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=== Things you can do === | === Things you can do === | ||
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:<br> | In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:<br> | ||
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*[[Edit a page|Expand an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]] | *[[Edit a page|Expand an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]] | ||
*[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Create a new article]]<br> | *[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Create a new article]]<br> | ||
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If you are interested in being the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|moderator]] for these ''African American Research'' pages, {{please contact a Sysop}}. | If you are interested in being the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|moderator]] for these ''African American Research'' pages, {{please contact a Sysop}}. | ||
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[[Category:African_Americans]] [[Category:Ethnic,_Political,_or_Religious_Groups]] | [[Category:African_Americans]] [[Category:Ethnic,_Political,_or_Religious_Groups]] | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 23 January 2011
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| Beginning Research | |
| Original Records | |
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| Background Information | |
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African American Research[[Image:Template:TVAworker]]
| Welcome to the African American Research page | |
Its most unique genealogical features:
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African American pages are available for these states[edit | edit source]
African American Genealogy[edit | edit source]
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Did you know?[edit | edit source]
- The first African settlers in the U.S. were indentured servants in Jamestown, Va., in 1619 (before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock) and freed after 7 years.
- African American is the most common ancestry in: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
- The Freedman's Bank and the Freedmen's Bureau were separate organizations, from different federal departments, in separate National Archives record groups.
- Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War.
- Only 15 percent of freed slaves used the family name of a former owner.
- From 1865 to 1875 many African Americans changed their family name.
Key Internet Links[edit | edit source]
Things you can do[edit | edit source]
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
If you are interested in being the moderator for these African American Research pages, Please contact the Support Team.