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| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | | link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | ||
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| link5=[[African_American_Introduction|Introduction]] | | link5=[[African_American_Introduction|Introduction]] | ||
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{{Click|Image:AA_ORP.png|African American Online Genealogy Records | {{Click|Image:AA_ORP.png|African American Online Genealogy Records}} | ||
== Introduction == | |||
African-American genealogical research for recent years follows the same procedures as for any other ethnic group. However, there are specific strategies for tracing African-American roots prior to 1870. Most of the records are available through the [[Family History Library|Family History Library and]] through [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]. | |||
===Research Guides and Source Lists=== | |||
For guides to African American family history research, see: | |||
*[[Quick Guide to African American Records]], a Wiki article including some pre-1870 sources and strategies. | *[[Quick Guide to African American Records]], a Wiki article including some pre-1870 sources and strategies. | ||
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Another helpful source of information for locating African-American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 {{FHL|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 {{FHL|Book: 975 M2s}}. | Another helpful source of information for locating African-American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 {{FHL|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 {{FHL|Book: 975 M2s}}. | ||
{{African American|African American}} | {{African American|African American}} | ||