African Americans of Alabama - Revision history

Bigbears6: moved Slaves of alabama to African Americans of Alabama over redirect: Revert vandalism

Bigbears6 — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:56:38 GMT

moved Slaves of alabama to African Americans of Alabama over redirect: Revert vandalism

← Older revision

Revision as of 15:56, 19 May 2012

Dlexic: moved African Americans of Alabama to Slaves of alabama

Dlexic — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:46:01 GMT

moved African Americans of Alabama to Slaves of alabama

← Older revision

Revision as of 19:46, 18 May 2012

Jutley at 21:18, 22 April 2010

Jutley — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:18:46 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:18, 22 April 2010
Line 1:		Line 1:
-	''This entry was originally written by [[Robert S. Davis]] and [[Mary Bess Paluzzi]] in [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''	+	[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
		+	''This entry was originally written by [[Robert S. Davis]] and [[Mary Bess Paluzzi]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
	{{Template:Alabama (Red Book)}}		{{Template:Alabama (Red Book)}}

10.52.4.72 at 20:41, 7 April 2010

10.52.4.72 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:41:31 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:41, 7 April 2010
Line 3:		Line 3:


-	Several distinct sources for researching African-American families in Alabama are available. As previously stated, separate slave censuses, listing slave owners only with demographic information on slaves were taken in 1850 and 1860, in addition to enumerations of slaves on earlier censuses. The records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (see page []) detail this bureau’s work to ease the problems faced by freedmen after the Civil War. Three microfilmed series are available from the National Archives: Records of the Alabama Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Abandoned Lands, and Freedmen, 1865–1870 (M1900, 34 reels); Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, 1867–70 (M809, 23 reels); and Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, 1865–70 (M810, 8 reels). The genealogically rich surviving records of the Huntsville and Mobile branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–74, have been abstracted by the Genealogical Society of Utah and have been placed on CD-ROM computer disks.	+	Several distinct sources for researching African-American families in Alabama are available. As previously stated, separate slave censuses, listing slave owners only with demographic information on slaves were taken in 1850 and 1860, in addition to enumerations of slaves on earlier censuses. The records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (see page []) detail this bureau’s work to ease the problems faced by freedmen after the Civil War. Three microfilmed series are available from the National Archives: ''Records of the Alabama Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Abandoned Lands, and Freedmen, 1865–1870'' (M1900, 34 reels); ''Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, 1867–70'' (M809, 23 reels); and ''Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, 1865–70'' (M810, 8 reels). The genealogically rich surviving records of the Huntsville and Mobile branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–74, have been abstracted by the Genealogical Society of Utah and have been placed on CD-ROM computer disks.

-	A resource published by the Alabama Center for Higher Education, Collection and Evaluation Materials about Black Americans Program entitled Catalogue of the Records of Black Organizations in Alabama (Birmingham: Alabama Center for Higher Education, 1979) should be particularly helpful to researchers seeking access to records of African-American business, religious, civic, political, social, and educational organizations. Entries for 239 different organizations indicate briefly when the organization was founded, what records are available, and whom to contact for access to the records.	+	A resource published by the Alabama Center for Higher Education, Collection and Evaluation Materials about Black Americans Program entitled ''Catalogue of the Records of Black Organizations in Alabama'' (Birmingham: Alabama Center for Higher Education, 1979) should be particularly helpful to researchers seeking access to records of African-American business, religious, civic, political, social, and educational organizations. Entries for 239 different organizations indicate briefly when the organization was founded, what records are available, and whom to contact for access to the records.

-	See also the brief discussion of free African Americans in Probate Records.	+	See also the brief discussion of free African Americans in [[Alabama Probate Records]].

Jutley: Created page with '''This entry was originally written by Robert S. Davis and Mary Bess Paluzzi in Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.'' {{Template:Alabama (Red Book)}} …'

Jutley — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:44:21 GMT

Created page with '''This entry was originally written by Robert S. Davis and Mary Bess Paluzzi in Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.'' {{Template:Alabama (Red Book)}} …'

New page

''This entry was originally written by [[Robert S. Davis]] and [[Mary Bess Paluzzi]] in [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
{{Template:Alabama (Red Book)}}

Several distinct sources for researching African-American families in Alabama are available. As previously stated, separate slave censuses, listing slave owners only with demographic information on slaves were taken in 1850 and 1860, in addition to enumerations of slaves on earlier censuses. The records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (see page []) detail this bureau’s work to ease the problems faced by freedmen after the Civil War. Three microfilmed series are available from the National Archives: Records of the Alabama Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Abandoned Lands, and Freedmen, 1865–1870 (M1900, 34 reels); Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, 1867–70 (M809, 23 reels); and Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, 1865–70 (M810, 8 reels). The genealogically rich surviving records of the Huntsville and Mobile branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–74, have been abstracted by the Genealogical Society of Utah and have been placed on CD-ROM computer disks.

A resource published by the Alabama Center for Higher Education, Collection and Evaluation Materials about Black Americans Program entitled Catalogue of the Records of Black Organizations in Alabama (Birmingham: Alabama Center for Higher Education, 1979) should be particularly helpful to researchers seeking access to records of African-American business, religious, civic, political, social, and educational organizations. Entries for 239 different organizations indicate briefly when the organization was founded, what records are available, and whom to contact for access to the records.

See also the brief discussion of free African Americans in Probate Records.