Important Sources Family Bible

Birth Certificates

Death Certificates

Marriages Certificates

Census Records

Baptismal records

Church records

Obituaries

Tombstones

African Americans in the Census 1850 census - Arranged by state into free schedules

and slave schedules, both organized by county.

Slave schedules in 1850 and 1860

1870 census is the first census that includes names of all people counted

1880 census added relationship to head of household

Special Census Schedules Mortality records for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and for five

states in 1885

In 1890 special census prepared to record persons who served in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps during the Ware of the Rebellion

Schedule 2, the Agricultural Schedules includes free African-American farmers

Freedmen’s Records Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned

Lands, popularly referred to as the Freedmen’s Bureau

Kept important records as marriages, contracts, abandoned and confiscated lands and school reports

Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company

http://freedmensbureau.com/

NC Resources American Slave Narratives – From 1936 to 1938, over

3,200 former slave from across the American South. These are the actual interviews.

NC ECHO Online access to special collection libraries in North Carolina

Digital NC –culture and heritage of NC from across the state

Archive Grid - Access to primary source information, including birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records.

More NC Resources Sanborn Maps North Carolina – large scale plans of a

city or town. Created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a property.

Native American Genealogy The National Archives holds information about

American Indians includes Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, pictures school records and allotment records.

Index to the Applications Submitted for the Eastern Cherokee Roll of 1909 (Guion Miller Roll) includes the names of all persons applying for compensation arising from the judgment of the United States Court of Claims

Native American Genealogy The Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw,

Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole

“Dawes Rolls” also known as Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens & Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory(Oklahoma)

Lists individual who chose to enroll and were approved for membership in the Five Civilized Tribes.

Enrollment began in 1896 and ended in 1906

Censuses U.S. Indian Census Rolls 1885-1940 can be found in

Ancestry Library under featured data collections mostly western US

1900 US Census

1850-1885 Census Mortality Schedules useful for tracing genetic symptoms and diseases and verifying and documenting African American, Chinese and Native American ancestry. African Americans are often included especially if they are slaves.

North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs has resources for Indian

tribes in North Carolina

State Library of North Carolina Government and Heritage Library. Offers extensive resources onsite and online. You can get some materials through interlibrary loan, through your library.

Public libraries in North Carolina

Resources NARA National Archives Native American Heritage

http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/

Oklahoma Historical Society http://www.okhistory.org/research/genealogy

NARA National Archives Native American Heritage http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/

Oklahoma Historical Society http://www.okhistory.org/research/genealogy

African-Native American Genealogy – useful information for tracing Native American and black ancestry

Resources II Archive Grid - Access to primary source information,

including birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records.

Biography Reference Center More than 450 biographies

Ncpedia- NCpedia is an online encyclopedia. Its purpose is to highlight North Carolina's unique resources, people, and culture to enrich, educate, and inform.

Additional Resources Account books

Baby books

Citizenship papers

Employment records

Farm records

Health or medical records

Journals and diaries

Military files, medals

School records, yearbooks diplomas, report cards.etc

Photograph albums

Scrapbooks

Family Bibles

Heirlooms get history

Letters

Memorial Cardes

Oral traditions

Social Security Cards