African American Genealogy

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Arkansas African American Records

Arkansas African American Genealogy online research is much more difficult due to the scant nature of record keeping for African Americans prior to the Civil War. This is the reason for creating a separate section for African Americans much like we have for Native Americans whose research can also be hampered by the available records. The links below provide an accurate reflection of what is available to be searched for African American genealogy. National Archives Arkansas State Archives Arkansas Societies Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Arkansas Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society Research Guides Family Search – African American Research … Read more

Alabama Slave Owners

Many wills contained information about slaves.  Reading these wills may provide the reader with a clue on their ancestors. Statewide Alabama Slave Owners Slaves in the Records of the Monroe Session, North Alabama Presbytery – 1823-1827 Autauga County Alabama Slave Owners Slaves deeded from George Anderson to son William Anderson – Jun 1831 Slaves sold by William Anderson to various – Feb 1836 Will [Aug 1840] and Appraisement of Estate of Nicholas Zeigler – Mar 1841 Barbour County Alabama Slave Owners Slave owned by J. R. Upshaw in the records of Liberty Baptist Church – Sep 1846 Chambers County Alabama Slave Owners Slaves in … Read more

Alabama African American Records

Alabama African American Genealogy online research is much more difficult due to the scant nature of record keeping for African Americans prior to the Civil War. This is the reason for creating a separate section for African Americans much like we have for Native Americans whose research can also be hampered by the available records. The links below provide an accurate reflection of what is available to be searched for black genealogy. Searching for African American families involves two distinct research approaches. These approaches correspond to the distinct change in the legal status of African Americans in the United States … Read more

Alabama African American Census

For black Americans the census may hold the only records they can find of their ancestors. Researchers should start with their most recent ancestor using AccessGenealogy’s Census Records main census records area, as the census taken after the civil war (1870 onwards) enumerated all blacks as they did whites. The following census records are for those decades before, and consist of free persons of color who were enumerated with all other free people, mortality schedules which provides specific details around the deaths during the year prior to the census, state population schedules (state census) which in Alabama’s situation, was taken in 1866, and the 1850 and 1860 slave schedules, which were a count of slaves that often depicted the first name of the slave, along with the “owner” of the slave. You will actually have to know the “owner” of your slave ancestor and his location to find them in the slave schedules.

Alabama African American Cemeteries

Cemeteries provide us with a unique link to our past. While many cemeteries contain a few African American graves, some are comprised of only African Americans. The following list shows  African American Cemeteries in Alabama.  You should also check AccessGenealogy Cemeteries for additional listings. Alabama African American Cemeteries Bullock County County Line AME Zion Church Cemetery (hosted at African American Cemeteries Online) Butler County Hosted at USGenWeb Archives Bennett Cemetery May Cemetery Pressley Cemetery Springhill Cemetery Stamps Cemetery St. Luke Cemetery (hosted at African American Cemeteries Online) Choctaw County Bethlehem Cemetery (hosted at Choctaw County Alabama ALGenWeb) Colbert County St. … Read more

African American History

Many events in African American can’t be listed by state, this page is designed to provide you with general historical information. Alabama Pace vs. State of Alabama (1883) (hosted at The Multiracial Activist) Georgia Atlanta Compromise 1895 (hosted at History Matters) Kansas Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 (hosted at Answers.com) Louisiana The Black Code of Louisiana (1724) (hosted at French Creoles) Missouri Dred Scott Case (hosted at Washington State University in St. Louis) Nebraska Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 (hosted at Answers.com) New York Abolition Law, 1799 (hosted at Ontario County Records and Archives Center) North Carolina The Free Colored People of … Read more