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African American Research

African American research can be veryreviewing  information.
challenging. Most families are sitting on a
wealth of information and don't even realizeThese are the records that you should look
it. Reunions are something most Africanfor  among  all  family  members:
American families are passionate about. Every
two years most families unite, take pictures•  Family  Bibles
and share many stories related to their
family. Some families make a book with this• Birth, Marriage and Death
information.Certificates
Information gathered at these reunions can be•  Divorce  Records
a great starting point to do an individual's
family history. Families tended to live near•  Wills
each other and assist each other where
needed. Tracking the families via the census•  Deeds  to  Property
can help document their families from 1930 to
the 1870 census. Previous to the 1870 census,•  Old  Letters
only the free black and their families were
listed on the 1860 and 1850 census, etc. But,•  Photographs
even tracing to the 1870's, where some
ancestors births are recorded in the late• Plaques, Awards, Honors and other
1790's,  can  be  a  great  find!Memorabilia
A great website for African American research•  School  Certificates
is AfriGeneas is a site devoted to African
American genealogy, to researching African•  Insurance  Papers
Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to
genealogical research and resources in•  Funeral  Programs
general. It is also an African Ancestry
research community featuring the AfriGeneas•  Obituaries
mail list, the AfriGeneas message boards and
daily  and  weekly  genealogy  chats.•  Funeral  Programs
Many descendants of slave owners are•  Membership  Cards
realizing the importance of slave records in
helping African American's doing their own• Anniversary Programs for
family research. These descendants areOrganizations  and  Churches
sharing documentation to the public and
posting on the internet the slavery records•  School  and  College  Yearbooks
that show families and other important
genealogical information. Race barriers are•  Military  Discharge  Papers
more quickly broken in the genealogy research
as we all desire to help each other. We tend• Any other sources with names and
to understand the importance of learning ourdates
family  heritage  and  respect  all cultures.
These sources, if they exist, will help you
One of the most important helps an individualto complete your first charts and guide you
can do is sharing their finds. See if thereto finding additional records. Make sure you
is a county website for your family'smake copies of everything that you find,
residence and send them a copy of your familyincluding photographs. As African American
records (leaving off personal notes andfamilies do their genealogy and share with
information on the living). Donate yourtheir descendants, this knowledge will be
records to the local library and post to thehanded down to future generations. This will
internet. As a side note, ALWAYS remember togive an added knowledge and strength as they
document your sources. Sources are where youlearn about their ancestor's struggles and
found your facts, whether positive oraccomplishments.
negative. This will save you endless time in



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