Genealogy Resources for the African-American researcher · 2017. 5. 22. · GENEALOGY RESOURCES FOR...
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Jean L. CooperUniversity of Virginia LibraryMay 22, 2017
GENEALOGY RESOURCES FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESEARCHER
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First StepsStart with yourself and go backward in
time.
Get all the information possible from your living relatives.
Interview the oldest relatives first.
Use forms such as a Family Group Sheet to record names, dates, and places.
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Genealogy Forms
Midwest Genealogy Center
http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/family-history-forms
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Issues in African-American Research
Separation of records.
Records poorly maintained.
Hitting the “Wall.”
Need for research on plantation-owning families.
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U. S. Federal Census
HeritageQuestOnline.comAncestry Library Edition
Ancestry.com ($)Fold3.com ($)FamilySearch.org (?$?)
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City Directories
Digital Public Library of America (dp.la)
Digital state archives
Ancestry.com ($)
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Enumeration Maps
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Mother Child DOB InformantMartha Jerry 6/1855 Burnley, SethMartha Horace 9/15/1857 Burnley, James H.Martha Judy 3/4/1859 Burnley, James H.
Name Age Sex RaceWhere Born?
Martha Tunstal 41 (1829) F M Virginia
Joseph Tunstal 21 (1849) M M VirginiaBenjamin Tunstal 17 (1853) M M VirginiaJerry Tunstal 15 (1855) M M VirginiaHorace Tunstal 13 (1857) M M VirginiaJudy Tunstal 10 (1860) F M Virginia
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Library of Virginia
VirginiaMemory.com – Resources by Topic
Chancery Court RecordsCohabitation RecordsLost Records Localities Digital CollectionVirginiaChronicle.comWorld War I History Commission Questionnaires
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Newspapers
•VirginiaChronicle.com
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Newspapers
•VirginiaChronicle.com
•ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
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Newspapers
•VirginiaChronicle.com
•ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
•Proquest Historical Newspapers and other resources
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University of Virginia
Newspapers & Other News Media Library Guide
• http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=514751&p=3519564
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University of VirginiaProquest Historical Newspapers
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Chancery Court Records
http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/
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… they were always spoken of as the slaves and children of Charles
R. Ayres …
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We have duly considered the matter, and believ[e] that our interests and comfort will be better secured by remaining in the state of Virginia among our relations and friends, as
slaves…
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Freedmen’s Bureau Records
Freedmen’s Bank Records HeritageQuestOnline.com
Freedmen’s Bureau Onlinehttp://www.freedmensbureau.com/
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Discover Freedmenhttp://www.discoverfreedmen.org/
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FamilySearch.org
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Records of AnteBellumSouthern Plantations
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Virginia Historical Society
Unknown No Longer
http://unknownnolonger.vahistorical.org/
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Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
http://slavevoyages.org/resources/names-database