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=== 1865 to the Present === | === 1865 to the Present === | ||
After the Civil War, African Americans appears in the same sources as white people, such as censuses (beginning in 1870), marriage registers (though there was often a separate register for "colored marriages"), deeds, wills, court records, and cemeteries (though they were usually segregated cemeteries). | After the Civil War, African Americans appears in the same sources as white people, such as '''censuses''' (beginning in 1870), '''marriage registers''' (though there was often a separate register for "colored marriages"), '''deeds''', '''wills''', '''court records''', and '''cemeteries''' (though they were usually segregated cemeteries). | ||
'''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages which was not allowed until 1866. This valuable genealogical data is being made available online through the Library of Virginia's [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z Virginia Memory Collection], called Register of Colored Persons...cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. More about this source is also found on the [[Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page, and the [[Virginia Cohabitation Records|Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page. | '''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages which was not allowed until 1866. This valuable genealogical data is being made available online through the Library of Virginia's [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z Virginia Memory Collection], called Register of Colored Persons...cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. More about this source is also found on the [[Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page, and the [[Virginia Cohabitation Records|Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page. | ||
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'''Freedmen's Bureau Virginia Marriages ca. 1815-1866'''--Names of thousands of former slaves are included in these records. A free index can be viewed at {{RecordSearch|1414908|FamilySearch Record Search}}. Records may include the name of the bride and groom, date of marriage registration, residence, previous marriages, names and ages of children. | '''Freedmen's Bureau Virginia Marriages ca. 1815-1866'''--Names of thousands of former slaves are included in these records. A free index can be viewed at {{RecordSearch|1414908|FamilySearch Record Search}}. Records may include the name of the bride and groom, date of marriage registration, residence, previous marriages, names and ages of children. | ||
Some additional transcribed records are available at [http://freedmensbureau.com/ Freedmen's Bureau.com]. | Some additional transcribed records are available at [http://freedmensbureau.com/ Freedmen's Bureau.com]. | ||
For a list of blacks who held public office during Reconstruction, see: {{FHL|206297|item|disp=''Negro Office Holders in Virginia, 1865-1895''}}, by Luther Porter Jackson. | For a list of blacks who held public office during Reconstruction, see: {{FHL|206297|item|disp=''Negro Office Holders in Virginia, 1865-1895''}}, by Luther Porter Jackson. | ||