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When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in the African American Research Wiki pages, return to this section for the address. | When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in the African American Research Wiki pages, return to this section for the address. | ||
The [ | The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library] has copies of many of the records found in archives and libraries, but most repositories will have additional sources. | ||
The following archives, libraries, centers, institutes, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their African American ancestors. | The following archives, libraries, centers, institutes, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their African American ancestors. | ||
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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]]{{·}} [ | [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History 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{{·}} [[Introduction to Family History Centers|Family History 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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[[Image:Family History Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah]] | [[Image:Family History Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah]] | ||
==== Family History Library ==== | ==== Family History Library ==== | ||
'''[ | '''[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library]'''<br>35 N. West Temple St. <br>Salt Lake City, Utah 84150<br>Telephone: 801-240-6536<br>Website: [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch]<br> | ||
:They have federal and state censuses showing where '''African Americans''' lived, vital records, biographies, cemeteries, church records, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, 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, and societies. Holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) records.<br><br> | :They have federal and state censuses showing where '''African Americans''' lived, vital records, biographies, cemeteries, church records, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, 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, and societies. Holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) records.<br><br> | ||
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