Guide to African American Genealogical Research
Selected materials in the Olivia Raney Local History Library
In the Reading Room (Journals)
AAHGS News – The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
American Legacy: The Magazine of African-American History and Culture
American Legacy Woman: Celebrating Our Heritage and Lifestyle
Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
In the Reading Room (Census Index Table)
African American Genealogical Research ( in binder)
In the Reading Room (Books)
929 GENE AFRI African American Genealogical Sourcebook
929.20899 African American Genealogy: A Bibliography and Guide to Sources
308.5 PYATT African Americana in North Carolina and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
929.1 WALTON Black Indian Genealogy Research
929.20899 BURROUGHS Black Roots: A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree
929.1 AMER Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources
929.07 GUIDE Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives
929.20899 BYRD In Full Force and Virtue: North Carolina Emancipation Records, 1713-1860
929.20899 DAY Locating Free African American Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide
305.896 NEGRO The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the African-American
973.8 ON On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier
929.20899 FEARS Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else
929.07 CROOM The Sleuth Book for Genealogists: Strategies for More Successful Family History Research
929.07 SOURCE The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy
305.896 STAT Statistical Record of Black America
929.1 STUDENT A Student’s Guide to African American Genealogy
In the Reading Room (Audio Tapes)
AfroAm 01 Tracing African-Americans in Cities and Towns
AfroAm 02 Virginia Law, Slavery and the Free Negro
AfroAm 03 African-American Genealogical Research in South Carolina
AfroAm 04 Researching Buffalo Soldiers
AfroAm 05 African-American Research in North Carolina
AfroAm 06 Virginia Sources for African-American Family History Research: Local Family History
AfroAm 07 Then What Happened? The Underground Railroad In Canada
AfroAm 08 Out of the Mouths of Slaves
AfroAm 09 Continuing Dilemmas in African-American Genealogical Research
AfroAm 10 Intermediate African-American Genealogy
AfroAm 11 Tracing the Untraceable: Free People of Color in the Ante-Bellum South
AfroAm 12 African-American Genealogical Historical Research in Tennessee
AfroAm 13 Freedmen’s Bureau Research
AfroAm 14 After the Census in African-American Genealogy
AfroAm 15 Using the LDS for African-American Genealogy
In the Reading Rooms (CD-ROM)
African Americans in the 1870 Census #165
Freedman’s Bank Records #AA1
IN THE MICROFORMS ROOM
Afro-Americans in the Military – M858- 5 rolls
Carolinian (newspaper) – from 1945 to 1987 on microfiche and from 1988 to 1996 on microfilm
Freedman’s Savings & Trust Company – M816, M817 – 2 rolls
Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands –
Records of Asst Commissioner for NC – 1865-1870 – M843 – 38 rolls
Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands -
Records of Education Superintendent, NC 1865-1870 – M844 – 7 rolls
In the Closed Stacks
975.6 HURME Before Freedom: 48 Oral Histories of Former North and South Carolina Slaves
929 BLOC Black Genealogy
973.343 HODGES Black Loyalist Directory
975.655 WILLIAMS Both Sides of the Tracks: A Profile of the Colored Community, Cary, North Carolina
301.45 GAY Crisis of Identity: The Negro Community in Raleigh North Carolina, 1865-1900
929 BEASLEY Family Pride: The Complete Guide to Tracing African-American Genealogy
929.752092 HEINEGG Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware: From the Colonial Period to 1810
929.75209 FREE Free African Americans of Maryland 1832
929.3 HEIN Free African Americans of North Carolina & Virginia
326.756 FRANKLIN Free Negro in North Carolina 1790-1860
929.20899 THACKERY How to Trace Your African American Roots: Discovering Your Unique History
FAM MAGEE In Search of Kith and Kin: The History of a Southern Black Family
929.20899 PETERS Local Sources For African-American Family Historians: Using County Court Records and Census Returns
929.75209 Freedom Maryland Freedom Papers, Vol 1 and 2
929.3 REAVES North Carolina Freedman’s Savings & Trust Company Records
929.20899 BYRD 1709 North Carolina General Assembly Sessions Records: Slaves and Free Persons of Color, 1709-1789
929.20899 BYRD North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Burke, Lincoln, and Rowan Counties
929.20899 BYRD North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Hyde and Beaufort Counties
929.20899 BYRD North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: McDowell County
929.20899 BYRD North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Mecklenburg, Gaston and Union Counties
929.20899 BYRD North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Stokes and Yadkin Counties
929.755575 WYNNE Register of Free Negroes and Also of Dower Slaves, Brunswick County, Virginia, 1803-1850
929 STREE Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide With Case Studies
FAM BROWN Soaking the Yule Log: Biographical Sketches of the Brown, Cheshier, Sain, and Allied Families, 1749-1995
929.089960730756 WHITE Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in North Carolina County by County
929.756165 REDFORD Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage
FAM SPAULDING A Story of the Descendant of Benjamin Spaulding 1773-1862
305.5 HURMENCE We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard
FAM MASON Whence Comest Thou
Yearbooks in the Closed Stacks
Ligon High School – Raleigh, NC (various years)
St. Augustine University – Raleigh, NC (various years)
Shaw Unitversity – Raleigh, NC (various years)
Selected Subject Headings
African Americans – Biography
African Americans – Families
African Americans – Genealogy
African Americans – Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc
Afro-Americans – Biography
Afro-Americans – Families
Afro-Americans – Genealogy
Afro-Americans – Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Blacks – Biography
Blacks – Families
Blacks – Genealogy
Blacks – Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genealogy
Genealogy – Methodology
Oral History
Slave Records – United States – Handbooks, manuals, etc.
January 2004 by fgt