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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Nevada. | Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Nevada. | ||
==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
<li>[[African American Digital Bookshelf]] - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites</li> | |||
<li>[http://www.nvgenweb.org/nvlinks.html NVGenWeb Project]</li> | |||
==Research Strategy== | ==Research Strategy== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Legal history -[http://salonsubrosa.com/timeline-of-african-american-legal-history-in-nevada-1861-2011/ The Timeline of African | Legal history -[http://salonsubrosa.com/timeline-of-african-american-legal-history-in-nevada-1861-2011/ The Timeline of African American Legal History in Nevada (1861-2011)] by Professor Rachel J. Anderson depicts selected events in the history of African American lawyers, civil rights, and diversity in Nevada’s bar and on the bench. | ||
Rusco. Elmer R. ''Good Time Coming''. Black Nevadans in the nineteenth century; forward by Kenneth W. Porter. West port, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975. xix, 230 p. - (Contributions in Afro-American and African studies; no. 15) E185.93.N52 R87 | Rusco. Elmer R. ''Good Time Coming''. Black Nevadans in the nineteenth century; forward by Kenneth W. Porter. West port, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975. xix, 230 p. - (Contributions in Afro-American and African studies; no. 15) E185.93.N52 R87 | ||
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===Emancipation Records=== | ===Emancipation Records=== | ||
===Funeral Homes=== | ===Funeral Homes=== | ||
*[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 | |||
===Genealogies=== | ===Genealogies=== | ||
===Land and Property=== | ===Land and Property=== | ||
====Plantation==== | ====Plantation==== | ||
===Obituaries=== | |||
*[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 | |||
===Oral Histories=== | ===Oral Histories=== | ||
===Other Records=== | ===Other Records=== | ||
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====Death==== | ====Death==== | ||
====Divorce==== | ====Divorce==== | ||
===Voting | ===Voting Records=== | ||
==Archives and Libraries== | ==Archives and Libraries== | ||
'''Lied Library''' | '''Lied Library'''<br> | ||
4505 South Maryland Pkwy. <br> | |||
Box 457001 <br> | |||
Las Vegas, Nevada <br> | |||
89154-7001 <br> | |||
(702) 895-2100<br><br> | |||
See [https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/collections Collections] for oral histories and other resources. UNLV Libraries have received funding from the Nevada State Library and Archives under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project with the public libraries, the university, the State Museum, the public television station, and city and county government to document the African American experience in Las Vegas. [http://www.library.unlv.edu/oral_histories/african_americans_in_lv.html See African Americans in Las Vegas.] <br><br> | |||
'''Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center'''<br> | |||
University of Nevada, Reno<br> | |||
1664 N. Virginia St. <br> | |||
Reno, Nevada 89557 <br> | |||
775.784.4636<br><br> | |||
See [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/univarch/ University Archives] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130223053746/http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/96-47.html A Guide to the Nevada Black History Project]. | |||
==Societies== | |||
'''Nevada African American Genealogical Society'''<br> | |||
509 S 9th Street <br> | |||
Las Vegas, NV 89101 <br> | |||
NAAGS meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month except on July and August at 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Nevada, United States]][[Category:African American Records]] | [[Category:Nevada, United States]][[Category:African American Records]] | ||
[[Category:Nevada Cultural Groups]] | |||