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 *''Notable Black American Women'', Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1992 (FHL book 973 D36nbw).
-Many presentations from the recent AAHGS (Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society) conference will soon be freely available for video streaming and downloading. These include the following:
+'''Slave Narratives.''' In the 1930s over 3,500 typescript interviews&nbsp;of former slaves were compiled by the WPA.&nbsp;See:
-*Dr. Quintard Taylor, Jr., Author and Professor of American History, University of Washington<br>Presentation: ''Roots West: African American History in the Trans-Mississippi West''
+:*Library of Congress' free site that indexes 2,300 narratives in ''[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project]''.
-*Mary Hill, Author and accredited genealogist for Southern and Eastern States<br>Presentation: ''Finding Records of Your Ancestors: 1870 to Present''
+:*Ancestry.com's ($) subscription site of 3,500 slave narratives in ''[http://www.ancestry.com/search/DB.aspx?dbid=4342 Slave Narratives]'', or&nbsp;free at selected libraries in ''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/DB.aspx?dbid=4342 Slave Narratives]''.
-*Beth Wilson, Reference librarian for land records, African-American genealogy, and documentation research<br>Presentation: ''Trails Back: Tracing Ancestors in Slavery through Census, Probate, and Land Research''
+:*Howard E. Potts, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36284310 A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave]'' (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997)(FHL book 973 F22p).
-*Dr. Spencer Crew, Director of the National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.<br>Presentation: ''National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Activities and Accomplishments''
+:*University of North Carolina's free site ''[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ North American Slave Narratives]''.
-*Angela Walton Raji, Author and avid African–Native American genealogist<br>Presentation: ''Beyond the Dawes Rolls: Black Indian Ancestry East of the Mississippi''
-*Adele Marcum, Professional genealogist and content specialist<br>Presentation: ''Where Should I Start? Beginning Research on Ancestry.com''
-*Howard Dodson, Chief, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library<br>Presentation: To be announced
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