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 == Did you know?  ==
-*African Americans are listed as the most frequent ancestor ethnic group in eight states: [http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana].<br>
+*African Americans are listed as the most frequent ancestor ethnic group in eight states: [http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana].
-*[http://www.msa.md.gov/ The Maryland State Archives] has nearly all available public records from 1634 to 1789; most original state and county records through the mid-twentieth century; microfilm copies of land, probate, and vital records to the present; and an extensive number of volume and card indexes.
+*The [[African_American_Freedman's_Savings_and_Trust_Company_Records|Freedman's Bank]] and the [[African_American_Freedmen's_Bureau_Records|Freedmen's Bureau]] were completely separate organizations, run by different government branches, with separate National Archive record groups.
-*Maryland Genealogy (located on [http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/MD_topics/his/_gen.html Sailor: Maryland's Public Information Network])
+*Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War.
-*The websites of any Maryland county association (such as a county genealogical society) are listed on&nbsp;the county pages linked below.
+*Less than 15 percent of families freed from enslavement used the family name of a former owner.
+*From 1865 to 1875 African American families may have changed their family name; sometimes several times.
+*The first Africans to arrive in what is now the United States were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, before the Piligrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
 == Key Internet Links  ==