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=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for African Americans === | === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for African Americans === | ||
[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]{{·}} [[Library of Congress]]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives Regional Branches]]{{·}} [[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]]{{·}} Birmingham Civil Rights Institute{{·}} Black Archives of Mid-America{{·}} Duke Univeristy Rubenstein Library{{·}} [ | [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]{{·}} [[Library of Congress]]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives Regional Branches]]{{·}} [[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]]{{·}} Birmingham Civil Rights Institute{{·}} Black Archives of Mid-America{{·}} Duke Univeristy Rubenstein Library{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]{{·}} [[Godfrey Memorial Library]]{{·}} Kalamazoo College Black History Mobile Museum{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Newberry Library]]{{·}} [[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]{{·}} Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture{{·}} Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum{{·}} [[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries]]{{·}} University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center{{·}} University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library<br><br> | ||
=== Online Records for African American Research === | === Online Records for African American Research === | ||
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==== FamilySearch Centers ==== | ==== FamilySearch Centers ==== | ||
[[File:Ncfayetteville.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A FamilySearch Center in Fayetteville NC]]'''[ | [[File:Ncfayetteville.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A FamilySearch Center in Fayetteville NC]]'''[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]''' (FSCs) have [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for genealogists for free and offer research suggestions. These microfilms include a good collection of African American records including censuses, vital records, cemeteries, church records, biographies, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, funeral homes, military records, oral history, probate records, slavery and bondage records, and the Southern Claims Commission records. | ||
There are more than 4,700 FSCs in 134 countries. There is no cost to visit a FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Library. They are open to anyone with an interest in genealogical research. They are operated by [https://www.mormon.org/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Click on [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a FamilySearch center] to locate the the center nearest you.<ref>[[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 29 February 2016).</ref> | There are more than 4,700 FSCs in 134 countries. There is no cost to visit a FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Library. They are open to anyone with an interest in genealogical research. They are operated by [https://www.mormon.org/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Click on [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a FamilySearch center] to locate the the center nearest you.<ref>[[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 29 February 2016).</ref> | ||
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