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 === 1865 to the Present  ===
-After the Civil War, African Americans appears in the same sources as white people, such as '''censuses''' (beginning in 1870), '''marriage registers''' (though there was often a separate register for "colored marriages"), '''deeds''', '''wills''', <span style="font-weight: bold;">military </span>'''records''', '''cemeteries''' (though they were usually segregated cemeteries), and '''newspapers '''(including ethnic African American newspapers).
+After the Civil War, African Americans appears in the same sources as white people, such as '''censuses''' (beginning in 1870), '''marriage registers''' (though there was often a separate register for "colored marriages"), '''deeds''', '''wills''', '''military records''', '''cemeteries''' (though they were usually segregated cemeteries), '''tax records,''' '''voter registrations,''' and '''newspapers '''(including ethnic African American newspapers).
 '''Cohabitation Records''' are registers created when the former slaves legalized their marriages which was not allowed until 1866. This valuable genealogical data is being made available online through the Library of Virginia's [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z Virginia Memory Collection], called Register of Colored Persons...cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. More about this source is also found on the [[Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page, and the [[Virginia Cohabitation Records|Virginia Cohabitation Records]] Wiki page.
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 *[http://blackcemeteriesportsmouthva.org The African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia] (web):&nbsp; A friend's group of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; descendants and volunteers of the African American Cemeteries of Portsmouth:&nbsp; The Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex (est. 1879), Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (est 1912), and Grove Baptist Church Cemetery (est. 1840).
 *[https://www.facebook.com/pages/African-American-Cemeteries-of-Hampton-Roads/126726900775531 African American Cemeteries of Hampton Roads] on Facebook.&nbsp; A community forum for the African American cemeteries of Hampton Roads, Virginia.&nbsp; Included are burial sites located in Norfolk, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News, and additional areas throughout the Tidewater region.
 *[http://www.africanamericancemeteries.com/va/ African American Cemeteries Online] includes transcribed records from Accomack, Albemarle, Amherst, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Halifax, Henrico, Page, Prince William, Russell, and Sussex county cemeteries.
-*[http://www.freedmenscemetery.org/index.shtml The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery] in Alexandria includes an index of African American burials in the area.
+*[http://www.freedmenscemetery.org/index.shtml The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery] includes information about African Americans buried in Freedmen's Cemetery in Alexandria.
 *[http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/cem/ African-American Cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties]. Project sponsored by the African American Genealogy Group of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
 The J.F. Bell Funeral Home in Charlottesville, Virginia maintained records of African American funerals, which are available [http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/projects/bell/ online] for the years 1917-1989.
 The Library of Virginia has prepared a list of [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/AA_newspaper_holdings.pdf African-American Newspapers] they hold.