African-American

Basic information about this microfilm set which records the recruitment of 5,000+ African Americans who enlisted in Missouri Colored Volunteers during 1863-1865. The microfilms contain records of the African American men in Missouri, most of whom were slaves, who enlisted in the United States Colored Troops between 1863 and 1865. When the volunteer was a slave, the record also includes information about his former slave owner.

http://www.slcl.org/slcl/sc/jkh/m1894.htm

The AFRO-American Almanac presents online the
African in America. A historical perspective of a nation, its
people, and its cultural evolution.
http://www.toptags.com/aama/

AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD,

a comprehensive Web site, draws from the best of National Public Radio (NPR) and Public BroadcastingSystem (PBS) to connect black Americans with their history andculture in a uniquely interactive format.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/

AFRICAN AMERICAN. The Tap Root Genealogy Newsletter

is published on the Web by the African American Genealogy Society of
Sacramento, California. The first issue contains Highlights of
the 2nd Annual West Coast Summit on African American Genealogy,
"Honoring Our Fathers," and articles "Cemetery Mysterious
Adventure" and "Stunning Slave Birth Records."
http://www.aagssc.org/taprootpg1.html

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY

A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry describes the African-American genealogy resources in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. http://www.newberry.org/nl/genealogy/AF-AMER-BIB/Contents.html

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA

is seeking information on the underground railroad: passengers/runaways, conductors/abolitionists; and depot/safe houses. AAHA, 4243 Loudoun Avenue P.O. Box 340 The Plains, VA 20198-0340; Phone (540) 253-7488; Fax (540) 253-5126; E-mail: aaha@infi.net http://www.afro-americanofva.org/

African-American Research

I am conducting research for a book on African-American world war veterans and would like to conduct interviews with those (vets and their families) willing to share their experiences. Please contact Lisa Daniels at (866)206-9066, ext. 6672 or e-mail me at: sweetiepiepress@yahoo.com Thank you for your participation.

A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry describes the African-American genealogy resources in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. http://www.newberry.org/nl/genealogy/AF-AMER-BIB/Contents.html

Denise Griggs dgriggs@aagssc.org
President, African American Genealogy Society of Sacramento, CA

http://www.aagssc.org/

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
19 October 2002. Tony Burroughs will present a free, all-day
at the East Tennessee History Center in downtown Knoxville. The topics covered will be "Researching Vital Records," "Tracing African Americans in
Cities and Towns," "Problem Solving in African American
Genealogy," and "Out of the Mouth of Slaves." For additional
information about this workshop and other ETHS activities, visit
the society's Web site at http://www.east-tennessee-history.org/

Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library
probes the life experiences of American slaves from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century. The exhibit "showcases the kinds of rare materials that under scrutiny reveal the ambitions, motivations, and struggles of people often presumed mute," according to an online description published at http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery/.

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