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Records and histories of minorities and ethnic groups may provide clues to immigrant origins, migration information, and previous residences. Some records, histories, and periodicals of African-Americans, Germans, Jews, and others are available at the Family History Library. | Records and histories of minorities and ethnic groups may provide clues to immigrant origins, migration information, and previous residences. Some records, histories, and periodicals of African-Americans, Germans, Jews, and others are available at the Family History Library. | ||
=== African-American === | ===African-American=== | ||
Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre-and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of consulting the same record types you would use to research non–African-Americans. Pre-Civil War records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, Alabama hiring practices, census records, plantation owners’ family records, church and cemetery records, military records, and Alabama court records. | Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre-and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of consulting the same record types you would use to research non–African-Americans. Pre-Civil War records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, Alabama hiring practices, census records, plantation owners’ family records, church and cemetery records, military records, and Alabama court records. | ||
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Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See the "[[Alabama Vital Records- Civil Registration|Vital Records]]" section of this outline for those records. | Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See the "[[Alabama Vital Records- Civil Registration|Vital Records]]" section of this outline for those records. | ||
=== Italian Immigrants === | ===Italian Immigrants=== | ||
Italian immigrants settled in Birmingham in the early 20th century. For a list of books and articles about these families, see Alabama History: An Annotated Bibliography mentioned in the "[[Alabama History|History]]" section of this outline. | Italian immigrants settled in Birmingham in the early 20th century. For a list of books and articles about these families, see Alabama History: An Annotated Bibliography mentioned in the "[[Alabama History|History]]" section of this outline. | ||
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AFRO-AMERICANS- ALABAMA | AFRO-AMERICANS- ALABAMA | ||
[[Category:Alabama]] | [[Category:Alabama]] | ||