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''[[Portal:United States of America|United States ]] > [[African American Research|African American Research ]] > Research''<br> | ''[[Portal:United States of America|United States ]] > [[African American Research|African American Research ]] > Research''<br> | ||
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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch]. | 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch]. | ||
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Another helpful source of information for locating African-American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 (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 (book 975 M2s). | Another helpful source of information for locating African-American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 (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 (book 975 M2s). | ||
'''Slave Narratives.''' In the 1930s over 3,500 typescript interviews of former slaves were compiled by the WPA. See: | |||
*http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html | :*Library of Congress' free site that indexes 2,300 narratives in ''[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project]''. | ||
:*Ancestry.com's ($) subscription site of 3,500 slave narratives in ''[http://www.ancestry.com/search/DB.aspx?dbid=4342 Slave Narratives]'', or free at selected libraries in ''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/DB.aspx?dbid=4342 Slave Narratives]''. | |||
:*University of North Carolina's free site ''[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ North American Slave Narratives]''. | |||
:*Howard E. Potts, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36284310 A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave]'' (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997)(FHL book 973 F22p). | |||
The following guidebooks and histories are available at the Family History Library: | The following guidebooks and histories are available at the Family History Library: | ||
*Black Genealogy: How To Begin | *James D. Walker, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12237630 Black Genealogy: How To Begin]'' (Athens, Georgia: Univ. of Georgia, 1977)(FHL book 973 F26w) | ||
[http://www. | *Tony Burroughs, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45068561 Black Roots: a Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree]'' (New York: Fireside Book, 2001)(FHL book 973 D27bt). | ||
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