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''[[United States|United | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African American Research|African American Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African_American_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]''<br> | ||
{{TOCright}}[[Image:{{NatlUndRR}}]]Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, and local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, and place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may be able to provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees.<br><br> | {{TOCright}}[[Image:{{NatlUndRR}}]]Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, and local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, and place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may be able to provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees.<br><br> | ||
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Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture <br>515 Malcolm X Blvd<br> New York, NY 10037 <br> Telephone:1- 212-491-2200<br>Internet: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg | Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture <br>515 Malcolm X Blvd<br> New York, NY 10037 <br> Telephone:1- 212-491-2200<br>Internet: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg | ||
[[Image:Family History Library.jpg|right|225px|Family History Library. | [[Image:Family History Library.jpg|right|225px|Family History Library.jpg]]'''[[Family History Library]]'''<br>35 North West Temple Street<br>Room 344<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400<br>Telephone: 801-240-2331 or 1-800-346-6044<br>Internet:[https://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org/] <br><br> | ||
:Federal and state censuses showing where African Americans lived, biographies, cemeteries, church records, 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, societies, and vital records.<br><br> | :Federal and state censuses showing where African Americans lived, biographies, cemeteries, church records, 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, societies, and vital records.<br><br> | ||
[[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|right|225px|National Archives and Records Administration. | [[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|right|225px|National Archives and Records Administration.jpg]]'''[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington, D.C. 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5415<br>Fax: 301-837-0459<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov<br><br> | ||
'''''National Archives - Regional Branches'''''<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/index.html<br> | '''''National Archives - Regional Branches'''''<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/index.html<br> | ||
[[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|right|250px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building. | [[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|right|250px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg]]'''[[Library of Congress]]'''<br>The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture<br>101 Independence Avenue SE<br>Washington, D.C. 20540<br>Telephone: 202-707-5000<br>Internet: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html <br><br> | ||
:See the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center on [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/african-american-genealogical-research-at-the-library-of-congress/63 "African American Genealogical Research at the Library of Congress"]<br><br> | :See the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center on [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/african-american-genealogical-research-at-the-library-of-congress/63 "African American Genealogical Research at the Library of Congress"]<br><br> | ||
[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|right|140px|Allen County Public Library. | [[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|right|140px|Allen County Public Library.jpg]]'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center]]'''<br>900 Library Plaza, P.O. Box 2270<br>Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801-2270<br>260-421-1225<br>Email: Genealogy@ACPL.Info<br> Internet: http://www.GenealogyCenter.org<br>African American Gateway: http://www.genealogycenter.info/africanamerican/<br><br> | ||
:NOTE: Microfilm from the rich collection of the Family History Library can be ordered at The Genealogy Center.<br><br> | :NOTE: Microfilm from the rich collection of the Family History Library can be ordered at The Genealogy Center.<br><br> | ||
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=== Regional === | === Regional === | ||
[[Image:Anacostia-Museum B&W.jpg|right|225px|Anacostia-Museum B&W. | [[Image:Anacostia-Museum B&W.jpg|right|225px|Anacostia-Museum B&W.jpg]]'''The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum'''<br>1901 Fort Place SE<br>Washington, D.C. 20020<br>Telephone: 202-633-4820<br>Internet: http://anacostia.si.edu/ <br><br> | ||
'''Kalamazoo College<br>'''Africo-American Black History Museum<br>1200 Academy Street <br>Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006<br>Telephone: 269-337-7000 <br>Internet: http://www.kzoo.edu/africa/links.htm <br> | '''Kalamazoo College<br>'''Africo-American Black History Museum<br>1200 Academy Street <br>Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006<br>Telephone: 269-337-7000 <br>Internet: http://www.kzoo.edu/africa/links.htm <br> | ||
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'''Birmingham Civil Rights Institute'''<br>520 Sixteenth Street North<br>Birmingham, Alabama 35203<br>Telephone: 205-328-9696<br>Toll Free: 1-866-328-9696<br>Fax: 205-251-6104<br>Internet: http://www.bcri.org/index.html | '''Birmingham Civil Rights Institute'''<br>520 Sixteenth Street North<br>Birmingham, Alabama 35203<br>Telephone: 205-328-9696<br>Toll Free: 1-866-328-9696<br>Fax: 205-251-6104<br>Internet: http://www.bcri.org/index.html | ||
[[Image:Black Archives of Mid-America.jpg|right|225px|Black Archives of Mid-America. | [[Image:Black Archives of Mid-America.jpg|right|225px|Black Archives of Mid-America.jpg]]'''The Black Archives of Mid-America<br>'''2033 Vine Street<br>Kansas City, Missouri 64108-3007<br>Telephone: 816-701-3590<br>Email: [mailto:info@blackarchives.org info@blackarchives.org]<br>Internet: http://www.blackarchives.org/Internet: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html <br><br> | ||
'''Duke Univeristy'''<br>John Hope Franklin Collection for African and African-American Documentation<br>Durham, North Carolina 27708<br>Telephone 919-684-8111<br>Internet: <br>http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/franklin/ Internet: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html<br> | '''Duke Univeristy'''<br>John Hope Franklin Collection for African and African-American Documentation<br>Durham, North Carolina 27708<br>Telephone 919-684-8111<br>Internet: <br>http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/franklin/ Internet: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html<br> | ||
[[Image:John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.jpg|right|225px|John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. | [[Image:John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.jpg|right|225px|John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.jpg]]'''[[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]'''<br>PO Box 1776<br>313 First Street<br> Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776<br> Telephone: 757-565-8542<br> Fax: 757-565-8548<br> E-mail: [mailto:cwres@cwf.org cwres@cwf.org] <br>Internet: http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm<br><br> | ||
:Emphasis is on the history of colonial British America, the American Revolution, and the early United States with books, manuscripts, images, Civil War materials, family Bibles, and databases for research in the political and economic life of the thirteen colonies, the new republic, and African American studies.<ref>[http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. | :Emphasis is on the history of colonial British America, the American Revolution, and the early United States with books, manuscripts, images, Civil War materials, family Bibles, and databases for research in the political and economic life of the thirteen colonies, the new republic, and African American studies.<ref>[http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library] in ''Colonial Williamsburg'' (accessed 7 January 2014].</ref><br><br> | ||
'''University of North Carolina University Libraries'''<br> | '''University of North Carolina University Libraries'''<br> | ||
:[http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html Documenting the American South] (DocSouth): [http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html | :[http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html Documenting the American South] (DocSouth): [http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html Collections]<br><br> | ||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|right|170px|NEHGS Newbury Street. | [[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|right|170px|NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]''' <br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, MA 02116-3087<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>Internet address: [http://www.americanancestors.org www.americanancestors.org] <br><br> | ||
:See the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center on [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/african-american-resources-at-nehgs/97 "African American Resources at NEHGS"]<br><br> | :See the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center on [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/african-american-resources-at-nehgs/97 "African American Resources at NEHGS"]<br><br> | ||
'''Godfrey Memorial Library''' <br>134 Newfield St.<br> Middletown, CT 06457<br> Telephone: 806-346-4375<br> [http://www.godfrey.org www.godfrey. | '''Godfrey Memorial Library''' <br>134 Newfield St.<br> Middletown, CT 06457<br> Telephone: 806-346-4375<br> [http://www.godfrey.org www.godfrey.org] | ||
[[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|right|225px|Newberry Library. | [[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|right|225px|Newberry Library.jpg]]'''[[Newberry Library]]'''<br> 60 West Walton Street<br> Chicago, IL 60610<br><br> | ||
:'''Note:''' Microfilms from the [[Family History | :'''Note:''' Microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] can be ordered at this Public Library<br> | ||
:*Jack Simpson and Matt Rutherford, ''A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry Library'' (Chicago: The Newberry Library, ©2005). [http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/researchguide-attachments/af-amer-bib.pdf PDF version | :*Jack Simpson and Matt Rutherford, ''A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry Library'' (Chicago: The Newberry Library, ©2005). [http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/researchguide-attachments/af-amer-bib.pdf PDF version online]. {{WorldCat|60689421|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|1410543|item|disp=FHL book 977.311 F23s}}.<br> | ||
=== Online Records === | === Online Records === | ||
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