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 In more recent times, '''larger companies '''have sometimes preserved records about their employees. These usually contain the hiring and termination details and may include biographical data about the employees and possibly their families. If the company where an ancestor worked is still in business, you may be given limited access to their historical employee records. Few employee records have been made public, so contact the individual companies regarding their records.
 A list of slaves that were impressed to work on the railroads is in:
-* Bamman, Gale Williams. "African-Americans Impressed for Service on the Nashville and North Western Railroad, October 1863." ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', September 1992, 204-210. Includes: name, age, height, complexion, name of owner, county, town, and other remarks.<br>
+*Bamman, Gale Williams. "African-Americans Impressed for Service on the Nashville and North Western Railroad, October 1863." ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', September 1992, 204-210. Includes: name, age, height, complexion, name of owner, county, town, and other remarks.<br>
-=== See Also<br> ===
+=== Frisco Railway Employee Cards Online  ===
-*''Tennessee: A Guide to the State.'' Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Tennessee. American Guide Series. (No Place: New Deal Network, 1996) Original published: Tennessee: State of Tennessee. Department of Conservation, Division of Information, 1939. [http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/tnguide/cont.htm Available online]. Several chapters apply to Tennessee Occupations—including “Agriculture,” “The Working Man,” and “Writers of Tennessee.”
+The Frisco Railway (also called St. Louis-San Francisco) operated from 1876 to 1980 in the Midwest and south central United States:
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+Starting in 1940 the Frisco Railway compiled thousands of employee cards that are now indexed and available for viewing on the [http://thelibrary.org/lochist/frisco/employee_cards/cards.cfm Springfield-Greene County Library District Internet site]. The information on a typical card includes: <br>{{Wikipedia|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway}}
+:*Employee Name
+:*Address
+:*Birth Date
+:*Birth Place
+:*Race
+:*Gender
+:*Parent’s Names
+:*Location of Assignment
+:*Job Title
+=== See Also  ===
+*''Tennessee: A Guide to the State.'' Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Tennessee. American Guide Series. (No Place: New Deal Network, 1996) Original published: Tennessee: State of Tennessee. Department of Conservation, Division of Information, 1939. [http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/tnguide/cont.htm Available online]. Several chapters apply to Tennessee Occupations—including “Agriculture,” “The Working Man,” and “Writers of Tennessee.”
 *Tennessee State Library and Archives' [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/manuscripts/manu.htm Manuscript Collection] includes business and organizational records which might contain information on individuals.