Freedmen and Colored Marriage Records, 1865-1890, Sumter County, Alabama

Freedmen and Colored Marriage Records, 1865-1890, Sumter County, Alabama
Author: Gwendolyn Lynette Hester
Publisher:
Total Pages: 315
Release: 1996
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9780788404436

Containing over 6,000 marriage records, this book is a valuable tool to the Sumter County researcher who is examining Black genealogy. These are some of the earliest records in existence of the county's freedmen and freedwomen, and the first complete list

The 1996 Genealogy Annual

The 1996 Genealogy Annual
Author: Thomas Jay Kemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1997-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780842027403

The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections.p liFAMILY HISTORIES-/licites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book.p liGUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-/liincludes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world.p liGENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-/liconsists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county.p The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.

Black Genesis

Black Genesis
Author: James M. Rose
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2003
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780806317359

Designed with both the novice and the professional researcher in mind, this text provides reference resources and introduces a methodology specific to investigating African-American genealogy. In the second edition, information has been reorganized by state. Within each state are listings for resources such as state archives, census records, military records, newspapers, and manuscript collections.

Hidden Sources

Hidden Sources
Author: Laura Szucs Pfeiffer
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2000
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Family history researchers are accustomed to searching among vital records, censuses, and other commonly used sources. But there are any number of more-obscure sources that can lead researchers to vital information, and Obscure Sources: Great Clues in Hidden Places will introduce you to them. Bankruptcy records, special censuses, employment records, and coroners' records are only a few of the kinds of records you can turn to when other sources prove unfruitful. Obscure Sources is an overview of a large number of sources that are often overlooked. It discusses where these records can be found, offers some options for locating these records through the Internet, and provides a selected bibliography of background information and methodology.

Report

Report
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1999
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN: