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LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson releases a new book for African American research. The book is both a locality guide, with tips on where to look for sources and a
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African-American Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes
Description of book for sale.
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African-American Archaeology Newsletter
From the New South Associates.
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Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - African American
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
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A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson
A book by Byron W. Woodson Sr.
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A Student's Guide to African American Genealogy
A book by Anne E. Johnson, Adam Merton Cooper and Roger Rosen.
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A 4 DVD set by PBS.
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A book by Steven Spielberg (Editor), Maya Angelou (Editor), Debbie Allen (Editor).
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Bearing Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery: Narratives from the 1930s WPA Collections
A book by George Lankford.
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A book by Charles L. Blockson.
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Black Genesis: A Handbook for African-American Genealogy
A book by James M. Rose and Alice Eichholz.
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Black History : A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives
A book by Debra L. Newman.
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Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree
A book by Tony Burroughs.
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Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995
A book by Alwyn Barr.
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Buckingham County (Black America)
A book by E. Renee Ingram, Charles W. White Sr.
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A CD-ROM by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
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District of Columbia Free Negro Registers 1821-1861
A book by Dorothy S. Provine.
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Family Pride: The Complete Guide to Tracing African-American Genealogy
A book by Donna Beasley, Donna Carter and William Haley.
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Family Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County
A book by Canter Brown.
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Finding a Place Called Home : A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity
A book by Dee Parmer Woodtor.
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Finding Your African-American Ancestors
A book by David T. Thackery.
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Finding Your People : An African-American Guide to Discovering Your Roots
A book by Sandra Lee Jamison.
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Free Some Day: The African-American Families of Monticello
A book by Lucia C. Stanton.
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Freedom's Port: The African American Community of Baltimore, 1790-1860
A book by Christopher Phillips.
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Genealogists Guide to Discovering Your African American Ancestors
A book by Franklin Carter Smith.
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Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless: The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana
A book by Ronald L. Baker.
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How to Plan Your African-American Family Reunion
A book by Krystal Williams.
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How to Trace Your African-American Roots : Discovering Your Unique History
A book by Barbara Thompson Howell.
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Hunter Sutherland's Slave Manumissions and Sales in Harford County, Maryland
A book by Hunter C. Sutherland and Carolyn Greenfield Adams.
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In Search of York: The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark
A book by Robert B. Betts.
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A book by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
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Jamaican Ancestry: How to Find Out More
A book by Madeleine E. Mitchell.
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Listening For Our Past : A Lay Guide To African American Oral History Interviewing
A book by Hasker Nelson.
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Notes And Documents Of Free Persons Of Color: Four Hundred Years Of An American Families History
A book by Anita L. Wills.
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Notes And Documents Of Free Persons Of Color: Four Hundred Years Of An American Families History
Book by Anita L. Wills. The book chronicles the lives of a group known as, FPC, or Free Persons of Color, in Colonial Virginia. The chronicles include the life of Mary Bowden, who was an Indentured Servant to George Washington's family.
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Official History of Freemasonry Among the Colored People in North America
A book by William H. Grimshaw.
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Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
A book by Larry Tye.
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A book by Alex Haley.
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Roots Recovered! the How to Guide for Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa
A book by James E. White.
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A book by Barbara Chase-Riboud.
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Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: History, Memory, and Civic Culture
A book by Jan Lewis.
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Slave Children of Thomas Jefferson
A book by Samuel H. Sloan.
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A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
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A book by Lucia C. Stanton.
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A book by Edward Ball.
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Speculators and Slaves: Masters, Traders, and Slaves in the Old South
A book by Tadman.
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The African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation
A book by Wilma A. Dunaway.
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The Afro-American in Pennsylvania: A Critical Guide to Sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives
A book by David McBride.
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The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction: Reconsiderations
A book by Paul A. Cimbala.
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The Hairstons : An American Family in Black and White
A book by Henry Wiencek.
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The Jefferson Scandals: A Rebuttal
A book by Virginius Dabney.
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The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military
A book by Gerald Astor.
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A book by Leif Svalesen.
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The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America
A book by James N. Gregory.
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Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
A book by Annette Gordon-Reed.
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A book by Paul A. Cimbala .
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List of publications by the author regarding African American research.
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Breakthrough in Black Family History Research
Press release regarding the Freedman
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The South Point Family History Center -- Utah State Prison
The remarkable effort to extract and computerize the Freedman
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Genealogical.com - African American
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
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Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers
A book by Barbara K. Henritze.
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Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware from the Colonial Period to 1810
A book by Paul Heinegg.
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Free Blacks and Mulattos in South Carolina 1850 Census
A book by Margaret Pickham Motes.
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Genealogy at a Glance: African American Genealogy Research
By Michael Hait. From the special laminated "Genealogy at a Glance" series from Genealogical Publishing Company.
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Slaves and Nonwhite Free Persons in the 1790 Federal Census of New York
A book by Gilbert S. Bahn.
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The 1850 Census of Georgia Slave Owners
A book by Jack F. Fox.
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Guide to African American and African Primary Sources at Harvard University
Book for sale which inventories the collections of primary African American and African materials now residing at 22 repositories at Harvard University libraries and museums. Subject coverage is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary. 800 collections are described. An indepth index provides access to the hidden treasures in these collections. Users can search by personal names, corporate names, topical headings, geographical areas, or format of the materials.
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Companion web site to the historical novel by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
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Janaway Genealogy Books: Africian American
Genealogy books and CDs on African American history and genealogical research.
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LaBGarrett Genealogy - Publications
A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, South Carolina, and Selected Finding Aids, NGS Research in the States Series: Alabama, and more.
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Legacy QuickGuide: African-American Genealogy
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There is no question that African American genealogy research has many challenges. Many families are rooted within the system of American Slavery that ended officially in 1865 presenting many hurdles for descendants of those enslaved families. Fortunately in recent years, the community of researchers has expanded and there are more resources for African Ancestored researchers than ever before. Whether your ancestors were enslaved, Free People of Color, or immigrants to this country, a handy set of tools and resources is needed. The African-American Genealogy Legacy QuickGuide
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Book for sale, detailing more than 200 African American pioneer communities. America's Black Towns and Settlements by Morris Turner III.
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My Best Genealogy Tips: Finding Formerly Enslaved Ancestors by Robin R. FOSTER
Did you ever wonder about the enslaved people in your ancestry? Have you asked the oldest living relative what they remember? Do you know what to do next? A book by Robin R. Foster.
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Book or CD-ROM of almost 4,000 slave names abstracted from the Deeds of Conveyance,Volume 1-6, from Bossier Parish, Louisiana (1841-1865).
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
