 | African and African American genealogy, cultural traditions, and
philosophy; |
| Resources and Methods of research in Africa; |
| African Writings; |
| Colonial Rule of Africa (17th & 18th Century) and African
Resistance; |
| African Kingdoms; |
| Documentation of African Oral Traditions; |
| Documentation of African American families; |
| Ancestry charts, Family group record sheets, personal family
papers; |
| Miscellaneous topics of interest to the African ancestored
researcher. |
| Census Transcriptions (federal, state, county and city); |
| Church Histories and Membership Records (baptism, burials,
marriages, and dismissals) |
| City Directory Data; |
| Court Records (guardianship, intestate estates, wills,
inventories, probate, sales, etc.); |
| Deeds or Bills of Sale of Slaves; |
| Freedmen’s Cohabitation and Marriage Certificates, Bonds, and
Licenses; |
| Manumission and Freedom Certificates; |
| Missionary and Benevolent Society Records; |
| Impressment and Indenture Records; |
| Military and Pension Records; |
| Newspaper Transcriptions; |
| Plantation Family Papers Relating to Slaves; |
| Tax Lists Naming Free Blacks or Slaves; |
| Voter Registration Lists. |
