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Someone researching a particular race, ethnic group or nationality will utilize basically the same sources that all genealogists use. Census records, tax, land, estate, vital, church and cemetery records as well as newspapers are all excellent sources. If you are researching African-Americans, before 1865<\/em>, you have a more difficult task because of a lack of records pertaining to slaves. Fortunately, with patience and persistence, many records can be found.<\/p>\n

Basic Records<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Church and Census Records
\nLocal Censuses and County Records
\nState Government Records
\nCity Directories
\nCourt Records
\nNewspapers
\nVoter Registration Lists
\nRegisters of Slaves or Free Negroes
\nBureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands (Created by Congress in 1865 to aid former slaves.)<\/p>\n

Slave Narratives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) of the 1930’s the Writers Project interviewed many former slaves. These transcripts fill forty one volumes, Series 1 and 2 published in 1941 and reprinted in 1972 by Greenwood Publishing under the title The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography<\/em> and Supplemental Series 1 and 2, published in 1978 and 1979.<\/p>\n

These narratives do contain interviews with men and women who were free blacks before the Civil War, but for the most part, they are interviews of elderly former slaves. These people may not have originally lived in the state in which they were interviewed, but may have relocated there after being set free. There is much information contained in these narratives.<\/p>\n

Series 1 (Volumes 1- 7) and Series 2 (Volumes 8-19)<\/strong>
\nVolume 1 – From Sundown to Sunup: The Making of the Black Community
\nVolume 2 – South Carolina Narratives, parts 1 and 2
\nVolume 3 – South Carolina Narratives, parts 3 and 4
\nVolume 4 – Texas Narratives, parts 1 and 2
\nVolume 5 – Texas Narratives, parts 3 and 4
\nVolume 6 – Alabama and Indiana Narratives
\nVolume 7 – Oklahoma and Mississippi Narratives
\nVolume 8 – Arkansas Narrative, parts 1 and 2
\nVolume 9 – Arkansas Narrative, parts 3 and 4
\nVolume 10 – Arkansas Narrative, parts 5 and 6
\nVolume 11 – Arkansas Narrative, part 7 and Missouri Narrative
\nVolume 12 – Georgia Narratives, parts 1 and 2
\nVolume 13 – Georgia Narratives, parts 3 and 4
\nVolume 14 – North Carolina Narratives, parts 1 and 2
\nVolume 15 – North Carolina Narratives, parts 3 and 4
\nVolume 16 – Narratives from Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee
\nVolume 17 – Florida Narratives
\nVolume 18 – Unwritten History of Slavery (from Fisk University)
\nVolume 19 – God Struck Me Dead (Fisk University)<\/p>\n

Supplemental Series<\/strong>
\nVolume 1 – Alabama Narratives
\nVolume 2 – Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon and Washington Narratives.
\nVolume 3 & 4 – Georgia Narratives, parts 1 and 2
\nVolume 5 – Indiana Narratives
\nVolumes 6 through 10 – Mississippi Narratives parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
\nVolume 11 – North Carolina and South Carolina Narratives
\nVolume 12 – Oklahoma Narratives<\/p>\n

Supplemental Series 2<\/strong>
\nVolume 1 – Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Washington Narratives
\nVolume 2 through 10 – Texas Narratives<\/p>\n

Books of Interest<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n