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Book

Researching African American genealogy in Alabama : a resource guide

Call Number

  • H 929.3396 T2413 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Montgomery : NewSouth Books, c2008.

Physical Description

167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Introduction: How to use this book
  • An overview
  • How to begin
  • Oral history
  • Official records
  • Migration patterns
  • Records pertaining to slavery in Alabama
  • Historical preservation and family history
  • Freedmen's Bureau in Alabama
  • Selective records survey of Alabama's counties
  • Introduction to county records.

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