SELECTED RESEARCH MATERIALS IN THE OLIVIA RANEY HISTORY LIBRARY RELATING TO AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

 IN THE READING ROOM (JOURNALS)

 AAHGS News – The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.

 American Legacy: The Magazine of African-American History and Culture

 American Legacy Woman: Celebrating Our Heritage and Lifestyle

 Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

 IN THE READING ROOM (CENSUS INDEX TABLE)

 African American Genealogical Research ( in binder)

 IN THE READING ROOM (BOOKS)

 929 GENE AFRI  African American Genealogical Sourcebook

 929.20899  African American Genealogy:  A Bibliography and Guide to Sources

 308.5 PYATT   African Americana in North Carolina and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 929.1 WALTON  Black Indian Genealogy Research

929.20899 BURROUGHS  Black Roots: A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree

 929.1 AMER  Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources

929.07  GUIDE Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives

 929.20899 BYRD In Full Force and Virtue: North Carolina Emancipation Records, 1713-1860

 929.20899 DAY  Locating Free African American Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide

 305.896 NEGRO The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the  African-American

973.8  ON  On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier

929.20899  FEARS  Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else

929.07 CROOM  The Sleuth Book for Genealogists: Strategies for More Successful Family History Research

 929.07 SOURCE  The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy

305.896 STAT  Statistical Record of Black America

929.1 STUDENT  A Student’s Guide to African American Genealogy

IN THE READING ROOM (AUDIO TAPES)

AfroAm 01     Tracing African-Americans in Cities and Towns

 AfroAm 02     Virginia Law, Slavery and the Free Negro

 AfroAm 03     African-American Genealogical Research in South Carolina                                    

 AfroAm 04     Researching Buffalo Soldiers

 AfroAm 05     African-American Research in North Carolina

 AfroAm 06     Virginia Sources for African-American Family History Research: Local Family History

 AfroAm 07      Then What Happened? The Underground Railroad In Canada

 AfroAm 08      Out of the Mouths of Slaves

 AfroAm 09      Continuing Dilemmas in African-American Genealogical Research

 AfroAm 10      Intermediate African-American Genealogy

 AfroAm 11      Tracing the Untraceable: Free People of Color in the Ante-Bellum South

 AfroAm 12      African-American Genealogical Historical Research in Tennessee

 AfroAm 13      Freedmen’s Bureau Research

 AfroAm 14      After the Census in African-American Genealogy

 AfroAm 15      Using the LDS for African-American Genealogy

 IN THE READING ROOM (CD-ROMS)

African Americans in the 1870 Census #165

Freedman’s Bank Records #AA1

IN THE MICROFORMS ROOM

Afro-Americans in the Military – M858- 5 rolls

Carolinian (newspaper) – from 1945 to 1987 on microfiche and from 1988 to 1996 on microfilm

 Freedman’s Savings & Trust Company – M816, M817 – 2 rolls

 Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands –

Records of Asst Commissioner for NC – 1865-1870 – M843 – 38 rolls

Refugees, Freedmen, Abandoned Lands -

Records of Education Superintendent, NC 1865-1870 – M844 – 7 rolls

 IN THE CLOSED STACKS

975.6 HURME  Before Freedom: 48 Oral Histories of Former North and South Carolina Slaves

929 BLOC  Black Genealogy                  

973.343 HODGES  Black Loyalist Directory

975.655 WILLIAMS  Both Sides of the Tracks: A Profile of the Colored Community, Cary, North Carolina

301.45 GAY  Crisis of Identity: The Negro Community in Raleigh North Carolina, 1865-1900

929 BEASLEY  Family Pride: The Complete Guide to Tracing African-American Genealogy

 929.752092 HEINEGG  Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware: From the Colonial Period to 1810

 929.75209 FREE  Free African Americans of Maryland 1832    

929.3 HEIN   Free African Americans of North Carolina & Virginia

326.756 FRANKLIN  Free Negro in North Carolina 1790-1860

929.20899 THACKERY  How to Trace Your African American Roots: Discovering Your Unique History

 FAM MAGEE  In Search of Kith and Kin: The History of a Southern Black Family

 929.20899 PETERS  Local Sources For African-American Family Historians: Using County Court Records and Census Returns

929.75209 Freedom  Maryland Freedom Papers, Vol 1 and 2

929.3  REAVES  North Carolina Freedman’s Savings & Trust Company Records

 929.20899 BYRD 1709  North Carolina General Assembly Sessions Records: Slaves and Free Persons of Color, 1709-1789

929.20899 BYRD  North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Burke, Lincoln, and Rowan Counties

 929.20899 BYRD  North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Hyde and Beaufort Counties

 929.20899 BYRD  North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: McDowell County

929.20899 BYRD  North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Mecklenburg, Gaston and Union Counties

 929.20899 BYRD  North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color: Stokes and Yadkin Counties

929.755575 WYNNE  Register of Free Negroes and Also of Dower Slaves, Brunswick County, Virginia, 1803-1850

 929 STREE  Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide With Case Studies

FAM  BROWN  Soaking the Yule Log: Biographical Sketches of the Brown, Cheshier, Sain, and Allied Families, 1749-1995

 929.089960730756 WHITE  Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in North Carolina County by County

 929.756165 REDFORD  Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage

FAM  SPAULDING  A Story of the Descendant of Benjamin Spaulding 1773-1862

 305.5 HURMENCE  We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard

FAM  MASON  Whence Comest Thou

YEARBOOKS IN CLOSED STACKS

Ligon High School – Raleigh, NC (various years)

St. Augustine University – Raleigh, NC (various years)

Shaw Unitversity – Raleigh, NC (various years)

SELECTED SUBJECT HEADINGS

African Americans – Biography

African Americans – Families

African Americans – Genealogy

African Americans – Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc

Afro-Americans – Biography

Afro-Americans – Families

Afro-Americans – Genealogy

Afro-Americans – Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Blacks – Biography

Blacks – Families

Blacks – Genealogy

Blacks – Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genealogy

Genealogy – Methodology

Oral History

Slave Records – United States – Handbooks, manuals, etc.

January 2004 by fgt