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 The Family History Library has copies of many of the records found in archives and libraries, but most repositories will have additional sources.
-Many archives and libraries have helpful sources for locating information about African Americans, such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids. They frequently have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids, such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state. Archives and libraries near state boundaries usually collect records relating to the adjacent states.
+<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their African American ancestors.</span>
-These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their African American ancestors.
+=== National  ===
-=== National  ===
+[[Image:Family History Library.jpg|right|250px|Family History Library.jpg]]'''Family History Library'''<br>35 North West Temple Street<br>Room 344<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400<br>Telephone: 801-240-2331 or 1-800-346-6044<br>Internet:&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org/] <br><br>
-[[File:Family History Library.jpg|right|250px]]'''Family History Library'''<br>35 North West Temple Street<br>Room 344<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400<br>Telephone: 801-240-2331 or 1-800-346-6044<br>Internet:&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org/]
+:Federal and state censuses showing where African Americans lived, biographies, cemeteries, church records, court records, directories, genealogy, local histories, land and property (may include lists of free Blacks and slaves, bills of sale), manumissions, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, periodicals, probate records (may list slaves freed or bequeathed), slavery and bondage, societies, and vital records.<br><br>
 '''National Archives'''<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington, D.C. 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5415<br>Fax: 301-837-0459<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov