The 183 English-language books
in the following guide were cataloged during the period 1973-
1997, and cover topics ranging from abolitionists, American
Loyalists, and revolutionaries to masters and slaves, freedmen,
Civil War soldiers, and Cherokee Indians. In addition to listing
published genealogies, there are handbooks on planning family
reunions, abstracts of newspaper notices, and even some abstracts
of funeral programs. To date, the individual states under
which these books have been cataloged are Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Illustrations are
included in 130 of the publications, and many of them also
cite bibliographical references. All entries are arranged
under subject headings with pertinent cross-references, thus
obviating the need for a subject index.
In 1988 the Library of Congress published Sandra M. Lawson's
Generations Past: A Selected List of Sources for Afro-American
Genealogical Research. This filled the need for a bibliography
of published sources that was sufficiently broad to encompass
African-American family histories, genealogical handbooks,
genealogical organizations, newspaper collections, biographical
indexes, and catalogs. Essentially, this publication is a
continuation of Generations Past. Researchers,
therefore, will benefit by consulting both of these publications.
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Subjects
Adams family to Artis family
Bailey family to Butler family
Campbell family to Curtis family
Davis family to Funerals--Programs
Garrett family to Great Britain
Hackney family to Judkins family
Kansas slaves to Lynch family
Mamie family to Oklahoma slaves
Palmer family to Ryan family
Sain family to Sykes family
Taylor family to Turner family
Varick family to Wrench family
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