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Legal history -[http://salonsubrosa.com/timeline-of-african-american-legal-history-in-nevada-1861-2011/ The Timeline of African-American Legal History in Nevada (1861-2011)] by Professor Rachel J. Anderson depicts selected events in the history of African-American lawyers, civil rights, and diversity in Nevada’s bar and on the bench. | Legal history -[http://salonsubrosa.com/timeline-of-african-american-legal-history-in-nevada-1861-2011/ The Timeline of African-American Legal History in Nevada (1861-2011)] by Professor Rachel J. Anderson depicts selected events in the history of African-American lawyers, civil rights, and diversity in Nevada’s bar and on the bench. | ||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Nevada.
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
Research Strategy[edit | edit source]
Historys[edit | edit source]
Legal history -The Timeline of African-American Legal History in Nevada (1861-2011) by Professor Rachel J. Anderson depicts selected events in the history of African-American lawyers, civil rights, and diversity in Nevada’s bar and on the bench.
Rusco. Elmer R. Good Time Coming. Black Nevadans in the nineteenth century; forward by Kenneth W. Porter. West port, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975. xix, 230 p. - (Contributions in Afro-American and African studies; no. 15) E185.93.N52 R87
Resources[edit | edit source]
Biographies[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Emancipation Records[edit | edit source]
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
- CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Plantation[edit | edit source]
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
- CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images
Oral Histories[edit | edit source]
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Reconstruction Records[edit | edit source]
Freedman’s Bank[edit | edit source]
Freedmen's Bureau[edit | edit source]
School Records[edit | edit source]
Slavery Records[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Birth[edit | edit source]
Marriage[edit | edit source]
Death[edit | edit source]
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Voting Records[edit | edit source]
Archives and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Lied Library
4505 South Maryland Pkwy.
Box 457001
Las Vegas, Nevada
89154-7001
(702) 895-2100
See Collections for oral histories and other resources. UNLV Libraries have received funding from the Nevada State Library and Archives under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project with the public libraries, the university, the State Museum, the public television station, and city and county government to document the African American experience in Las Vegas. See African Americans in Las Vegas.
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno, Nevada 89557
775.784.4636
See University Archives and A Guide to the Nevada Black History Project.
Societies[edit | edit source]
Nevada African American Genealogical Society
509 S 9th Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
NAAGS meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month except on July and August at 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM.
References[edit | edit source]
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