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Another helpful source of information for locating African-American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 (film nos. 1,463,963 through 1,463,987). Nearly 22,300 cases are filed by individual names, family groups, churches, and businesses. Records include testimony of neighbors, relatives, and former slaves to support a claimant’s assertions, taken during the Civil War because of loyalty to the Union. A master index to these case files is found in Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills (book 975 M2s). | Another helpful source of information for locating African-American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 (film nos. 1,463,963 through 1,463,987). Nearly 22,300 cases are filed by individual names, family groups, churches, and businesses. Records include testimony of neighbors, relatives, and former slaves to support a claimant’s assertions, taken during the Civil War because of loyalty to the Union. A master index to these case files is found in Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills (book 975 M2s). | ||
There are also more than 3,500 typescript pages of interviews with former slaves found in A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave by Howard E. Potts (book 973 F22p). The | There are also more than 3,500 typescript pages of interviews with former slaves found in A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave by Howard E. Potts (book 973 F22p). The narratives can be searched for free at the Library of Congress' ''Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project:'' | ||
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The following guidebooks and histories are available at the Family History Library: | The following guidebooks and histories are available at the Family History Library: | ||
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[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*,0,0&title=Black+Roots:+A+Beginner's+Guide+to+Tracing+the+African-American+Family+Tree&pretitle=Black+Roots:+A+Beginner's+Guide+to+Tracing+the+African-American+Family+Tree Black roots : a beginners guide to tracing the African American family tree] Burroughs, Tony 973 D27 bt FHL US/Can books | [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*,0,0&title=Black+Roots:+A+Beginner's+Guide+to+Tracing+the+African-American+Family+Tree&pretitle=Black+Roots:+A+Beginner's+Guide+to+Tracing+the+African-American+Family+Tree Black roots : a beginners guide to tracing the African American family tree] Burroughs, Tony 973 D27 bt FHL US/Can books | ||
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