A genealogist's guide to discovering your African-American ancestors : how to find and record your unique heritage

A genealogist's guide to discovering your African-American ancestors How to find and record your unique heritage

Franklin Carter Smith, 1954-

Book - 2008

Tracing one's African-American ancestry can be uniquely challenging. This guide helps overcome the obstacles and pitfalls of specialized research by offering a proven, three-part approach.

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Subjects
African Americans > Genealogy > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genealogy.
Handbooks and manuals.
Genres
Handbooks and manuals
Published
Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co 2008.
Language
English
Main Author
Franklin Carter Smith, 1954- (author)
Other Authors
Emily Anne Croom, 1943- (author)
Item Description
Reprint. Originally published: Cincinnati : Betterway Books, 2003.
Physical Description
250 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, forms ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index.
ISBN
9780806317885
  • In the beginning
  • Census records
  • Federal sources
  • State, county, and local sources
  • Special situations
  • What's in a name?
  • Location, location, location
  • The other family
  • The search for ancestors in slaveholder documents
  • Case study: the issue of mixed race
  • Case study: a story of triumph and and tragedy
  • Case study: all in the neighborhood
  • Free and slaveholding states and territories in 1861
  • Federal census, 1790-1930
  • State archives
  • National archives and regional branches
  • Blank forms.

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