A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, South Carolina and Selected Finding Aids
A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, South Carolina and Selected Finding Aids

Author: LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2016-07-18

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1524523526

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This book was written to aid families with ancestors from Laurens County, South Carolina, to jumpstart their genealogical research. Although the focus is on sources of particular relevance to African Americans, the book also contains information relevant to slave-holding families. Also, the background information at the beginning of each section will be of general interest to those families from South Carolina who are researching their African ancestors. In addition to practical advice born from the authors genealogical research and formal studies, the book includes information and compilations regarding the following topics: Free Persons of Color in Antebellum Laurens Slaves in Will Transcripts (17821860) Legislative Papers (17821866) Comptroller General Tax Return Books (18661868) 1869 SC State Population Census 1860 US Census Slave Schedule and Matching African American Surnames in the 1870 US Census Excerpts of Freedmen Bureau Records Grave Markers at Five African American Churches

Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama
Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama

Author: Frazine Taylor

Publisher: NewSouth Books

Published: 2008-05-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1603060944

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Over the past two decades, in workshops and personal consultations, thousands of persons have have received the expertise and knowledge of author Frazine Taylor about Alabama genealogical research. In addition, she has taught the art to hundreds of students. As Dr. James Rose notes, all genealogists looking for the family tree in Alabama sooner or later come across Frazine. And now they have her book, Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama: A Resource Guide. In the book, she provides the information and guidance to help locate the resources available for researching African American records in archives, libraries, and county courthouses throughout the state. The idea for this guidebook rose out of her lecturing throughout the country and having noticed that reference guides on African American family history resources seemed to exist for every state except Alabama. This was regrettable not merely for researchers on African American history in Alabama. In fact, Alabama’s records play an especially important role in U.S. family history research because of the migration patterns of Alabama’s freedmen, first to urban areas of Alabama and then to northern cities, a trend that continued throughout the first part of the twentieth century.

Family Tree Detective
Family Tree Detective

Author: Colin D. Rogers

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780719052132

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Welcomed worldwide on its first publication, this practical and lively guide for the amateur genealogist has now been fully revised and updated. The new material includes a section on medieval genealogy which targets the increasing numbers of family historians who have reached back as far as the sixteenth century and wish to go further. Heraldry is introduced for the first time. There is detail on the location and genealogical content of military records and the records of Poor Law Unions and their workhouses. Details are also included of the latest changes to the location and cost of civil registration sources. A problem-solving manual rather than a simple how-to guide, The family tree detective explains what to do when the usual methods fail and provides invaluable assistance for those without access to London’s vast resources of genealogical information.

Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives
Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives

Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service

Publisher: National Archives & Records Administration

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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Describes the kinds of population, immigration, military, and land records found in the National Archives, and shows how to use them for genealogical research.

The Genealogy Handbook
The Genealogy Handbook

Author: Ellen Galford

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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This extensive and Internet-savvy resource offers winning techniques for tracing one's family tree. Exhaustive and immediately useful, the book delivers critical tools and proven techniques for undertaking research with results. 500 full-color photos and illustrations.

A Sourcebook for Genealogical Research
A Sourcebook for Genealogical Research

Author: Foster Stockwell

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0786484381

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Genealogists can sometimes require obscure resources when in search of information about ancestors. Tracking down records to complete a family tree can become laborious when the researcher doesn't know where to begin looking. Many of the best resources are maintained regionally or even locally, and aren’t widely known. This reference work serves as a guide to both beginning and experienced genealogy researchers. The sourcebook is easily accessible and usable, featuring approximately 270 entries on all aspects of genealogical research and family history compilation. The entries are listed alphabetically and cross-referenced so any researcher can quickly find the information he or she is seeking. Each state and each of the provinces of Canada has its own entry; other countries are listed under appropriate headings. The author also provides more than 700 addresses from all over the world so that the genealogist or general researcher may contact any one of these organizations to obtain specific information about particular births, deaths, marriages, or other life events in order to complete a family tree.