CRRL Picks: Genealogy Resources for Finding Enslaved AncestorsLike this list

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• 1619, Twenty Africans

  Their Story, and Discovery of Their Black, Red, & White Descendants

  Hanks, Stephen, 1959-

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• 1776 Census of Maryland

  Carothers, Bettie Stirling

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• African Americans of Spotsylvania County

  Miller, Terry, 1958 October 31-

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• Black Roots

  a Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree

  Burroughs, Tony, 1948-

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• Caroline County, Virginia Free Black Community, 1733-1874

  Campbell, Kimberly Curtis

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• Certificates and Registry of Free Negroes, City of Fredericksburg, 1790-1862

  Copied From the Original Records in the Fredericksburg Court House

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• A Comprehensive Name Index for The American Slave

  Potts, Howard E., 1954-

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• The Descendants of the First Mitchell Wilson of Westmoreland County, Virginia

  1824 to 2002

  Howard-Douglas, Daisy

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• A Different Story

  a Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania, Virginia

  Fitzgerald, Ruth Coder

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• Enslaved: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade

  View on enslaved.org

• Family Search: African American Online Genealogy Records

  View on familysearch.org

• FamilySearch: African American Resources for Virginia

  View on familysearch.org

• FamilySearch: Quick Guide to African American Records

  View on familysearch.org

• Finding Your African American Ancestors

  a Beginner's Guide

  Thackery, David T.

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• Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina From the Colonial Period to About 1820

  Heinegg, Paul

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• A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors

  How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage

  Smith, Franklin Carter, 1954-

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• Local Sources for African-American Family Historians

  Using County Court Records and Census Returns

  Peters, Joan W.

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• Mapping the Freedman’s Bureau

  View on mappingthefreedmensbureau.com

• National Archives: Federal Records that Help Identify Former Enslaved People and Slave Holders

  View on archives.gov

• Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color

  Four Hundred Years of An American Family's History

  Wills, Anita L.

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