Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide

Thackery, David T.

ISBN 10: 0916489906 / ISBN 13: 9780916489908

Published by Ancestry, Inc., Salt Lake City, 2000

About this Item

Illus., index. . 152 pages. This book takes you through your ancestors' transition from slavery to freedom, giving you the details you need to find them using the federal census, planatation records, and other sources. The book also considers possible ways to locate runaway slave advertisements, to identify an ancestor's military regiment, and to access the valuable informaion from the Freedman's Savings and Trust records.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide
• Publisher: Ancestry, Inc., Salt Lake City
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916489906
• ISBN 13: 9780916489908
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Genealogy::Ethnic & Religious::African American

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Synopsis

Although the search for African American ancestry prior to the Civil War is challenging, the difficulties are not always insurmountable. Finding Your African American Ancestors takes you through your ancestors' transition from slavery to freedom, and helps you find them using the federal census, plantation records, and other helpful sources. The book also considers ways to locate runaway slave advertisements, to identify an ancestor's military regiment, and to access the valuable information from The Freedman's Savings and Trust records.

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Unlock the door to your African American ancestors with this information packed book by noted African American genealogist David T. Thackery.