Black History Genealogical Research Pathfinder

THOMAS BALCH LIBRARY

AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
PATHFINDER

V REF 929.375516 KOG	The 1850 Slave Inhabitants Schedule of Accomac County, VA by Celestine G. Koger
V REF 929.3752871 FUL	African American Manumissions of Washington County, MD by Marsha Lynne Fuller
V REF 974.832 MOS	African-Americans in the Wyoming Valley, 1778-1990 by Emerson I. Moss
V REF 392 ed. RAD	African Systems of Kinship and Marriage by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown & others
V REF 016.975 PLU	Afro-American Sources in VA -A Guide to Manuscripts by Michael Plunkett
V REF 929.375 ALE	Alexandria County, Virginia Free Negro Registers 1797-1861 abstracted by Dorothy S. Provine
V REF 975 BEF	Before Freedom Came, African-American Life in the Antebellum South, ed. by Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr. & others
V REF 355 BLA	Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation by the Dept. of Defense
V REF 929.1 BLO	Black Genealogy, by Charles L. Blockson (plus 1 circulating copy)
	Black Genealogy: Basic Steps to Research by Bill R. Linder (in Vertical File under this subject)
V REF 929.1 ROS	Black Genesis, by James Rose & others Excellent guide to resources. Index to all slaves over 100 years old in 1860.
V REF 016.973 NEW	Black History -a Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives, by Debra L. Newman
V REF 929.3 WAL	Black Indian Genealogy Research (African American Ancestors Among the 5 Civilized Tribes), by Angela Y.Walton-Raji
V REF 348.755 GUI	Black Laws of Virginia, by June Purcell Guild Summary of Legislative Acts of VA Concerning Negroes
V REF 975.79 JOH	Black Masters, A Free Family of Color in the Old South by Michael P. Johnson & others (plus 1 circulating copy)
V REF 978.02 SCH	Black Valor, by Frank N. Schubert Buffalo Soldiers & the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898
V REF 380.144 BEA	The British Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 1650-1775 by Richard N. Bean
V REF 975.5481 CRO	Charlottesville: the African-American Community by Agnes Cross-White
	Courage, My Soul: Historic African-American Churches & Mutual Aid Societies -exhibition booklet of the Loudoun Museum (in Church Files)
V REF 929.3753 PRO	District of Columbia Free Negro Registers 1821-1861 by Dorothy S. Provine (in 2 vol.)
V REF 305.567 DON	Don't Carry Me Back! Narratives by former Virginia slaves by Maurice Duke
V REF 975.528 LOU	"Economics of Slavery & the Coming of the Civil War", Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun Co., VA 1957-1976 (in Loudoun Section)
V REF 929.3755275 IBR	Fauquier County, Virginia Register of Free Negroes 1817-1865 abstr. by Karen King Ibrahim & others
V REF 929.3752 HYN	Free African Americans of Maryland 1832 by Jerry M. Hynson
V REF 929.1072 HEI	Free African Americans of North Carolina & VA by Paul Heinegg
V REF 975.5 SWE	Free Negroes in Virginia (Alexandria, Fairfax, & Loudoun County 1770-1860), by Donal M. Sweig
V REF 016.9755 VIR	Guide to African-American Manuscripts in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society, compiled by F. Holly Hodges
V REF 016.929 UNI	Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives (in Resources Section)
V REF 929.1 EVE	The Handy Book for Genealogists. Lists all U.S. states, county by county & tells the parent county of each. Lists books about different states. Has state maps showing counties. (in Resources Section)
V REF 929.3755 SOU	Index to Free Black Families of Waterford, VA 1810-1910 by Bronwen Souders
V REF 975.2 DIG	It All Started on Winters Lane -A History of the Black Community in Catonsville, MD by Louis S. Diggs
V REF 975.528 STE	Life in Black and White, by Brenda E. Stevenson (plus 1 circ. Copy)
V REF 929.1072 PET	Local Sources for African-American Family Historians, by Joan W. Peters
V REF 929.375528 LUC	Loudoun County Apprentice Indentures of Negro Children 1788-1870, comp. by Townsend Lucas
V REF 301.451 LUC	Loudoun County Virginia Numbered Certificates of Free Negroes, comp. by Townsend Lucas. A compilation of records found at the Loudoun County courthouse, 1778-1838 (3 notebooks )
V REF 929.2975 KEN	The Melungeons, The Resurrection of a Proud People by N. Brent Kennedy
V REF 975.5 BRE	"Myne Owne Ground", Race & Freedom on VA's Eastern Shore -1640-1676, by T. H. Breen & others
V REF 301.45 TAT	The Negro in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg by Thad W. Tate
V REF 016.301451 MIL	The Negro in America, a Bibliography comp. by Elizabeth W. Miller
V REF 975.5 NEG	The Negro in Virginia, comp. by the WPA
V REF 320.1 MOR	The Negro in Virginia Politics, 1865-1902 by Richard L. Morton
V REF 320.9 BUN	The Negro in Virginia Politics, 1902-1965 by Andrew Buni
V REF 355.0092 ON	On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier, Biographies of African Americans in the U.S. Army, 1866-1917 by Frank N. Schubert
V REF 929.3 VIR	"Registration of Free Negroes Commencing September Court 1822 No.2", and "Register of Free Blacks 1835 Book 3" (Fairfax) (plus 1 circ. copy)
V REF 326 FUR	The Road to Harpers Ferry, by J. C. Furnas
V REF 975 OAK	The Ruling Race, A History of American Slaveholders by James Oakes
V REF 975.00496 FRA	Runaway Slaves, Rebels on the Plantation, by John Hope Franklin & others
V REF 929.1 STR	Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies by David H. Streets
V REF 301.44 FED	Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the U.S. Interviews with former slaves (Ohio, VA, TN)
V REF 975.503 MCC	Slavery and Jeffersonian Virginia by Robert McColley
V REF 975.8 WOO	Slavery in Colonial Georgia 1730-1775 by Betty Wood
V REF 929.3 RED	Somerset Homecoming - Recovering a Lost Heritage by Dorothy S. Redford
V REF 921.1 SOU	The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. Has an excellent section on black records. (in Resources Section)
V REF 370.19 LEI	Standing Before the Shouting Mob by Alexander S. Leidholdt
V REF 929.3 MCE	Strangers in their Midst -The Free Black Population of Amherst County, by Sherrie S. McElRoy
V REF 973.8 STU	Studies in Southern History & Politics by William Archibald Dunning's students
V REF 973.0496 BLO	The Underground Railroad, by Charles L. Blockson, Dramatic Firsthand Accounts of Daring Escapes To Freedom.
V REF 975.5 VIR	Virginia Landmarks of Black History ed. by Calder Loth
V REF 382.44 MIN	Virginia Slave-Trade Statistics 1698-1775 by Walter Minchinton & others
V REF 929.2 MAD	We Were Always Free -The Maddens of Culpeper County, VA, by T. 0. Madden, Jr. (1 circ. copy also)
V REF 305.56 WEE	Weevils in the Wheat -Interviews with VA ex-slaves ed. by Charles L. Perdue, Jr. & others

SEE ALSO:

A section on local Black History/Genealogy in Vertical Files
Loudoun County newspapers dating from 1800
The Church Files -church histories & other information
(several black churches represented)
An obituary index from newspapers for 1858-1899
Cemetery records -a collection of records from many Loudoun
cemeteries
The Winslow Williams photo collection- Loudoun in the
1940's & 1950's -many photos of black schools, athletic
teams & individuals
The School Files -copies of photos of many one-room
schoolhouses for black children; school histories, etc.
Oral Histories covering topics such as slavery & black history in
the county
Manuscript material -several original notices about runaway
slaves in 1849
A Chronology of Events Important to the African Americans of
Loudoun County , V A by Eugene Scheel (vertical file)
U.S. Federal Census Records & Indexes -1810-1930; 1850 &
1860 Slave Schedules. Indexes in book form & CD Rom.
Censuses on Microfilm.

Selected Microfilm Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870, concerning Loudoun County:

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the District of Columbia, 1865-1869, 21 rolls.
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, 1865-1869, 67 rolls.
Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, 1865-1870, 20 rolls.
Afro-American newspaper, Capital Edition, Sept. 1933 – Dec. 1967, on microfilm
Alexandria Gazette newspaper, 1784-1842, microfilm
CDRoms: Freedmen’s Bureau Bank records
African Americans in the 1870 US Census
Transatlantic Slave Trade

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