by Toni | Sep 27, 2018 | Beyond the Basics, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
Historic newspapers are an important resource for African American genealogy. Runaway slave ads, jailor’s notices of captured runaway freedom seekers, notices of estate sales, private sales and sheriff’s sales that include the names of enslaved ancestors...
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by Toni | May 13, 2018 | Found on FamilySearch, Let's Talk Records
FamilySearch has digitized two microfilms of Civil Actions Concerning Slaves and Free Persons of Color, Craven County, NC, 1775-1885. There are several record subsets on these microfilms, the first contains 2,083 frames of selected records for Craven County, NC that...
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by Toni | May 1, 2018 | Found on FamilySearch, Let's Talk Records
FamilySearch has digitized the volume Register of Negroes and Mulattoes, 1800-1820, Adams County, PA. You can access the volume via the FamilySearch catalog here. This register, remarkably, lists exact birthdates for many of those whose names appear. Information in...
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by Toni | May 1, 2018 | Found on FamilySearch, Let's Talk Records
FamilySearch has digitized the volume Record of Negroes, 1804-1855, Ross County, Ohio. The microfilm can be accessed via the FamilySearch catalog here. Sample Image Tell Us About your Finds Have you found newly-digitized treasures in the FamilySearch catalog?...
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by Toni | May 1, 2018 | Found on FamilySearch, Let's Talk Records
FamilySearch has digitized the volume Negro Register (Washington County, Pennsylvania), 1782-1851. There are other records on this microfilm. This small volume, which has a name index in the front, begins on frame 144. Sample Image Happy ancestor hunting!...
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