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African American Genealogy on the Internet

Overview - How To...
  Family Search - www.familysearch.org
  Ancestry - (free at some CT libraries)  www.ancestry.com ($)
 Web links, organized by topic – www.cyndislist.com

 
Names & Places - Data from Records
  SSDI death index - www.rootsweb.com
  U. S. Census (1790-1930) @ - www.iconn.org;  www.ancestry.com ($)
 1917 draft records -  www.ancestry.com ($)
  State, county sources - www.usgenweb.org/
  Veterans Cemeteries - www.cem.va.gov
  U.S. Newspapers - www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica
 
Connect to the Past (North America)
  Freedman's Bureau - www.freedmensbureau.com/
  Freedman's Bank @ www.iconn.org
  Civil War Soldiers - www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
  Free, before 1863 - www.freeafricanamericans.com/
  Compiled Records, - www.afrigeneas.com/; http://ccharity.com
  Post-Civil War marriages, claims, labor agreements - www.ancestry.com ($)
  Slave schedules (in 1850-1860 censuses) -  www.ancestry.com ($)
 
Selected Additional Sources
  African Heritage Project - www.africanaheritage.com
  Peoples of Africa overview - www.africanroots.org.uk/index.htm
  Genealogy sources - http://www.africanamericans.com/Genealogy.htm
  Blog / News - http://africanamericangenealogy.blogspot.com
  New York death/marriage index to 1948 - www.italiangen.org
  Massachusetts vital records to 1910 - www.newenglandancestors.org ($)
  Hartford Courant 1764- 1922 @ - www.iconn.org
 
DNA analysis (commercial services $)
  www.africanancestry.com
  www.dnaprint.com
  www.familytreedna.com
  www.genographic.com
  www.relativegenetics.com
 

                    
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