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BW-70546: A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors
by Franklin Carter Smith and Emily Anne Croom. 256 pp.,
8.5" X 11", softbound ... $22.00
Tracing African-American ancestry can be uniquely challenging. This guide helps you overcome the obstacles and pitfalls of this specialized research by offering a proven, three-part approach to uncovering this distinctive lineage.Section One covers post-Civil War era to present, showing you how to access and utilize sources ranging from census records and vital documents to oral histories.
Section Two provides comprehensive coverage of pre-Civil War research. Since this is where many genealogists both beginning and advanced experience the most difficulty, the authors carefully demonstrate how to use information compiled in Part One to lead you to documentation specifically related to the pre-Civil War era, such as slave records and documents regarding slave-owning families. It also shows how to research the 11% of African Americans who were free at this time in American history.
Part Three offers detailed case studies of three African-American families and how these research tactics yielded substantial information regarding their lineage. Throughout the book, you will find forms, examples, outlines, maps and other aids that help you save time and document your research accurately.
