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March 06, 2017
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....estonalpha.htm
TITLE : 1860 Charleston SC Slaveholders Listed Alphabetically
DESCRIPTION : Alphabetical listing of all slaveholders on the 1860 Charleston, SC slave census, with the number of slaves held.
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....slave100up.htm
TITLE : 1860 slaves age 100 and up
DESCRIPTION : For the 1860 slave schedules, census enumerators were instructed to provide the names of all slaves age 100 years or more. The Decennial Digest reports there were 1,570 slaves age 100 and up on the 1860 slave schedules. Using the 1860 slave census index at Ancestry online [subscription required],1,555 such slaves have been found, and they are included in the table.
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URL : https://web.archive.org/web/20150719...ty/appling.htm
TITLE : 1895 U.S. Atlas - Appling County, Georgia
DESCRIPTION : [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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URL : http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...laveryMap.html
TITLE : A Map of American Slavery - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
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URL : http://adoptiondna.blogspot.com/
TITLE : Adoption and DNA
DESCRIPTION : Helping adoptees and others affected by adoption rediscover their heritage through DNA testing. A blog by CeCe Moore.
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URL : http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata
TITLE : AfriGeneas - Slave Data Collection
DESCRIPTION : Enslaved ancestors in public and private records. Clues and keys to the last slaveholder.
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URL : http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave
TITLE : Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820
DESCRIPTION : Online searchable database of over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821 from Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
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URL : http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
TITLE : American Slave Narratives
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.amistadcommitteeinc.org/story-of-the-amistad
TITLE : Amistad Committee, Inc. - Freedom Schooner Amistad
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688....ancestry.com/
TITLE : Ancestry.com
DESCRIPTION : Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1562
TITLE : New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860
DESCRIPTION : Original source: Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1801860. NARA microfilm publication M1895, 30 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1105
TITLE : U.S., Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1865-1878
DESCRIPTION : Original source: Records of the field offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1902, 21 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1903, 90 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Fields Offices for the State of North Carolina, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1909, 78 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1944
TITLE : U.S., Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936-1938
DESCRIPTION : Original source: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, 1931938. Vol. 1-17. Federal Writer Project of the Works Progress Administration microfilm publication SCM 000 320, SCM 000 321, SCM 000 322, SCM 000 323, SCM 000 325, 5 rolls. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1714
TITLE : U.S., Southeast Coastwise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860
DESCRIPTION : Original source: Savannah, Georgia: Coastwise Slave Manifests, 1801-1860. ARC ID: 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.
Mobile Coastwise Outward, 1820-1860. ARC ID: 2554808, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Mobile Coastwise Inward, 1821-1860. ARC ID: 2554808, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Savannah Coastwise Outward Slave Manifests: 1790-1859. ARC ID: 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Charleston Coastwise Inward/Outward, 1820-1855. ARC ID: 2767346, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Beaufort Coastwise Inward, 1826-1830. ARC ID: 2767350, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...ns_of_Virginia
TITLE : Ancestry.com Wiki - African Americans of Virginia
DESCRIPTION : This entry was originally written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/birth-records/
TITLE : Anderson and Madison County Birth Records
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/anderson-da...dex-1907-1997/
TITLE : Anderson Daily Bulletin and Herald Bulletin Obituary Index, 1907-1997
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/anderson-he...dex-1998-2015/
TITLE : Anderson Herald-Bulletin Obituary Index, 1998-2015
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us
TITLE : Anderson Public Library
DESCRIPTION : Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/research-genealogy/
TITLE : Research & Genealogy
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/anderson-da...dex-1907-1997/
TITLE : Anderson Daily Bulletin and Herald Bulletin Obituary Index, 1907-1997
DESCRIPTION : Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.dollsgen.com/wills.htm
TITLE : Appraisements and Inventory of Slaves in Wills - Macon County, Alabama
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://newdeal.feri.org/asn
TITLE : Been Here So Long
DESCRIPTION : Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives.
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URL : http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
TITLE : Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
DESCRIPTION : More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves from the Library of Congress.
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URL : http://www.byu.edu/index.html
TITLE : Brigham Young University
DESCRIPTION : Provo, Utah.
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URL : https://history.byu.edu/Pages/Progra...y/default.aspx
TITLE : BA Family History Program
DESCRIPTION : The core of BYU's family history offerings (a 4-year liberal arts degree).
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URL : https://cfhg.byu.edu/Pages/Home.aspx
TITLE : Center for Family History and Genealogy
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://fhtw.byu.edu/
TITLE : Family History Technology Workshop
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://familyhistoryconferences.byu.edu/
TITLE : BYU Continuing Education - Conference on Family History
DESCRIPTION : Held each summer at the BYU Conference Center, Provo Utah.
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URL : http://familyhistory.byu.edu/
TITLE : BYU's Family History Portal
DESCRIPTION : Explore BYU's many resources for family history. From a 4-year bachelor's degree to library resources, from innovative computer applications to the ability to publish your family history, BYU offers a variety of services for students, researchers, and the public.
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URL : http://californiageographicalsurvey.com/
TITLE : California Geographical Survey
DESCRIPTION : A resource of the Department of Geography at California State University, Northridge. It is the California Geographical Survey's intention to provide a variety of important geographic resources to the entire Internet community.
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URL : http://www.cruwys.blogspot.co.uk/
TITLE : Cruwys news
DESCRIPTION : The day-to-day activities of the Cruwys/Cruse one-name study with occasional diversions into other topics of interest such as DNA testing and personal genomics.
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URL : http://library.uncg.edu/slavery
TITLE : Digital Library on American Slavery
DESCRIPTION : This resource provides an easy means to search through thousands of county court and legislative petitions (1775-1867) from fifteen states and the District of Columbia that relate to race and slavery. The Digital Library provides detailed information on more than 150,000 individuals who are party to the petitions, including 80,000 individual slaves and 10,000 free people of color. Hosted by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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URL : http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com
TITLE : DNA - Genealem's Genetic Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : General information on DNA sources and links; a list of presentations where Emily Aulicino will be speaking on Genetic Genealogy.
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URL : http://dna-explained.com/
TITLE : DNAeXplained Genetic Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : A blog by Roberta Estes.
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URL : http://ccharity.com/dcslaves/
TITLE : Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-1863
DESCRIPTION : Database from Christine's Genealogy Website.
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URL : http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/...ember_2015.pdf
TITLE : Fairfax Court Slavery Index
DESCRIPTION : From the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, a description of the index they created that lists the names of slaves found in Will Books and Deed Books in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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URL : http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories...t_271372.shtml
TITLE : Families Discover Roots
DESCRIPTION : From the Augusta Chronicle. Meticulous records kept by slave owner allows descendants to chronicle their history in South Carolina.
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URL : http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov1998/familyname
TITLE : Family Name
DESCRIPTION : Companion site to the PBS documentary film. As a young child growing up in North Carolina, Macky Alston thought that it was unusual that many of his African American elementary school classmates shared his last name.
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URL : https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/S...amily-Tree-111
TITLE : Family Tree & Genealogy Tools for Barry Sweetman
DESCRIPTION : BIRD, BLASDELL, CLARK, COOK, COWEL/COWELL, DANCEY, GRAHAM, HORTON (NORTON?), MERRILLS, MORTON, PETERS, RITCHIE, SMITH, SWEETMAN.
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URL : http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1029688...rican-american
TITLE : Fold3 - African American Records
DESCRIPTION : Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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URL : http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1029688...court_records/
TITLE : Amistad - Federal Court Records
DESCRIPTION : Original source: NARA M1753. The district and circuit court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner Amistad, seized in 1839 by the US Navy.
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URL : http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1029688...court_records/
TITLE : Amistad - Supreme Court Records
DESCRIPTION : Original source: NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the Amistad, a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839, and popularized in a 1997 movie.
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URL : http://freedomonthemove.org/
TITLE : Freedom on the Move
DESCRIPTION : A database of fugitives from North American slavery, a project by Cornell University.
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URL : http://gcbias.org/
TITLE : gcbias | The Coop lab
DESCRIPTION : The blog of Graham Coop, Population and Evolutionary Genetics, University of California, Davis.
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/11/11/how-doe...ack-over-time/
TITLE : How many genetic ancestors do I have?
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/12/02/how-man...with-a-cousin/
TITLE : How many genomic blocks do you share with a cousin?
DESCRIPTION : Terrific explanations and graphics explaining portions of DNA genetic blocks and how they are passed down.
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/11/04/how-muc...ular-ancestor/
TITLE : How much of your genome do you inherit from a particular ancestor?
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/10/20/how-muc...r-grandparent/
TITLE : How much of your genome do you inherit from a particular grandparent?
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : https://genealogyensemble.com/
TITLE : Genealogy Ensemble
DESCRIPTION : Genealogy Ensemble is a collection of family histories by a group of friends in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The site also offers tips about writing and researching stories about ancestors from Canada, the British Isles, France, Scandinavia, the United States, Italy, and many other countries.
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URL : https://gengenaus.com/
TITLE : Genetic Genealogy Australia
DESCRIPTION : Blog about using DNA for family history research, with special emphasis on Australian success stories and events.
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URL : https://sites.google.com/site/gensflandria/
TITLE : GensFlandria
DESCRIPTION : Genealogical resources in Flanders.
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URL : http://www.csun.edu/geography-map-library
TITLE : Geography Map Library | California State University, Northridge
DESCRIPTION : The Geography Department Map Library contains a research-level collection of historical, thematic, and government document maps in support of CSUN students, staff, and faculty. The map collection is international in scope and covers the world's major regions with particular emphasis on maps of southern California, Los Angeles, and the San Fernando Valley. Patrons can find historical road and tourist maps, topographic maps of the United States, WWII maps from the Army Map Service, U.S. Forest Service maps, geologic and bathymetric maps, and maps from the Bureau of Land Management. The Map Library also contains one of the premier collections of Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlases in the country, including more than 4,000 detailed survey maps from locations throughout the western United States.
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URL : https://sorbellogenealogistweb.wordpress.com/
TITLE : Giuseppe Sorbello Genealogist
DESCRIPTION : I live in Sicily since I was born. This location granted me the possibility to get acquainted with the Land. I'm specialized in finding Italian ancestors and relatives through Sicily. I also researched for the US TV series "Who Do You Think You Are?" Furthermore, I am specialized in genetic genealogy which is fundamental to track unrecorded origins.
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URL : http://www.haplogroup.org/
TITLE : Haplogroup | Finding your ancestry through your genes
DESCRIPTION : A blog by Rebekah Canada.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/highland-high-school-students/
TITLE : Highland High School Student Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.myslaveancestors.com
TITLE : How Do I Trace My Slave Ancestors?
DESCRIPTION : How to information from Lineages, Inc.
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URL : https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/d...s/servant.html
TITLE : Illinois Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records 1722-1863
DESCRIPTION : This database includes more than 2000 transactions found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally,Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722-1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790-1863).
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URL : http://nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/vcp/emancip.htm
TITLE : Index to Parish Court Slave Emancipation Petitions, 1814-1843, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.c...y_level_id=727
TITLE : Johnston County Heritage Center - Searchable Records Online
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.c...ontent_id=2232
TITLE : Cohabitation & Slave Marriage Index
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.c...ontent_id=2227
TITLE : Slave Name Index
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://blog.kittycooper.com/
TITLE : Kitty Cooper's Blog
DESCRIPTION : Many articles about using DNA testing for genealogy research as well as some articles on Norwegian genealogy.
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URL : http://www.lantmateriet.se/en/Maps-a...storical-Maps/
TITLE : Land Survey - Historical Maps / Lantmteriet - Historiska kartor
DESCRIPTION : Digital archive includes more than one million historical maps and extends as far back as in 1628. The maps cover large parts of Sweden.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/lapel-bulld...dent-database/
TITLE : Lapel Bulldog Student Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/1870-2007-l...tuaries-index/
TITLE : Lapel/Pendleton Deaths and Obituaries Index, 1870-2007
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
TITLE : Legacies of British Slave-ownership
DESCRIPTION : The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership has been established at UCL with the generous support of the Hutchins Center at Harvard. The Centre will build on two earlier projects based at UCL tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain: the ESRC-funded Legacies of British Slave-ownership project (2009-2012), and the ESRC and AHRC-funded Structure and significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763-1833 (2013-2015). The site has databases for the estates and maps of slave owners.
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URL : http://californiageographicalsurvey....3/latopoh3.htm
TITLE : Los Angeles County Historic Topographic Maps
DESCRIPTION : Located at the California State University, Northridge website.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...f-world-war-i/
TITLE : Madison County Casualties of World War I
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...-world-war-ii/
TITLE : Madison County Casualties of World War II
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...rans-database/
TITLE : Madison County Civil War Veterans Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...dex-1850-1906/
TITLE : Madison County Death and Obituary Index, 1850-1906
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...na-newspapers/
TITLE : Madison County Deaths in Indiana Newspapers
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-county-marriages/
TITLE : Madison County Marriages, 1921-1951
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...-world-war-ii/
TITLE : Madison County Servicemen and Women of World War II
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-hei...dent-database/
TITLE : Madison Heights High School Student Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blog...enyatta-berry/
TITLE : Mercy Street Revealed Blog - Kenyatta Berry
DESCRIPTION : A series of blog posts about slavery by Kenyatta Berry.
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URL : http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic...slaveinfo.html
TITLE : Missouri Slave Data
DESCRIPTION : Online searchable database and slave schedules.
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URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium
TITLE : Monarchy of Belgium - Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.gahetna.nl/en/collectie/a...artencollectie
TITLE : Nationaal Archief - Map Collection
DESCRIPTION : The National Archives of the Netherlands has the largest and most important map collection in the country. Most of the more than 300,000 maps are unique manuscripts. The collection includes maps of the Netherlands, of the former colonies of the Netherlands including New Netherland, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, South Africa, and trade relations. The Map Collection section of the website provides access to the growing collection of digitized maps. Descriptions are in Dutch, and can only be searched using Dutch keywords. Most works are in the public domain and may be downloaded for free.
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URL : http://www.nemzetiatlasz.hu/en/index.html
TITLE : National Atlas of Hungary
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/index.html
TITLE : North American Slave Narratives
DESCRIPTION : From Documenting the American South.
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URL : http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/
TITLE : On-Line Journal of Genetics and Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : The On-line Journal of Genetics and Genealogy will highlight the connections between the science of Y and X chromosome, mitochondrial, and
autosomal DNA analysis and genealogy. Reference will be made to scientific and genealogy articles which complement each other and advance the study of recent family history and ancient human migrations.
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URL : https://www.openarch.nl/?lang=en
TITLE : Open Archives
DESCRIPTION : Search engine for genealogical records from the Netherlands (BMD, church, population registers, etc) as published by different archives. More than 155 million individual entries from several Dutch archives.
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URL : http://www.ancestry24.de
TITLE : Our Family History - ancestry24 - Genealogie Schweiker und Eberle
DESCRIPTION : ancestry24.de. Dies ist eine private und kostenfreie Webseite zur Familienforschung und auf unserem Familien-Blog. Auf dem Blog verffentlichen wir mehr oder weniger regelmig Beitrge zu unsereren Erfahrungen aus der Familien-Forschung, z.B. Ergebnisse unserer Suchen oder auch kleine Familiengeschichten und Ereignisse im Leben unserer Vorfahren. Die meisten der Blogbeitrge sind in Deutsch, nur einige Beitrge wurden und werden auch in Englisch angeboten. SCHWEIKER, PIEL, HARDER, TRKS, GAISER, PETERS, SOLZBACHER, SCHOLTIS, RICHTER, REICHL, SOPPER, RUDERT, BRNLER, HOFHANS, BENKE, WALTHER, EBERLE, FRICKER, ESCHEBERG, KURZE, GRZESCHIK, SWIENTEK, MALECHA, PLURA.
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URL : http://genpamiller.x10.mx/genealogy/...ords/index.htm
TITLE : P.A. Miller - Slave Records from my research
DESCRIPTION : Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland.
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URL : http://www.parliament.uk/slavetrade/
TITLE : Parliament & the British Slave Trade 1600-1833
DESCRIPTION : History of the British Slave Trade and its abolition by the British Parliament. Includes transcripts of two petitions raised by the people of Manchester, Lancashire, in connection with the bill for abolition.
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URL : http://www.xphomestation.com/
TITLE : Pony Express Home Station
DESCRIPTION : Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861. Its primary mission was to deliver mail and news between St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Francisco, California.
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URL : http://www.saginawlibrary.org/
TITLE : Public Libraries of Saginaw
DESCRIPTION : Michigan.
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URL : http://www.saginawlibrary.org/genealogy/
TITLE : Local History & Genealogy
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.restoretheancestors.com
TITLE : Restore the Ancestors Project
DESCRIPTION : This project is a collaboration between Fold3 (Formerly Footnote.com), the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, FamilySearch and Lowcountry Africana, to digitize every surviving estate inventory for Colonial and Charleston South Carolina from 1732 to 1872, as well as selected Bills of Sale for the same period, in a FREE collection.
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URL : http://robertjliguori.blogspot.com/s...abel/genealogy
TITLE : Robert James Liguori's Blog
DESCRIPTION : Genealogy topics explored including autosomal DNA and GEDCOM analysis.
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URL : http://www.spiny.com/runaway
TITLE : Runaway Slave Blog
DESCRIPTION : This ongoing project is a collection of African American slave names that were printed in west Tennessee newspapers before 1865. These men, women and children were advertised as runaway slaves or listed as property for sale.
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URL : http://jspl.com.au/
TITLE : Scandinavian Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : Professional research service for Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Find out how to trace Scandinavian ancestors, and try a DNA test that may show thousands of relations.
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URL : http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~il...ase_intro2.htm
TITLE : Slave Archival Collection Database
DESCRIPTION : A slave database with information collected from living descendants across the country. Descendants can contribute to the website online by submitting their enslaved ancestor's name, date and place of birth and death and any other information.
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URL : http://libguides.cfcc.edu/deeds
TITLE : Slave Deeds Database Files - New Hanover County Slave Deeds - LibGuides at Cape Fear Community College
DESCRIPTION : Results of a Cape Fear Community College project to document pre-Civil War slave records in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
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URL : http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~valoudou/slaves.htm
TITLE : Slave Information from Various Loudoun Co., VA Documents, 13 Dec 1809 to 30 June 1861
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.spiny.com/naomi/people/slaves
TITLE : Slave Names in Wills : Fayette County, Tennessee
DESCRIPTION : Indexed transcription of all slave names listed in wills probated in Fayette County, Tennessee, USA, from 1836 through 1854. Includes index of slaveowner names.
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URL : http://www.slavegenealogy.com
TITLE : Slavegenealogy.com - Rebuilding African American History
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac
TITLE : Slaveholders and African Americans 1860-1870
DESCRIPTION : LARGE SLAVEHOLDERS OF 1860 and AFRICAN AMERICAN SURNAME MATCHES FROM 1870. There are currently 8,395 surname/County combinations and 11,020 individual slaveholder names on the large slaveholder lists, representing a total of 792,219 slaves in 158 Counties (Parishes in Louisiana) in 10 States. This total represents 49.8% (approximately one half) of the slaves that were held in these Counties, and 20.05% (1 out of every 5) slaves held in the United States in 1860. The Counties and Parishes included here had 40.27% (2 out of 5) of the slaves held in the United States in 1860, and almost one half of those were held by the slaveholders listed at this site.
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URL : http://insurance2.illinois.gov/Consu...yReporting.asp
TITLE : Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry - Illinois Division of Insurance
DESCRIPTION : Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry by name and owner from 6 of 1700 insurers in the state of Illinois - policies issued to slaveholders for death or damage of their slaves that it wrote either directly or through a predecessor corporation during the slavery era; by name and owner.
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consu...-prog/10-seir/
TITLE : Slavery Era Insurance Registry
DESCRIPTION : Links to the California Department of Insurancs report on the insurance of slaves by insurers still doing business in California, including the database of slave and slaveholder names and identifying information from around the United States.
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consu...lave-names.cfm
TITLE : Slave Names
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/SEIR/Sla...laveholder.PDF
TITLE : Slaveholder Names
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consu...era-report.cfm
TITLE : Slavery Era Report
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Australia
TITLE : Slavery in Australia - Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Canada
TITLE : Slavery in Canada - Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/a...lonial-georgia
TITLE : Slavery in Colonial Georgia | New Georgia Encyclopedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.slavenorth.com/index.html
TITLE : Slavery in the North
DESCRIPTION : History of African-American slavery in the northern colonies & states.
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URL : http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories...l#.VjnXfvmrRsc
TITLE : South Carolina's Slave Heritage Uncovered in Nova Scotia
DESCRIPTION : From the Augusta Chronicle.
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URL : http://www.slavelawsuits.com/
TITLE : Suing For Freedom In Kentucky
DESCRIPTION : Website for two books about lawsuits for freedom filed by Kentucky slaves, with full name indices allowing family searches.
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URL : http://www.texasslaveryproject.org
TITLE : Texas Slavery Project
DESCRIPTION : Database of slave and slaveholder populations in Texas during the Republic era (1837-45).
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URL : http://thednageek.com/blog/
TITLE : The DNA Geek - Mixing science and genealogy
DESCRIPTION : Blog from Leah Larkin, editor of the Journal of Genetic Genealogy.
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URL : http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com
TITLE : The Genetic Genealogist - Adding DNA to the Genealogiss Toolbox
DESCRIPTION : Blog from Blaine Bettinger, a genealogist who has a Ph.D. in biochemistry with a concentration in genetics.
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URL : http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos
TITLE : The Geography of Slavery in Virginia
DESCRIPTION : Digital collection of advertisements for runaway slaves, captured slaves & servants in 18th- & 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Over 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured servants from newspapers in Virginia & Maryland from 1736-1803. Keyword searchable database.
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URL : http://www.historyguy.com/slave_rebellions_usa.htm
TITLE : The History Guy: Slave Rebellions and Uprisings in the U.S.
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/category/dna/
TITLE : The Legal Genealogist - DNA Topics
DESCRIPTION : A genealogist with a law degree, The Legal Genealogist Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealogy and the law.
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URL : https://archive.org/details/monumentalinscri00olivrich
TITLE : The monumental inscriptions in the churches and churchyards of the island of Barbados, British West Indies (InternetArchive)
DESCRIPTION : Ebook by Oliver, Vere Langford, published 1915.
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb..../biggest16.htm
TITLE : The Sixteen Largest American Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules
DESCRIPTION : The sixteen largest county slaveholders in the 1860 US Census, holding at least 500 slaves in any one county.
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URL : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS.../cyndislist-20
TITLE : The Underground Rail Road: A Record Of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating The Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, And Death Struggles Of The Slaves In Their Efforts for Freedom
DESCRIPTION : A book by William Still.
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URL : http://www.usgwarchives.net./or/mult...mahhistory.htm
TITLE : The USGenWeb Archives Project Multnomah County, Oregon: History
DESCRIPTION : Includes yearbook indexes and class lists for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
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URL : http://www.wessyngton.com/
TITLE : The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
DESCRIPTION : The Wessyngton Plantation was established in 1796 by Joseph Washington 1770-1848, a cousin of President Washington. By 1860 Wessyngton encompassed more than 15,000 acres and held 274 slaves there. Names associated with the plantation include: WASHINGTON, CHEATHAM, BLOW, GREEN, WHITE, WILLIAMS, TERRY, LEWIS, SCOTT, and GARDNER. I have traced all the families from this plantation (descendants of the plantation owners and the enslaved population). A detailed history of the plantation can also be found in my book The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom.
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URL : http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery
TITLE : Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library
DESCRIPTION : Broadside Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University.
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URL : http://genealogy.about.com/od/resear...y-Vacation.htm
TITLE : Tips for Planning a Genealogy Vacation
DESCRIPTION : By Kimberly Powell for About.com
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URL : http://www.slavevoyages.org/
TITLE : Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database - Voyages
DESCRIPTION : A database that encompasses British, Dutch, French, Portuguese and Liverpool datasets into one data set. A corroborative effort by several well known universities funded with grants from many well known sources. This project has been ongoing since 1999. Outstanding contributors include Emory University, University of Hull, York University, University Federal Rio de Janerio. Records are collected from the archives of 18th century newspapers as well as collections in Rio de Janerio, Luanda, Bahia, Lisbon, Havana, Madrid, Sevilla, Amsterdam, Middelburg, Copenhagen and London.
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URL : http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/
TITLE : Your Genetic Genealogist
DESCRIPTION : Discover the fascinating world of genetic genealogy (DNA testing for genealogy). This blog strives to make the subject accessible and understandable for the non-scientist. Written by Cece Moore, a professional genetic genealogist and experienced personal genomics consumer.
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URL : http://www.zoekakten.nl
TITLE : ZoekAkten
DESCRIPTION : Easy waypoints organized by province / municipality to scans of records from the Netherlands and Belgium, mainly at Familysearch.
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....estonalpha.htm
TITLE : 1860 Charleston SC Slaveholders Listed Alphabetically
DESCRIPTION : Alphabetical listing of all slaveholders on the 1860 Charleston, SC slave census, with the number of slaves held.
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....slave100up.htm
TITLE : 1860 slaves age 100 and up
DESCRIPTION : For the 1860 slave schedules, census enumerators were instructed to provide the names of all slaves age 100 years or more. The Decennial Digest reports there were 1,570 slaves age 100 and up on the 1860 slave schedules. Using the 1860 slave census index at Ancestry online [subscription required],1,555 such slaves have been found, and they are included in the table.
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URL : https://web.archive.org/web/20150719...ty/appling.htm
TITLE : 1895 U.S. Atlas - Appling County, Georgia
DESCRIPTION : [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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URL : http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...laveryMap.html
TITLE : A Map of American Slavery - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://adoptiondna.blogspot.com/
TITLE : Adoption and DNA
DESCRIPTION : Helping adoptees and others affected by adoption rediscover their heritage through DNA testing. A blog by CeCe Moore.
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URL : http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata
TITLE : AfriGeneas - Slave Data Collection
DESCRIPTION : Enslaved ancestors in public and private records. Clues and keys to the last slaveholder.
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URL : http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave
TITLE : Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820
DESCRIPTION : Online searchable database of over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821 from Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
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URL : http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
TITLE : American Slave Narratives
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.amistadcommitteeinc.org/story-of-the-amistad
TITLE : Amistad Committee, Inc. - Freedom Schooner Amistad
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688....ancestry.com/
TITLE : Ancestry.com
DESCRIPTION : Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1562
TITLE : New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860
DESCRIPTION : Original source: Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1801860. NARA microfilm publication M1895, 30 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1105
TITLE : U.S., Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1865-1878
DESCRIPTION : Original source: Records of the field offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1902, 21 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1903, 90 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Fields Offices for the State of North Carolina, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1909, 78 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1944
TITLE : U.S., Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936-1938
DESCRIPTION : Original source: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, 1931938. Vol. 1-17. Federal Writer Project of the Works Progress Administration microfilm publication SCM 000 320, SCM 000 321, SCM 000 322, SCM 000 323, SCM 000 325, 5 rolls. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...aspx?dbid=1714
TITLE : U.S., Southeast Coastwise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860
DESCRIPTION : Original source: Savannah, Georgia: Coastwise Slave Manifests, 1801-1860. ARC ID: 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.
Mobile Coastwise Outward, 1820-1860. ARC ID: 2554808, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Mobile Coastwise Inward, 1821-1860. ARC ID: 2554808, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Savannah Coastwise Outward Slave Manifests: 1790-1859. ARC ID: 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Charleston Coastwise Inward/Outward, 1820-1855. ARC ID: 2767346, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Beaufort Coastwise Inward, 1826-1830. ARC ID: 2767350, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.
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URL : http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1029688...ns_of_Virginia
TITLE : Ancestry.com Wiki - African Americans of Virginia
DESCRIPTION : This entry was originally written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/birth-records/
TITLE : Anderson and Madison County Birth Records
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/anderson-da...dex-1907-1997/
TITLE : Anderson Daily Bulletin and Herald Bulletin Obituary Index, 1907-1997
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/anderson-he...dex-1998-2015/
TITLE : Anderson Herald-Bulletin Obituary Index, 1998-2015
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us
TITLE : Anderson Public Library
DESCRIPTION : Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/research-genealogy/
TITLE : Research & Genealogy
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/anderson-da...dex-1907-1997/
TITLE : Anderson Daily Bulletin and Herald Bulletin Obituary Index, 1907-1997
DESCRIPTION : Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.dollsgen.com/wills.htm
TITLE : Appraisements and Inventory of Slaves in Wills - Macon County, Alabama
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://newdeal.feri.org/asn
TITLE : Been Here So Long
DESCRIPTION : Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives.
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URL : http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
TITLE : Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
DESCRIPTION : More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves from the Library of Congress.
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URL : http://www.byu.edu/index.html
TITLE : Brigham Young University
DESCRIPTION : Provo, Utah.
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URL : https://history.byu.edu/Pages/Progra...y/default.aspx
TITLE : BA Family History Program
DESCRIPTION : The core of BYU's family history offerings (a 4-year liberal arts degree).
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URL : https://cfhg.byu.edu/Pages/Home.aspx
TITLE : Center for Family History and Genealogy
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://fhtw.byu.edu/
TITLE : Family History Technology Workshop
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://familyhistoryconferences.byu.edu/
TITLE : BYU Continuing Education - Conference on Family History
DESCRIPTION : Held each summer at the BYU Conference Center, Provo Utah.
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URL : http://familyhistory.byu.edu/
TITLE : BYU's Family History Portal
DESCRIPTION : Explore BYU's many resources for family history. From a 4-year bachelor's degree to library resources, from innovative computer applications to the ability to publish your family history, BYU offers a variety of services for students, researchers, and the public.
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URL : http://californiageographicalsurvey.com/
TITLE : California Geographical Survey
DESCRIPTION : A resource of the Department of Geography at California State University, Northridge. It is the California Geographical Survey's intention to provide a variety of important geographic resources to the entire Internet community.
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URL : http://www.cruwys.blogspot.co.uk/
TITLE : Cruwys news
DESCRIPTION : The day-to-day activities of the Cruwys/Cruse one-name study with occasional diversions into other topics of interest such as DNA testing and personal genomics.
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URL : http://library.uncg.edu/slavery
TITLE : Digital Library on American Slavery
DESCRIPTION : This resource provides an easy means to search through thousands of county court and legislative petitions (1775-1867) from fifteen states and the District of Columbia that relate to race and slavery. The Digital Library provides detailed information on more than 150,000 individuals who are party to the petitions, including 80,000 individual slaves and 10,000 free people of color. Hosted by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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URL : http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com
TITLE : DNA - Genealem's Genetic Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : General information on DNA sources and links; a list of presentations where Emily Aulicino will be speaking on Genetic Genealogy.
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URL : http://dna-explained.com/
TITLE : DNAeXplained Genetic Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : A blog by Roberta Estes.
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URL : http://ccharity.com/dcslaves/
TITLE : Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-1863
DESCRIPTION : Database from Christine's Genealogy Website.
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URL : http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/...ember_2015.pdf
TITLE : Fairfax Court Slavery Index
DESCRIPTION : From the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, a description of the index they created that lists the names of slaves found in Will Books and Deed Books in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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URL : http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories...t_271372.shtml
TITLE : Families Discover Roots
DESCRIPTION : From the Augusta Chronicle. Meticulous records kept by slave owner allows descendants to chronicle their history in South Carolina.
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URL : http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov1998/familyname
TITLE : Family Name
DESCRIPTION : Companion site to the PBS documentary film. As a young child growing up in North Carolina, Macky Alston thought that it was unusual that many of his African American elementary school classmates shared his last name.
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URL : https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/S...amily-Tree-111
TITLE : Family Tree & Genealogy Tools for Barry Sweetman
DESCRIPTION : BIRD, BLASDELL, CLARK, COOK, COWEL/COWELL, DANCEY, GRAHAM, HORTON (NORTON?), MERRILLS, MORTON, PETERS, RITCHIE, SMITH, SWEETMAN.
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URL : http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1029688...rican-american
TITLE : Fold3 - African American Records
DESCRIPTION : Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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URL : http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1029688...court_records/
TITLE : Amistad - Federal Court Records
DESCRIPTION : Original source: NARA M1753. The district and circuit court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner Amistad, seized in 1839 by the US Navy.
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URL : http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1029688...court_records/
TITLE : Amistad - Supreme Court Records
DESCRIPTION : Original source: NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the Amistad, a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839, and popularized in a 1997 movie.
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URL : http://freedomonthemove.org/
TITLE : Freedom on the Move
DESCRIPTION : A database of fugitives from North American slavery, a project by Cornell University.
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URL : http://gcbias.org/
TITLE : gcbias | The Coop lab
DESCRIPTION : The blog of Graham Coop, Population and Evolutionary Genetics, University of California, Davis.
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/11/11/how-doe...ack-over-time/
TITLE : How many genetic ancestors do I have?
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/12/02/how-man...with-a-cousin/
TITLE : How many genomic blocks do you share with a cousin?
DESCRIPTION : Terrific explanations and graphics explaining portions of DNA genetic blocks and how they are passed down.
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/11/04/how-muc...ular-ancestor/
TITLE : How much of your genome do you inherit from a particular ancestor?
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://gcbias.org/2013/10/20/how-muc...r-grandparent/
TITLE : How much of your genome do you inherit from a particular grandparent?
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : https://genealogyensemble.com/
TITLE : Genealogy Ensemble
DESCRIPTION : Genealogy Ensemble is a collection of family histories by a group of friends in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The site also offers tips about writing and researching stories about ancestors from Canada, the British Isles, France, Scandinavia, the United States, Italy, and many other countries.
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URL : https://gengenaus.com/
TITLE : Genetic Genealogy Australia
DESCRIPTION : Blog about using DNA for family history research, with special emphasis on Australian success stories and events.
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URL : https://sites.google.com/site/gensflandria/
TITLE : GensFlandria
DESCRIPTION : Genealogical resources in Flanders.
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URL : http://www.csun.edu/geography-map-library
TITLE : Geography Map Library | California State University, Northridge
DESCRIPTION : The Geography Department Map Library contains a research-level collection of historical, thematic, and government document maps in support of CSUN students, staff, and faculty. The map collection is international in scope and covers the world's major regions with particular emphasis on maps of southern California, Los Angeles, and the San Fernando Valley. Patrons can find historical road and tourist maps, topographic maps of the United States, WWII maps from the Army Map Service, U.S. Forest Service maps, geologic and bathymetric maps, and maps from the Bureau of Land Management. The Map Library also contains one of the premier collections of Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlases in the country, including more than 4,000 detailed survey maps from locations throughout the western United States.
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URL : https://sorbellogenealogistweb.wordpress.com/
TITLE : Giuseppe Sorbello Genealogist
DESCRIPTION : I live in Sicily since I was born. This location granted me the possibility to get acquainted with the Land. I'm specialized in finding Italian ancestors and relatives through Sicily. I also researched for the US TV series "Who Do You Think You Are?" Furthermore, I am specialized in genetic genealogy which is fundamental to track unrecorded origins.
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URL : http://www.haplogroup.org/
TITLE : Haplogroup | Finding your ancestry through your genes
DESCRIPTION : A blog by Rebekah Canada.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/highland-high-school-students/
TITLE : Highland High School Student Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.myslaveancestors.com
TITLE : How Do I Trace My Slave Ancestors?
DESCRIPTION : How to information from Lineages, Inc.
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URL : https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/d...s/servant.html
TITLE : Illinois Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records 1722-1863
DESCRIPTION : This database includes more than 2000 transactions found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally,Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722-1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790-1863).
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URL : http://nutrias.org/~nopl/inv/vcp/emancip.htm
TITLE : Index to Parish Court Slave Emancipation Petitions, 1814-1843, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.c...y_level_id=727
TITLE : Johnston County Heritage Center - Searchable Records Online
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.c...ontent_id=2232
TITLE : Cohabitation & Slave Marriage Index
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.c...ontent_id=2227
TITLE : Slave Name Index
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://blog.kittycooper.com/
TITLE : Kitty Cooper's Blog
DESCRIPTION : Many articles about using DNA testing for genealogy research as well as some articles on Norwegian genealogy.
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URL : http://www.lantmateriet.se/en/Maps-a...storical-Maps/
TITLE : Land Survey - Historical Maps / Lantmteriet - Historiska kartor
DESCRIPTION : Digital archive includes more than one million historical maps and extends as far back as in 1628. The maps cover large parts of Sweden.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/lapel-bulld...dent-database/
TITLE : Lapel Bulldog Student Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/1870-2007-l...tuaries-index/
TITLE : Lapel/Pendleton Deaths and Obituaries Index, 1870-2007
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
TITLE : Legacies of British Slave-ownership
DESCRIPTION : The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership has been established at UCL with the generous support of the Hutchins Center at Harvard. The Centre will build on two earlier projects based at UCL tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain: the ESRC-funded Legacies of British Slave-ownership project (2009-2012), and the ESRC and AHRC-funded Structure and significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763-1833 (2013-2015). The site has databases for the estates and maps of slave owners.
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URL : http://californiageographicalsurvey....3/latopoh3.htm
TITLE : Los Angeles County Historic Topographic Maps
DESCRIPTION : Located at the California State University, Northridge website.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...f-world-war-i/
TITLE : Madison County Casualties of World War I
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...-world-war-ii/
TITLE : Madison County Casualties of World War II
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...rans-database/
TITLE : Madison County Civil War Veterans Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...dex-1850-1906/
TITLE : Madison County Death and Obituary Index, 1850-1906
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...na-newspapers/
TITLE : Madison County Deaths in Indiana Newspapers
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-county-marriages/
TITLE : Madison County Marriages, 1921-1951
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-cou...-world-war-ii/
TITLE : Madison County Servicemen and Women of World War II
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.and.lib.in.us/madison-hei...dent-database/
TITLE : Madison Heights High School Student Database
DESCRIPTION : From the Anderson Public Library, Madison County, Indiana.
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URL : http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blog...enyatta-berry/
TITLE : Mercy Street Revealed Blog - Kenyatta Berry
DESCRIPTION : A series of blog posts about slavery by Kenyatta Berry.
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URL : http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic...slaveinfo.html
TITLE : Missouri Slave Data
DESCRIPTION : Online searchable database and slave schedules.
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URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium
TITLE : Monarchy of Belgium - Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.gahetna.nl/en/collectie/a...artencollectie
TITLE : Nationaal Archief - Map Collection
DESCRIPTION : The National Archives of the Netherlands has the largest and most important map collection in the country. Most of the more than 300,000 maps are unique manuscripts. The collection includes maps of the Netherlands, of the former colonies of the Netherlands including New Netherland, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, South Africa, and trade relations. The Map Collection section of the website provides access to the growing collection of digitized maps. Descriptions are in Dutch, and can only be searched using Dutch keywords. Most works are in the public domain and may be downloaded for free.
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URL : http://www.nemzetiatlasz.hu/en/index.html
TITLE : National Atlas of Hungary
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/index.html
TITLE : North American Slave Narratives
DESCRIPTION : From Documenting the American South.
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URL : http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/
TITLE : On-Line Journal of Genetics and Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : The On-line Journal of Genetics and Genealogy will highlight the connections between the science of Y and X chromosome, mitochondrial, and
autosomal DNA analysis and genealogy. Reference will be made to scientific and genealogy articles which complement each other and advance the study of recent family history and ancient human migrations.
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URL : https://www.openarch.nl/?lang=en
TITLE : Open Archives
DESCRIPTION : Search engine for genealogical records from the Netherlands (BMD, church, population registers, etc) as published by different archives. More than 155 million individual entries from several Dutch archives.
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URL : http://www.ancestry24.de
TITLE : Our Family History - ancestry24 - Genealogie Schweiker und Eberle
DESCRIPTION : ancestry24.de. Dies ist eine private und kostenfreie Webseite zur Familienforschung und auf unserem Familien-Blog. Auf dem Blog verffentlichen wir mehr oder weniger regelmig Beitrge zu unsereren Erfahrungen aus der Familien-Forschung, z.B. Ergebnisse unserer Suchen oder auch kleine Familiengeschichten und Ereignisse im Leben unserer Vorfahren. Die meisten der Blogbeitrge sind in Deutsch, nur einige Beitrge wurden und werden auch in Englisch angeboten. SCHWEIKER, PIEL, HARDER, TRKS, GAISER, PETERS, SOLZBACHER, SCHOLTIS, RICHTER, REICHL, SOPPER, RUDERT, BRNLER, HOFHANS, BENKE, WALTHER, EBERLE, FRICKER, ESCHEBERG, KURZE, GRZESCHIK, SWIENTEK, MALECHA, PLURA.
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URL : http://genpamiller.x10.mx/genealogy/...ords/index.htm
TITLE : P.A. Miller - Slave Records from my research
DESCRIPTION : Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland.
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URL : http://www.parliament.uk/slavetrade/
TITLE : Parliament & the British Slave Trade 1600-1833
DESCRIPTION : History of the British Slave Trade and its abolition by the British Parliament. Includes transcripts of two petitions raised by the people of Manchester, Lancashire, in connection with the bill for abolition.
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URL : http://www.xphomestation.com/
TITLE : Pony Express Home Station
DESCRIPTION : Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861. Its primary mission was to deliver mail and news between St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Francisco, California.
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URL : http://www.saginawlibrary.org/
TITLE : Public Libraries of Saginaw
DESCRIPTION : Michigan.
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URL : http://www.saginawlibrary.org/genealogy/
TITLE : Local History & Genealogy
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.restoretheancestors.com
TITLE : Restore the Ancestors Project
DESCRIPTION : This project is a collaboration between Fold3 (Formerly Footnote.com), the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, FamilySearch and Lowcountry Africana, to digitize every surviving estate inventory for Colonial and Charleston South Carolina from 1732 to 1872, as well as selected Bills of Sale for the same period, in a FREE collection.
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URL : http://robertjliguori.blogspot.com/s...abel/genealogy
TITLE : Robert James Liguori's Blog
DESCRIPTION : Genealogy topics explored including autosomal DNA and GEDCOM analysis.
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URL : http://www.spiny.com/runaway
TITLE : Runaway Slave Blog
DESCRIPTION : This ongoing project is a collection of African American slave names that were printed in west Tennessee newspapers before 1865. These men, women and children were advertised as runaway slaves or listed as property for sale.
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URL : http://jspl.com.au/
TITLE : Scandinavian Genealogy
DESCRIPTION : Professional research service for Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Find out how to trace Scandinavian ancestors, and try a DNA test that may show thousands of relations.
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URL : http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~il...ase_intro2.htm
TITLE : Slave Archival Collection Database
DESCRIPTION : A slave database with information collected from living descendants across the country. Descendants can contribute to the website online by submitting their enslaved ancestor's name, date and place of birth and death and any other information.
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URL : http://libguides.cfcc.edu/deeds
TITLE : Slave Deeds Database Files - New Hanover County Slave Deeds - LibGuides at Cape Fear Community College
DESCRIPTION : Results of a Cape Fear Community College project to document pre-Civil War slave records in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
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URL : http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~valoudou/slaves.htm
TITLE : Slave Information from Various Loudoun Co., VA Documents, 13 Dec 1809 to 30 June 1861
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.spiny.com/naomi/people/slaves
TITLE : Slave Names in Wills : Fayette County, Tennessee
DESCRIPTION : Indexed transcription of all slave names listed in wills probated in Fayette County, Tennessee, USA, from 1836 through 1854. Includes index of slaveowner names.
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URL : http://www.slavegenealogy.com
TITLE : Slavegenealogy.com - Rebuilding African American History
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac
TITLE : Slaveholders and African Americans 1860-1870
DESCRIPTION : LARGE SLAVEHOLDERS OF 1860 and AFRICAN AMERICAN SURNAME MATCHES FROM 1870. There are currently 8,395 surname/County combinations and 11,020 individual slaveholder names on the large slaveholder lists, representing a total of 792,219 slaves in 158 Counties (Parishes in Louisiana) in 10 States. This total represents 49.8% (approximately one half) of the slaves that were held in these Counties, and 20.05% (1 out of every 5) slaves held in the United States in 1860. The Counties and Parishes included here had 40.27% (2 out of 5) of the slaves held in the United States in 1860, and almost one half of those were held by the slaveholders listed at this site.
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URL : http://insurance2.illinois.gov/Consu...yReporting.asp
TITLE : Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry - Illinois Division of Insurance
DESCRIPTION : Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry by name and owner from 6 of 1700 insurers in the state of Illinois - policies issued to slaveholders for death or damage of their slaves that it wrote either directly or through a predecessor corporation during the slavery era; by name and owner.
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consu...-prog/10-seir/
TITLE : Slavery Era Insurance Registry
DESCRIPTION : Links to the California Department of Insurancs report on the insurance of slaves by insurers still doing business in California, including the database of slave and slaveholder names and identifying information from around the United States.
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consu...lave-names.cfm
TITLE : Slave Names
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/SEIR/Sla...laveholder.PDF
TITLE : Slaveholder Names
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consu...era-report.cfm
TITLE : Slavery Era Report
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Australia
TITLE : Slavery in Australia - Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Canada
TITLE : Slavery in Canada - Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/a...lonial-georgia
TITLE : Slavery in Colonial Georgia | New Georgia Encyclopedia
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.slavenorth.com/index.html
TITLE : Slavery in the North
DESCRIPTION : History of African-American slavery in the northern colonies & states.
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URL : http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories...l#.VjnXfvmrRsc
TITLE : South Carolina's Slave Heritage Uncovered in Nova Scotia
DESCRIPTION : From the Augusta Chronicle.
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URL : http://www.slavelawsuits.com/
TITLE : Suing For Freedom In Kentucky
DESCRIPTION : Website for two books about lawsuits for freedom filed by Kentucky slaves, with full name indices allowing family searches.
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URL : http://www.texasslaveryproject.org
TITLE : Texas Slavery Project
DESCRIPTION : Database of slave and slaveholder populations in Texas during the Republic era (1837-45).
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URL : http://thednageek.com/blog/
TITLE : The DNA Geek - Mixing science and genealogy
DESCRIPTION : Blog from Leah Larkin, editor of the Journal of Genetic Genealogy.
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URL : http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com
TITLE : The Genetic Genealogist - Adding DNA to the Genealogiss Toolbox
DESCRIPTION : Blog from Blaine Bettinger, a genealogist who has a Ph.D. in biochemistry with a concentration in genetics.
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URL : http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos
TITLE : The Geography of Slavery in Virginia
DESCRIPTION : Digital collection of advertisements for runaway slaves, captured slaves & servants in 18th- & 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Over 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured servants from newspapers in Virginia & Maryland from 1736-1803. Keyword searchable database.
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URL : http://www.historyguy.com/slave_rebellions_usa.htm
TITLE : The History Guy: Slave Rebellions and Uprisings in the U.S.
DESCRIPTION :
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URL : http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/category/dna/
TITLE : The Legal Genealogist - DNA Topics
DESCRIPTION : A genealogist with a law degree, The Legal Genealogist Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealogy and the law.
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URL : https://archive.org/details/monumentalinscri00olivrich
TITLE : The monumental inscriptions in the churches and churchyards of the island of Barbados, British West Indies (InternetArchive)
DESCRIPTION : Ebook by Oliver, Vere Langford, published 1915.
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URL : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb..../biggest16.htm
TITLE : The Sixteen Largest American Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules
DESCRIPTION : The sixteen largest county slaveholders in the 1860 US Census, holding at least 500 slaves in any one county.
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URL : http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS.../cyndislist-20
TITLE : The Underground Rail Road: A Record Of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating The Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, And Death Struggles Of The Slaves In Their Efforts for Freedom
DESCRIPTION : A book by William Still.
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URL : http://www.usgwarchives.net./or/mult...mahhistory.htm
TITLE : The USGenWeb Archives Project Multnomah County, Oregon: History
DESCRIPTION : Includes yearbook indexes and class lists for Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
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URL : http://www.wessyngton.com/
TITLE : The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
DESCRIPTION : The Wessyngton Plantation was established in 1796 by Joseph Washington 1770-1848, a cousin of President Washington. By 1860 Wessyngton encompassed more than 15,000 acres and held 274 slaves there. Names associated with the plantation include: WASHINGTON, CHEATHAM, BLOW, GREEN, WHITE, WILLIAMS, TERRY, LEWIS, SCOTT, and GARDNER. I have traced all the families from this plantation (descendants of the plantation owners and the enslaved population). A detailed history of the plantation can also be found in my book The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom.
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URL : http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery
TITLE : Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library
DESCRIPTION : Broadside Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University.
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URL : http://genealogy.about.com/od/resear...y-Vacation.htm
TITLE : Tips for Planning a Genealogy Vacation
DESCRIPTION : By Kimberly Powell for About.com
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URL : http://www.slavevoyages.org/
TITLE : Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database - Voyages
DESCRIPTION : A database that encompasses British, Dutch, French, Portuguese and Liverpool datasets into one data set. A corroborative effort by several well known universities funded with grants from many well known sources. This project has been ongoing since 1999. Outstanding contributors include Emory University, University of Hull, York University, University Federal Rio de Janerio. Records are collected from the archives of 18th century newspapers as well as collections in Rio de Janerio, Luanda, Bahia, Lisbon, Havana, Madrid, Sevilla, Amsterdam, Middelburg, Copenhagen and London.
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URL : http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/
TITLE : Your Genetic Genealogist
DESCRIPTION : Discover the fascinating world of genetic genealogy (DNA testing for genealogy). This blog strives to make the subject accessible and understandable for the non-scientist. Written by Cece Moore, a professional genetic genealogist and experienced personal genomics consumer.
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URL : http://www.zoekakten.nl
TITLE : ZoekAkten
DESCRIPTION : Easy waypoints organized by province / municipality to scans of records from the Netherlands and Belgium, mainly at Familysearch.
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