AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY SOURCES

The following materials are available from the Genealogy Collection located on the third floor of the McCain Library & Archives and, where noted, from Cook Library. The following list is a select bibliography and is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of all genealogy publications available for African-American research.

Afro-American Genealogy Sourcebook. By Tommie Morton Young. (Garland, 1987). [Cook Ref E 185.96 .Y67 1987]

Black Genealogy. By Charles L. Blockson. (Prentice-Hall, 1977). [Genea CS 21 .B55]

Black Genesis. By James Rose and Alice Eichholz. (Gale, 1978). [Cook CS 21 .R57]

 Blacks in Selected Newspapers, Censuses and Other Sources. Compiled by James Abajian. (G. K. Hall, 1985). [Cook Ref Z 1361 .N39 A28 Suppl. No.1 1985 Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3]

 Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900. By Barbara W. Brown and James M. Rose. (Gale, 1980). [Genea E 185.93 .C7 B76

 Ethnic Genealogy : A Research Guide. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith. (Greenwood Press, 1983). [Cook Books CS 49 .E83 1983]

Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia. By Paul Heinegg. (Clearfield, 1993). [Genea E 185.96 .H48 1993]

 Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830. Compiled by Carter G. Woodson. (Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1924). [Genea E 185 .W8873]

List of Free Black Heads of Families in the First Census of the United States, 1790. Compiled by Debra Newman. (National Archives and Records Service, 1973). [Genea E 185.96 .N47]

 Local Sources for African-American Family Historians: Using County Court Records and Census Returns. By Joan W. Peters. (Northern Virginia Press, 1993). [Genea E 185.96 .P385 1993].

 Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies. By David H. Streets. (Heritage Books, 1986). [Genea E 185.96 .S87 1986]

 

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