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African American History in the Quad-Cities: Genealogical Research

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https://www.familytreemagazine.com/best-genealogy-websites/#african

Blockson, Charles S. Black Genealogy. Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1991. SC 929.1 Blo

Braxton-Secret, Jeanette. Guide to Tracing your African Ameripean Civil War Ancestor. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997. SC 973.7415 Bra

Burroughs, Tony. Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. SC 929.1089 Bur

Fears, Mary L. Jackson. Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1995. SC 929.1 Fea

Hait, Michael. African American Genealogy Research. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2011  SC 929.1089 HAIT MIC
http://rivershare.polarislibrary.com/search/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&cn=1286763

Johnson, Anne E. A Student's Guide to African American Genealogy. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1996.  SC 929.1089 JOHNS ANN

Rose, James D. Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy. Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD, 2003.  SC 929.1 Ros

Smith, Franklin Carter. A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering your African-American Ancestors: How to Find and Record your Unique Heritage. Betterway Books, Cincinnati, OH, 2003. 929.1 Smi (available to check out)

Thackery, David T. Finding your African-American Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide.  Ancestry Publishing, Orem, UT, 2000. SC 929.1 Tha

Woodtor, Dee Palmer. Finding a Place called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity. Random House, New York, NY, 1999. 929.1 Woo (available to check out)

Records
    
Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware: From the Colonial Period to 1810. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2000.  SC 975.2 Hei

Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2001.  SC 975.6 Hei

Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia. Baltimore: Clearfield, 1994. SC 975.6 Hei

Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Color: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese, and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, VA: Kegley Books, 2003. SC 929.3 KEGLEY

Tregillis, Helen Cox. River Roads to Freedom: Fugitive Slave Notices and Sheriff Notices Found in Illinois Sources. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1988. SC 977.3 Tre


Bibliographies

A bibliography of African American family history at the Newberry Library
by Simpson, Jack.
Publisher, Date: Chicago : The Newberry Library, ©2005.

Bibliography of sources for Black family history in the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Department
Publisher, Date: [Fort Wayne, Ind. : The Library], 1989.

Washington, Reginald. Black Family Research: Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives. United States National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, 2010. SC 929.1 Uni


Other

Gates, Henry Louis. In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past. New York: Crown Publishers, 2009. 973.0496 Gat (available to check out) at Scott CC