AFRICAN AMERICAN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
GENEALOGY
AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RECORDS AND RESEARCH
AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RECORDS
AFRICAN REGIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY LINKS
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SECTION 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
GENEALOGY
RECORDS
AND
RESEARCH
Most people seeking their African American genealogy can trace their
ancestry to slaves who were brought to this country from Africa and
from the Caribbean Islands. FamilySearch provides free access to
valuable African American historical records.
These include military, census, and vital records, slave ownership
records and bank records. Research guides and instructional videos
are also available to help you learn how to use these records to
find your ancestors.
African American Genealogy Records and Research
http://familysearch.org/african-american-genealogy
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SECTION 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
GENEALOGY
RECORDS
Records that are used in genealogy research include:
Vital records
Birth records
Death records
Marriage and divorce records
Adoption records
Biographies and biographical profiles
(e.g. Who's Who)
Census records
Church records
Baptism or christening
Confirmation
Bar or bat mitzvah
Marriage
Funeral or death
Membership
City directories and telephone directories
Coroner's reports
Court records
Criminal records
Civil records
Diaries, personal letters and family Bibles
Emigration, immigration and naturalization records
Hereditary & lineage organization records, e.g.
Daughters of the American Revolution records
Land and property records, deeds
Medical records
Military and conscription records
Newspaper articles
Obituaries
Occupational records
Oral histories
Passports
Photographs
Poorhouse, workhouse, almshouse, and asylum records
School and alumni association records
Ship passenger lists
Social Security (within the USA) and pension records
Tax records
Tombstones, cemetery records, and funeral home records
Voter registration records
Wills and probate records
AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RECORDS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy
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SECTION 3
AFRICAN
REGIONS
MANIAFRICA
seven areas
7 Regions
Region List
Anglophone West Africa
Francophone West Africa
Francophone Central Africa
Horn
East Africa
Indian Ocean
Portuguese Africa
Southern Africa
MANIAFRICA
http://www.maniafrica.com/
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SECTION 4
AFRICAN AMERICAN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
GENEALOGY
LINKS
African-American Genealogy
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/technique/african-american-genealogy/
African-American Genealogy
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2011/10/africanamerican_genealogy_the_best_nocost_websites.html
African American Genealogy
http://www.searchforancestors.com/ethnic/africanamerican.html
African American Genealogy Records and Research
http://familysearch.org/african-american-genealogy
African American Records
http://www.ancestry.com/africanamerican
African American Research
http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/
African Ancestry
http://www.africanancestry.com/home/
AFRIGENEAS
http://www.afrigeneas.com/
American Legacy Magazine
http://www.americanlegacymag.com/
American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=African%20American%20History
American Slave Narratives - An Online Anthology
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html
Black Genealogy
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/black-genealogy/
Civil War Soldiers Sailors System
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
Cyndi's List
http://www.cyndislist.com/
Digital Library on American Slavery
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/
Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/
Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp?Page=./research/type/form.asp&ActiveTab=Type
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Family Search Wiki
http://wiki.familysearch.org
FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
Family Trusts
http://www.howtolaw.co.nz/html/ml287.asp/
Find Your African American Ancestry
http://www.africandna.com/
FREE AFRICAN AMERICAN
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/
Free African American Genealogy Sites
http://genealogy.about.com/od/african_american/tp/best_sites.htm
Freedmen's Bureau Online
http://freedmensbureau.com
Free Genealogy Tools: African American Family History
http://www.freegenealogytools.com/2009/11/african-american-family-history.html
Genealogy Research at the National Archives of the USA
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/
Genealogy Wikia
http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
GENUKI
http://www.genuki.org.uk
Large Slaveholders of 1860
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/
Lowcountry Africana
http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/
My Heritage, genealogy tools and search
http://www.myheritage.com/genealogy
Rodovid
http://en.rodovid.org
Roots web
http://www.rootsweb.com
South African Genealogy
http://sagenealogy.co.za/Links.htm
Starting Your Genealogy Research
http://usgenweb.org/research/starting.shtml
The USF Africana Heritage Project
http://www.africanaheritage.com
US Gen Web
http://www.usgenweb.com
WeRelate
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wiki Tree
http://www.wikitree.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
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AFRICA FILES
http://www.africafiles.org/
AFRICAN PROVERBS
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/African_proverbs
African Music Encyclopedia
http://africanmusic.org/
AFROPEDEA
http://www.afropedia.org
World Afropedia
http://worldafropedia.com/afropedia/Main_Page
African Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems
http://www.africahistory.net/
Natives Wiki
http://tribalspedia.wikia.com/wiki/Natives_Wiki
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