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==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
*'''1865-1874''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874] at FamilySearch | |||
*[[African American Digital Bookshelf]] - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites | |||
*[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen] - this site searches all of the Freedmen's Bureau record collections on FamilySearch altogether (and redirects there) | |||
*[http://www.texasslaveryproject.org/ Texas Slavery Project] | |||
*[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook The Handbook of Texas] Search for information on slaves, slave owners, plantations, local history, churches, historical events, etc. | |||
*[https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/lantern/ The Lantern Project - Legal Records Documenting Enslaved Persons] at Mississippi State University Libraries — index & images | |||
*[https://www.thetexasfreedomcoloniesproject.com/ The Texas Freedom Colony Project] - an educational and social justice initiative to research and locate the colonies of freedmen in Texas following emancipation. | |||
==Research Strategy== | ==Research Strategy== | ||
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'''Officials and Employees''' | '''Officials and Employees''' | ||
Brewer, John Mason. ''Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants'': a history of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfanchisement. | Brewer, John Mason. ''Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants'': a history of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfanchisement. FS Library'''976.4F2bjm 1970''' | ||
University of Texas (San Antonio). Institute of Texas Cultures. ''Residents of Texas, 1782-1836''. 3 Vol. Vol 3 contains contains mostly translated summaries documenting the Black experience in Texas. Included are land grant requests, wills, and testaments, letters of freedom and contracts of the sale of slaves. | University of Texas (San Antonio). Institute of Texas Cultures. ''Residents of Texas, 1782-1836''. 3 Vol. Vol 3 contains contains mostly translated summaries documenting the Black experience in Texas. Included are land grant requests, wills, and testaments, letters of freedom and contracts of the sale of slaves. FS Library'''976.4 D2rte Vol 1-3'''. | ||
Tyler, Ronnie C. and Lawrence R. Murphy. ''The Slave Narratives of Texas''. Austin: Encino Press, 1974. | Tyler, Ronnie C. and Lawrence R. Murphy. ''The Slave Narratives of Texas''. Austin: Encino Press, 1974. FS Library '''976.4 D3sl''' | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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===Cemeteries=== | ===Cemeteries=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Montgomery_County_Texas_African_American_Cemeteries '''African American Cemeteries in Montgomery County, Texas''']<br> | ||
===Census Records=== | ===Census Records=== | ||
===Church Records=== | ===Church Records=== | ||
===Court Records=== | |||
*[http://digital.sfasu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/RSP Texas Runaway Slave Project] at East Texas Digital Archives - runaway ads, court records and other records about fugitives | |||
===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 | |||
*[https://dallasgenealogy.com/dgs/local-records/mcgowan-funeral-home/ The McGowan Funeral Home Records, 1956-1995]<br>An online index of the McGowan Funeral Home records. The funeral home operated in South Dallas, Texas between 1956 and 1995. The collection is held in the administrative area of the Genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Branch of the Dallas Public Library. The physical records of the collection are not accessible to the general public without prior arrangement. | *[https://dallasgenealogy.com/dgs/local-records/mcgowan-funeral-home/ The McGowan Funeral Home Records, 1956-1995]<br>An online index of the McGowan Funeral Home records. The funeral home operated in South Dallas, Texas between 1956 and 1995. The collection is held in the administrative area of the Genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Branch of the Dallas Public Library. The physical records of the collection are not accessible to the general public without prior arrangement. | ||
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*'''[https://thesouthernmigration.wordpress.com/ The Southern Migration of the Keeton and Chafer Family]'''<br> | *'''[https://thesouthernmigration.wordpress.com/ The Southern Migration of the Keeton and Chafer Family]'''<br> | ||
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Conroe_Community_Cemetery Conroe Community Cemetery] has a searchable database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies/submission/8/MMFP-2P3 Community Trees]'''<br> | *'''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Conroe_Community_Cemetery Conroe Community Cemetery] has a searchable database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies/submission/8/MMFP-2P3 Community Trees]'''<br> | ||
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/eurona/travel/sites/98936/piney-grove-missionary-baptist-church-and-cemetery Piney Grove Cemetery - Cemeteries, Monuments, and Memorials'''] | |||
===Land and Property=== | ===Land and Property=== | ||
===Plantation=== | |||
*''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas_-_Green_Wood_Plantation_Project Green Wood Plantation Project- Montgomery County, Texas ]''<br> | |||
=== Law and Legislation === | === Law and Legislation === | ||
* | *{{FSC|744709|item|disp=Paul Finkelman, editorial advisor, ''State slavery statutes : guide to the microfiche collection'' Frederick, Maryland : University Pub. of America, c1989 FS Library 975 F23s}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|723107|item|disp=Slavery Statutes - Texas: ca. 1836-1864 (10 fiche) FS Library 6118915}} | ||
===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=== | ||
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===Other Records=== | ===Other Records=== | ||
*[https://www.historytaskforce.org/ History Taskforce] | |||
===Military Records=== | ===Military Records=== | ||
===Newspapers=== | ===Newspapers=== | ||
*[https://informationwanted.org/ Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery] | *[https://informationwanted.org/ Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery] | ||
*[http://digital.sfasu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/RSP Texas Runaway Slave Project] at East Texas Digital Archives - runaway ads, court records and other records about fugitives | |||
===Probate Records=== | ===Probate Records=== | ||
Garrett-Nelson, LaBrenda. ''Gleaning Information about Enslaved Ancestors from Probate Files'' NGS Magazine 48 #2 (April-June 2022): 23–27. FS Library 973 D25ngs | |||
===Reconstruction Records=== | ===Reconstruction Records=== | ||
====Freedman’s Bank==== | ====Freedman’s Bank==== | ||
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===Slavery Records=== | ===Slavery Records=== | ||
[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2140047?&Search=yes&searchText=louisiana&searchText=slavery&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dslavery%2Blouisiana%26gw%3Djtx%26acc%3Don%26prq%3Dvoter%2527s%2Blouisiana%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don&prevSearch=&item=10&ttl=1325&returnArticleService=showFullText Slavery in Early Texas. I]<br>Lester G. Bugbee<br>Political Science Quarterly<br>Vol. 13, No. 3 (Sep., 1898) (pp. 389-412)<br>Page Count: 24 | *[http://digital.sfasu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/RSP Texas Runaway Slave Project] at East Texas Digital Archives - runaway ads, court records and other records about fugitives | ||
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2140047?&Search=yes&searchText=louisiana&searchText=slavery&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dslavery%2Blouisiana%26gw%3Djtx%26acc%3Don%26prq%3Dvoter%2527s%2Blouisiana%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don&prevSearch=&item=10&ttl=1325&returnArticleService=showFullText Slavery in Early Texas. I]<br>Lester G. Bugbee<br>Political Science Quarterly<br>Vol. 13, No. 3 (Sep., 1898) (pp. 389-412)<br>Page Count: 24 | |||
===Vital Records=== | ===Vital Records=== | ||
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====Death==== | ====Death==== | ||
====Divorce==== | ====Divorce==== | ||
===Voting | ===Voting Records=== | ||
'''Voter's Registrations of 1867''' | '''Voter's Registrations of 1867''' | ||
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3163398 Texas, Special Voter Registration, 1867-1869.] Searchable Collection published on FamilySearch | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3163398 Texas, Special Voter Registration, 1867-1869.] Searchable Collection published on FamilySearch | ||
* | *{{FSC|676251|item|disp=Texas 1867 Special Voter's Registration: includes information for 1867 - 1869. 7 rolls}} FamilySearch Catalog | ||
* | *{{FSC|958871|item|disp=Donaly E. Brice & John C. Barron.''An index to the 1867 Voters Registration of Texas.'' Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000. FamilySearch Library. CD-Rom}} | ||
==Archives and Libraries== | ==Archives and Libraries== | ||
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Houston, Texas 77004<br><br> | Houston, Texas 77004<br><br> | ||
[https://dallasgenealogy. | [https://dallasgenealogy.org/meetings-events/special-interest-groups/african-american-general-interest-group/ '''African American Genealogical Interest Group''']<br> | ||
A Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Dallas Genealogical Society<br> | A Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Dallas Genealogical Society<br> | ||
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Dallas Genealogical Society<br> | Dallas Genealogical Society<br> | ||
391 Las Colinas Blvd E, Ste 130<br> | |||
Attn Box 2112<br> | |||
Irving, TX 75039-6291<br> | |||
[mailto:AAGIG@dallasgenealogy.org AAGIG@dallasgenealogy.org]<br><br> | [mailto:AAGIG@dallasgenealogy.org AAGIG@dallasgenealogy.org]<br><br> | ||
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