African American Business and Occupations

United States

African American Genealogy

Occupations

African American Genealogy Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Introduction Research Steps	Record Finder Search Strategies
Original Records
Bible Records Business Cemeteries Census Church Records Compiled Genealogies Court Records Freedman's Bank Freedmen's Bureau Funeral Homes Land and Property	Military Records Newspapers Obituaries Occupations Online Records Oral History Probate Records Slavery and Bondage Southern Claims Commission Taxation Vital Records
Compiled Sources
Biography	Periodicals
Background Information
History Melungeons	Migration Periodicals
Finding Aids
Archives & Libraries Family History Centers] Further Reading	Internet Sources Resources Societies

Online Records

• 1865 - 1872 United States Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts Indenture and Apprenticeship Records 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — index & images
• Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865–1878. Includes Employment registers, Employment contracts, Court documents etc.- At Ancestry.com ($)
• Pullman Porter National Historic Registry of the African-American Railroad Employees
• Black Craftspeople Digital Archive