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Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, and local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, and place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may be able to provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees.
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When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in this outline, return to this section for the address.
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The Family History Library has copies of many of the records found in archives and libraries, but most repositories will have additional sources.
==Archives and Libraries==
Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees.


Many archives and libraries have helpful sources for locating information about Alabama, such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids. They frequently have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids, such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state. Archives and libraries near state boundaries usually collect records relating to the adjacent states.
When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in the African American Research Wiki pages, return to this section for the address.  


The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful to African American genealogical researchers:
The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has copies of many of the records found in archives and libraries, but most repositories will have additional sources.


'''Family History Library'''<br>35 North West Temple Street<br>Room 344<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400<br>Local Telephone: 801-240-2331<br>Toll Free: 1-800-346-6044 (Inside United States and Canada)<br>Toll Free: 1-801-240-1000 (Outside United States and Canada)<br>Internet: [http://www.familysearch.org http://www.familysearch.org <br>]
The following archives, libraries, centers, institutes, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their African American ancestors.


'''National Archives'''<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington, D.C. 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5415<br>Fax: 301-837-0459<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov
=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for African Americans ===


National Archives - Regional Branches<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/index.html<br>
[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]{{·}} [[Library of Congress]]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives Regional Branches]]{{·}} [[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, John Parker Library]]{{·}} [https://civilrightstrail.com/attraction/birmingham-civil-rights-institute/ Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]{{·}} [https://blackarchives.org/ Black Archives of Mid-America]{{·}} [https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein Duke Univeristy Rubenstein Library]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]{{·}} [[Godfrey Memorial Library]]{{·}} [https://www.kalamazooblackhistorymuseum.org/ Kalamazoo College Black History Museum]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Newberry Library]]{{·}} [[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]{{·}} [https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library] {{·}} [https://anacostia.si.edu/ Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum]{{·}} [[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries]]{{·}} [https://www.africa.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center]{{·}} [https://library.pitt.edu/hillman-library University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library]<br><br>


'''The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum'''<br>1901 Fort Place SE<br>Washington, D.C. 20020<br>Telephone: 202-633-4820<br>Internet: http://anacostia.si.edu/
=== Online Records for African American Research  ===
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'''Kalamazoo College<br>'''Africo-American Black History Museum<br>1200 Academy Street <br>Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006<br>Telephone: 269-337-7000 <br>Internet: http://www.kzoo.edu/africa/links.htm
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'''The University of Pittsburgh<br>'''Hillman Library<br>3960 Forbes Avenue<br>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260<br>Telephone: 412-648-7756<br>Internet: http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/hillman/hillman.html


'''The University of Pennsylvania'''<br>African Studies Center<br>647 Williams Hall<br>255 S 36th Street<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6305<br>Telephone: 215-898-6971<br>Fax: 215-573-7379<br>Email: [mailto:africa@sas.upenn.edu africa@sas.upenn.edu]<br>Internet: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/AS.html
<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[African American Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div><br>Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probates.
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'''Birmingham Civil Rights Institute'''<br>520 Sixteenth Street North<br>Birmingham, Alabama 35203<br>Telephone: 205-328-9696<br>Toll Free: 1-866-328-9696<br>Fax: 205-251-6104<br>Internet: http://www.bcri.org/index.html
=== National Repositories ===


'''The Black Archives of Mid-America<br>'''2033 Vine Street<br>Kansas City, Missouri 64108-3007<br>Telephone: 816-701-3590<br>Email: [mailto:info@blackarchives.org info@blackarchives.org]<br>Internet: http://www.blackarchives.org/Internet: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
==== Allen County Public Library ====
'''[[Allen County Public Library]]'''<br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, IN 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> Email: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Website: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL]


'''Duke Univeristy'''<br>John Hope Franklin Collection for African and African-American Documentation<br>Durham, North Carolina 27708<br>Telephone 919-684-8111<br>Internet: <br>http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/franklin/&nbsp;Internet: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
:Allen County Public Library is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources including African Americans, and Canadians. They have a great '''African American''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref>
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==== FamilySearch Library  ====
'''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]'''<br>35 N. West Temple St. <br>Salt Lake City, Utah 84150<br>Telephone: 801-240-6536<br>Website: [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch]<br>
:They have federal and state censuses showing where '''African Americans''' lived, vital records, biographies, cemeteries, church records, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, court records, directories, genealogy, local histories, land and property (may include lists of free Blacks and enslaved persons, bills of sale), manumissions, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, periodicals, probate records (may list enslaved persons freed or bequeathed), slavery and bondage, and societies. Holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records.<br><br>
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'''The Library of Congress'''<br>The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture<br>101 Independence Avenue SE<br>Washington, D.C. 20540<br>Telephone: 202-707-5000<br>Internet: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html<br>
==== Library of Congress ====
'''[[Library of Congress]]'''[[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|thumb|400px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.]]<br>101 Independence Ave. SE <br>Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ G4 <br>Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 <br>Telephone: Reading Room: 202-707-5537<br>Fax: 202-707-1957 <br>Email: [http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-genealogy.html Ask a Librarian form]<br>Website: [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress]
:See the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center on "African American Genealogical Research at the Library of Congress.  [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/709703 See book at the FamilySearch Library]. The Library of Congress "Local History and Genealogy Reading Room" has moved to the main reading room, but services are unchanged. They are part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American (including '''African Americans'''), British Isles, and German sources.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/lhgcoll.html The Collections] in ''Local History and Genealogy Reading Room'' in ''The Library of Congress'' (accessed 8 January 2014).</ref>
::*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/709703 The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture] <br><br>


The following resources can be helpful as you begin your research:
==== National Archives I ====
[[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|thumb|280px|National Archives I in Washington, D.C.]]'''[[National Archives and Records Administration]]''' (Archives I)<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington DC<br>Telephone: 1-866-272-6272<br>Fax: 301-837-0483<br>Email: [http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html National Archives and Records Administration inquiry form]<br>Website: [http://archives.gov/ National Archives]
:Nationwide censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources (including '''African Americans''') , prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> <br><br>


''Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree'', Tony Burroughs, 1001. (FHL book 973 D27bt.)
==== National Archives Regional Branches ====
'''[[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives Regional Branches]]'''<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/facilities/index.html National Archives Locations Nationwide]<br>
:There are 2 main branches, 11 regional branches, 16 records centers, 2 personnel records centers, and 15 presidential libraries nationwide, as well as "affiliated archives." Each regional branch has copies of key records in Washington, as well as their own regional records. For example, the Atlanta Regional Branch for the Southern States region preserves records of Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement, and '''African American''' history.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/atlanta/ National Archives at Atlanta] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br>
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''Finding a Place Called Home: An African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity'', Dee Parmer Woodtor, 1999. (FHL book 973 F2wd.)<br>
==== National Underground Railroad Freedom Center  ====
'''[[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, John Parker Library]]'''<br>50 East Freedom Way<br>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<br>Telephone: 513-333-7654<br>Email: [mailto:Genealogy@nurfc.org Genealogy@nurfc.org]<br>Website: [https://freedomcenter.org/visit/permanent-exhibits/genealogy/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, John Parker Library]
:The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center museum houses the John Parker Library and FamilySearch Center. Patrons can view limited-access FamilySearch and Ancestry databases. They tell the history of the guides, safe houses, and transportation network used to smuggle runaway enslaved African Americans out of the slave states to freedom in the North before the American Civil War.


[[Category:United States of America]]<br>
=== Regional Repositories ===
 
==== Birmingham Civil Rights Institute  ====
'''Birmingham Civil Rights Institute'''<br>520 Sixteenth Street North<br>Birmingham, Alabama 35203<br>Telephone: 205-328-9696 ext. 203<br>Telephone toll free: 1-866-328-9696<br>Fax: 205-251-6104<br>Email: [mailto:bcri@bcri.org bcri@bcri.org]<br>Website: [https://www.bcri.org/ Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]
:Papers of civil rights activist leaders (ministers, organizers, judges, politicians, newspaper editors, educators), school desegregation, 500 desegregation oral history interviews, 1,260 Jim Crow era oral histories, vertical files, TV documentaries, and legal cases collection.
 
==== Black Archives of Mid-America  ====
[[Image:Black Archives of Mid-America.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Black Archives of Mid-America in KC, MO]]'''Black Archives of Mid-America'''<br>1722 E. 17th Terrace (PO Box  270333)<br>Kansas City, MO 64127<br>Telephone: 816-221-1600<br>Email: [mailto:info@blackarchives.org info@blackarchives.org]<br>Website: [https://blackarchives.org/ Black Archives of Mid-America homepage]
:By appointment only. Resources regarding the social and cultural experience of African Americans in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in the surrounding region. This includes oral histories, valuable rare books, and a reference collection, personal papers, records of civil and health service organizations, schools, churches, political organizations, sports groups, and clubs and other voluntary associations.<ref>[https://blackarchives.org/all-resources/ Resources] in ''Black Archives of Mid-America'', accessed 16 November 2023.</ref><br><br>
 
==== Duke University Perkins Library  ====
[[Image:Duke Univ Perkins Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Duke University Perkins Library in Durham NC]]'''Duke University Perkins Library'''<br>Franklin Research Center<br>Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185<br>Telephone: 919-660-5922<br>Fax: 919-660-5934<br>Email: [mailto:franklin-collection@duke.edu franklin-collection@duke.edu]<br>Website: [https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture]
:Largest manuscript collection in the South, including newspapers, county records, Bibles, and journals. They also have many census records originally at the National Archives.<ref name="DB85" />
:*''Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Duke University Library,'' by Nannie M. Trilley, and Noma Lee Goodwin. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1947. {{FSC|183374|item|disp=FS Library Film 899894; Book 975.6 B5d ser. 27–28.}}  {{WorldCat|2112391|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. This guide lists about 8,000 names of individuals, families, and historical subjects, and it is indexed.
:*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center] collects, and preserves published and unpublished primary sources for understanding the history and culture of Africa and people of the African Diaspora in the Americas.<ref>[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture] in ''Duke University Libraries'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref> The Franklin Center is part of the Rubenstein Special Collections Library on the 3rd floor of the Perkins Library.<br><br>
 
==== FamilySearch Centers  ====
[[File:Ncfayetteville.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A FamilySearch Center in Fayetteville NC]]'''[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]''' (FSCs) have [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for genealogists for free and offer research suggestions. These microfilms include a good collection of African American records including censuses, vital records, cemeteries, church records, biographies, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, funeral homes, military records, oral history, probate records, slavery and bondage records, and the Southern Claims Commission records.
 
There are more than 4,700 FSCs in 134 countries. There is no cost to visit a FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Library. They are open to anyone with an interest in genealogical research. They are operated by [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Click on [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a FamilySearch center] to locate the the center nearest you.
 
Each center has unique hours of operation, and may have changed from the hours posted on our site. It is a good idea to call the center for their scheduled hours before you visit.<br><br>
 
==== Godfrey Memorial Library  ====
'''[[Godfrey Memorial Library]]'''<br>134 Newfield St.<br>Middletown, Connecticut 06457<br>Telephone: 860-346-4375<br>Fax: 860-347-9874<br>Email: [mailto:Sharon@godfrey.org Sharon@godfrey.org] Reference Librarian<br>Website: [http://www.godfrey.org/ Godfrey Memorial Library]
:Their collection features digital copies of six African American newspapers in the 1800s.<ref>"[http://www.godfrey.org/news/2008-7%20African%20American%20Records.pdf African American Records]" in ''INTERNET Genealogy'' (June/July 2008): 85.</ref> The overall collection is national in scope with many [http://www.godfrey.org/scholar/login.html online records] in addition to its physical collection. They compiled the {{WorldCat|865629740|item|disp=''American Genealogical and Biographical Index (AGBI)''}} including many African American biographies and autobiographies.  The AGBI is found at {{FSC|193375|item|disp=FS Catalog books 973 D22am (multiple) and digital Volumes}}. This library is an excellent genealogical facility including many New England town records, guidebooks, indexes, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><br>
 
==== John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library ====
[[Image:John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.jpg|thumb|285px|Rockefeller Library in Colonial Williamsburg, VA]]'''[[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]'''<br>PO Box 1776<br>313 First Street<br>Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776<br>Telephone: 757-565-8542<br>Fax: 757-565-8548<br>Email: [mailto:libref@cwf.org libref@cwf.org] <br>Website: [http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library]
:Emphasis is on the history of colonial British America, the American Revolution, and the early United States with books, manuscripts, images, Civil War materials, family Bibles, and databases for research in the political and economic life of the thirteen colonies, the new republic, and African American studies.<ref>[http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library] in ''Colonial Williamsburg'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>
 
==== Kalamazoo College Black History Mobile Museum ====
'''Kalamazoo College Black History 101 Mobile Museum'''<br>1200 Academy Street <br>Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006<br>Telephone: 269-337-7000
 
Website: [https://www.blackhistorymobilemuseum.com/ Kalamazoo College Black History Mobile Museum]<br>Website: [https://www.facebook.com/The-Black-History-101-Mobile-Museum-310160369817/ Facebook: Black History 101 Mobile Museum History Museum]
:Prominent artifacts include documents signed by Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, Fredrick Douglas, Dorothy Height, Elijah Muhammad, Ralph Bunche, Coretta Scott King, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Angela Davis.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/310160369817/photos/a.335992159817.153613.310160369817/10152926924519818/?type=3&theater Facebook Timeline photo] in ''Black History 101 Mobile Museum History Museum'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br>
 
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston]]
 
==== New England Historic Genealogical Society  ====
'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (NEHGS)'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone:  617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax:  617-536-7307<br>Email:  [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Website: [https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx AmericanAncestors.org]
 
:Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br>
 
==== Newberry Library  ====
[[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois]]'''[[Newberry Library]]'''<br> 60 West Walton Street<br> Chicago, IL 60610<br>Telephone:  312-255-3512<br>Email:  [mailto:genealogy@ reference@.]<br>Website: [https://www.newberry.org/collection/subjects/genealogy-and-local-history Newberry Library Genealogy and Local History]
:The Newberry is a private, non-circulating library free and open to the public. It is a research library for humanities and social sciences with 1.5 million books, 5 million manuscript pages, and 500,000 maps. This includes good African American, Native American, railroad archives, Chicago history, and cartography collections.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, "Newberry Library" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_Library (accessed 29 October 2010).</ref>
:*''A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry Library,'' Jack Simpson and Matt Rutherford. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 2005. {{FSC|1410543|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.311 F23s}}. [https://www.newberry.org/uploads/files/af-amer-bib.pdf PDF version online]. {{WorldCat|60689421|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. <br><br>
 
[[File:NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.jpg|thumb|right|280px|NYPL Schomburg Center in Harlem, New York]]
 
==== Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture  ====
'''Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture'''<br>A Unit of the New York Public Library<br>515 Malcolm X Blvd<br>New York, NY 10037<br>Telephone:917-275-6975<br>Website: [http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture]
:The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture located in Harlem, New York, is a research unit of The [[New York Public Library]] system. It focuses exclusively on African-American, African Diaspora, and African experiences. It accomplishes this through art, artifacts, research and reference collections, manuscripts, archives, rare books, photos, moving images, sound recordings, educational programs, and digital collections.<ref>[http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture] in ''New York Public Library'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br>
[[Image:Anacostia-Museum B&W.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Anacostia Comm Museum in Washington DC]]
 
==== Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum  ====
'''Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum'''<br>1901 Fort Place SE<br>Washington, D.C. 20020<br>Telephone: 202-633-4820<br>Website: [http://anacostia.si.edu/ Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum]
:The Anacostia Museum Branch Library has over 5,000 books, and close to 100 periodical titles in various formats. It collects materials relating to the preservation of family and community history through education, advocacy, and documentation. Primary focus is on east of the Potomac River communities. Their new focus is community museology, urban communities, issues that impact urban communities, and the people who reside in urban communities.<ref>[http://library.si.edu/libraries/anacostia Anacostia Community Museum Library] in ''Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br>
 
[[Image:Univ of NC Louis Round Wilson Library.JPG|thumb|right|240px|UNC Wilson Library in Chapel Hill, NC]][[Image:UNC Davis Library.jpg|thumb|right|128px|UNC Davis Library]]
 
==== University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries  ====
'''[[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries]]'''
:'''''Wilson Special Collections Library''''' <br>200 South Road Wilson Library (Campus PO Box #3948)<br>UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27515-8890<br>Telephone: 919-962-1172<br>Email: [mailto:nccref@unc.edu nccref@unc.edu]
 
:'''''Davis Library''''' <br>208 Raleigh Street (Campus PO Box #3916) <br>UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27599<br>Telephone: 919-962-1151<br>Email: [http://library.unc.edu/ask/ Email a Question] form <br>
 
Website: [https://library.unc.edu/ UNC Chapel Hill Libraries]
 
::'''''Wilson Special Collections Library ''''' is home to: the famed [http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/shc/ Southern Historical Collection] with strengths in plantation records, slavery, the Civil War, Civil Rights, communities, family, race relations, and religious communities<ref>[http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/shc/shcabout.html About the Southern Historical Coillection] in ''UNC Chapel Hill Libraries'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref>; the [http://www2.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ North Carolina Collection] of published works on North Carolina and its people and biographical index<ref>[http://www2.lib.unc.edu/ncc/genealogy.html Family History and Genealogy Resources in the North Carolina Collection] in ''UNC Chapel Hill Libraries'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref>; the [http://www2.lib.unc.edu/rbc/ Rare Book Collection]; the [http://www2.lib.unc.edu/wilson/sfc/ Southern Folklife Collection]; the ''Manuscript Department '' collection of personal papers, letters, and diaries of early North Carolina residents; and the ''Map Department''.<ref name="DB85">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 85. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
 
::'''''Davis Library ''''' has humanities, and foreign language materials, maps, a federal documents depository, and microforms.<ref>[http://hours.lib.unc.edu/#view-davis Davis Library] in ''Libraries and Hours'' in ''UNC Chapel Hill Libraries'' (accessed 11 February 2013).</ref>
 
::'''''Digital Online:''''' [http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html Documenting the American South] digital project description, and [http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html Collections] descriptions of 16 thematic digitized collections.<br><br>
 
==== University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center  ====
'''University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center'''<br>647 Williams Hall<br>255 S 36th Street<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6305<br>Telephone: 215-898-6971<br>Fax: 215-573-7379<br>Email: [mailto:africa@sas.upenn.edu africa@sas.upenn.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/ The Africa Center Home]
:The African Studies Center coordinates course offerings in anthropology, demography, economics, history, language, literature, politics, religion, and sociology. The [https://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt Van Pelt Library] holds most of the African collection. For more details see [https://www.africa.upenn.edu/ African Collection at Penn].<ref> in ''Penn Libraries'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref> See also the [https://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/subject/african-studies-collection African Studies Collection] at Penn Libraries.<br><br>
[[File:Hillman Library - evening Fall 2007.jpg|thumb|right|280px|University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library in PA]]
 
==== University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library  ====
'''University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library'''<br>3960 Forbes Avenue<br>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260<br>Telephone: 412-648-7756<br>Website: [http://www.library.pitt.edu/african-american-collection University of Pittsburgh Library System African American Collection]
:The library houses material on the African Americans, Africans, and Caribbean cultures in the following disciplines: Arts, Education, History, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Sociology, Sports, and Religion.<ref>[http://www.library.pitt.edu/african-american-collection African American Collection] in ''University of Pittsburgh Library System'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br>
 
==== International African American Museum ====
'''[https://iaamuseum.org/ Homepage]'''<br>
Charleston, South Carolina 29401<br>
 
'''[https://cfh.iaamuseum.org/ Center for Family History]'''<br>
113 Calhoun Street<br>
Charleston, South Carolina 29401<br>
(843) 872.5352
 
==== Various State Archives and Libraries  ====
See also the state "Archives and Libraries" wiki articles (links below) for descriptions of repositories with further African American material in each respective state.<br>
<br><br>
'''Archives and Libraries in Each State'''<br>
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  <li>[[Arizona Archives and Libraries|Arizona]]</li>
  <li>[[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]]</li>
  <li>[[California Archives and Libraries|California]]</li>
  <li>[[Colorado Archives and Libraries|Colorado]]</li>
  <li>[[Connecticut Archives and Libraries|Connecticut]]</li>
  <li>[[Delaware Archives and Libraries|Delaware]]</li>
  <li>[[Florida Archives and Libraries|Florida]]</li>
  <li>[[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Georgia]]</li>
  <li>[[Hawaii Archives and Libraries|Hawaii]]</li>
  <li>[[Idaho Archives and Libraries|Idaho]]</li>
  <li>[[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Illinois]]</li>
  <li>[[Indiana Archives and Libraries|Indiana]]</li>
  <li>[[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Iowa]]</li>
  <li>[[Kansas Archives and Libraries|Kansas]]</li>
  <li>[[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]]</li>
  <li>[[Louisiana Archives and Libraries|Louisiana]]</li>
  <li>[[Maine Archives and Libraries|Maine]]</li>
  <li>[[Maryland Archives and Libraries|Maryland]]</li>
  <li>[[Massachusetts Archives and Libraries|Massachusetts]]</li>
  <li>[[Michigan Archives and Libraries|Michigan]]</li>
  <li>[[Minnesota Archives and Libraries|Minnesota]]</li>
  <li>[[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Mississippi]]</li>
  <li>[[Missouri Archives and Libraries|Missouri]]</li>
  <li>[[Montana Archives and Libraries|Montana]]</li>
  <li>[[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska]]</li>
  <li>[[Nevada Archives and Libraries|Nevada]]</li>
  <li>[[New Hampshire Archives and Libraries|New Hampshire]]</li>
  <li>[[New Jersey Archives and Libraries|New Jersey]]</li>
  <li>[[New Mexico Archives and Libraries|New York]]</li>
  <li>[[North Carolina Archives and Libraries|North Carolina]]</li>
  <li>[[North Dakota Archives and Libraries|North Dakota]]</li>
  <li>[[Ohio Archives and Libraries|Ohio]]</li>
  <li>[[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]]</li>
  <li>[[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon]]</li>
  <li>[[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]]</li>
  <li>[[Rhode Island Archives and Libraries|Rhode Island]]</li>
  <li>[[South Carolina Archives and Libraries|South Carolina]]</li>
  <li>[[South Dakota Archives and Libraries|South Dakota]]</li>
  <li>[[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]]</li>
  <li>[[Texas Archives and Libraries|Texas]]</li>
  <li>[[Utah Archives and Libraries|Utah]]</li>
  <li>[[Vermont Archives and Libraries|Vermont]]</li>
  <li>[[Virginia Archives and Libraries|Virginia]]</li>
  <li>[[Washington Archives and Libraries|Washington]]</li>
  <li>[[West Virginia Archives and Libraries|West Virginia]]</li>
  <li>[[Wisconsin Archives and Libraries|Wisconsin]]</li>
  <li>[[Wyoming Archives and Libraries|Wyoming]]</li>
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'''Territories and Federal District'''
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  <li>[[American Samoa Archives and Libraries|American Samoa]]</li>
  <li>[[District of Columbia Archives and Libraries|District of Columbia]]</li>
  <li>[[Guam|Guam]]</li>
  <li>[[Northern Mariana Islands Archives and Libraries|Northern Mariana Islands]]</li>
  <li>[[Puerto Rico Archives and Libraries|Puerto Rico]]</li>
  <li>[[United States Virgin Islands Archives and Libraries|Virgin Islands]]</li>
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=== Guides  ===
 
*''Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree,'' Tony Burroughs. New York: Fireside Book, 2001. {{FSC|1012177|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 D27bt 2001}}; {{WorldCat|45068561|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
*''Finding a Place Called Home: An African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity,'' Dee Parmer Woodtor. New York: Random House, 1999. {{FSC|829837|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F2wd}}; {{WorldCat|40331192|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. <br><br>
 
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