African-American Genealogy

This list represents a core of materials--in book form and on microfilm--available in the collections of the Pennsylvania Department and useful to researchers working on African-American Genealogy:

Handbooks, Manuals, Etc.

• African-American Genealogy
  Tommie M. Young. (r E 185.96 .Y66 1980)
• Black Genealogy
  Charles Blockson. (r CS 21 .B55)
• Black Genesis
  James Rose. (r CS 21 .R57)
• Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives
  Debra L. Newman. (r Z 1361 .N39 N576 1984)
• Ethnic Genealogy
  Jessie Carney Smith, ed. (r CS 49 .E83 1983)
• Generations Past
  Sandra M. Lawson. (r Z 1361 .N39 L34 1988)
• Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide With Case Studies
  David H. Streets. (rq E 185.96 .S817 1986)

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Locality Guides

• Connecticut Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists
  Kip Sperry. (rq Z 1265 .S67)
• Genealogical Research in Ohio
  Kip Sperry.
  (By the same author: a book on Rhode Island genealogy sources--Everton Publishers; and a general New England guidebook--Heritage Books)
• Georgia Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer. (r F 285 .S38 1987)
• Massachusetts Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer. (r F 63 .S39 1990)
• Michigan Genealogy Sources & Resources
  Carol McGinnis. (r Z 1297 .M34 1987)
• New York Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer. (r F 118 .S33 1988)
• North Carolina Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer. (r Z 1319 .S39 1991x)
• Ohio Guide to Genealogical Resources
  Carol Willsey Bell (r Z 1323 .B453 1988)
• Pennsylvania Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer (r F 148 .S32 1986)
• South Carolina Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer. (r Z 1333 .S38 1985)
• Tennessee Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer. (r F 435 .S37 1983)
• Virginia Genealogical Research
  George K. Schweitzer. (r Z 1345 .S38 1982)
• West Virginia Genealogy Sources & Resources
  Carol McGinnis. (r Z 1349 .M36 1988)

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Additional Sources

• 1850 Slave Schedule Census Indexes:
  

  Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Maryland

  Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Texas Virginia

  
  
• 1860 Slave Schedule Census Indexes:
  Georgia
  Maryland
• Adams County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1800-1820 (Film #P-72)
• Bedford County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1780-1834 (Film #P-96)
• Bucks County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1783-1830 (Film #P-76)
• Centre County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1803-1820 (Film #P-91)
• Cumberland County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1780-1814 (Film #P-74)
• Cumberland County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1780-1823 (Film #P-77)
• Fayette County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1788-1826 (Film #P-75)
• Lancaster City
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1820-1849 (Film #P-88)
• Lancaster County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1780-1834 (Film #P-89)
• Register of Black, Mulatto and Poor Persons in Four Ohio Counties 1791-1861
  Joan Turpin (rq E 185.93 .O2 T87 1985x)
• Washington County
  Register of Negro & Mulatto Slaves, 1782-1851 (Film #P73)