Title:
A genealogist's guide to discovering your African-American ancestors : how to find and record your unique heritage / Franklin Carter Smith & Emily Anne Croom.
Author:
Smith, Franklin Carter, 1954- author.
Croom, Emily Anne, 1943- author.
Publication Information:
Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2008.
©2003
Call Number:
E185.96 .S6514 2008
Abstract:
Tracing one's African-American ancestry can be uniquely challenging. This guide helps overcome the obstacles and pitfalls of specialized research by offering a proven, three-part approach.
ISBN:
9780806317885
Physical Description:
250 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, forms ; 28 cm
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: Cincinnati : Betterway Books, 2003.
Contents:
In the beginning -- Census records -- Federal sources -- State, county, and local sources -- Special situations -- What's in a name? -- Location, location, location -- The other family -- The search for ancestors in slaveholder documents -- Case study: the issue of mixed race -- Case study: a story of triumph and and tragedy -- Case study: all in the neighborhood -- Free and slaveholding states and territories in 1861 -- Federal census, 1790-1930 -- State archives -- National archives and regional branches -- Blank forms.
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