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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:15:14 -0800
Reply-To:     Lisa Oberg <lisanne@u.washington.edu>
From:         Lisa Oberg <lisanne@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject:      Re: African-American Genealogy
Comments: To: Roots-L Genealogy List <roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu>

A while back there was some discussion about the special circumstances to
be considered when researching African American genealogies.  I was
playing around on the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse)
database, as well as the University of Washington's online catalog and
came up with the following bibliography which may be interesting to those
with African American ancestors.

Lisa Oberg
lisanne@u.washington.edu

JOURNAL ARTICLES:
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AU   Carothers, Diane Foxhill;  And Others
TI   Genealogy and Libraries.
YR   1983
LG   English
PT   Journal article; Position paper; Project description
SO   Library Trends; v32 n1 p1-159 Sum 1983
AB   Ten articles describe genealogical collections of the National Archives
     and Library of Congress, state archives programs, academic research
     libraries, Allen County Public Library (Indiana), Newberry Library,
     Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints genealogical library, and New
     England Historic Genealogical Society, and approaches to Black family
     history.  References are included.  (EJS)
MJ   Archives.  Hobbies.  Library-Collections.  Reference-Materials.
     Reference-Services.
MN   Academic-Libraries.  Family-Characteristics.  Higher-Education.  History.
     Library-Services.  National-Libraries.  Public-Libraries.
     Research-Needs.  Special-Libraries.  State-Programs
ID   Family-History.  Genealogy

AU   Lawson, Sandra M., Comp.
TI   Generations Past: A Selected List of Sources for Afro-American
     Genealogical Research.
IN   Library of Congress, Washington, DC. General Reading Rooms Div.
YR   1988
LG   English
PT   Bibliography
NT   108p.
RN   ISBN-0-8444-0604-X
AB   Genealogy is the study of the descent of a family from an ancestor or
     ancestors.  This selected list of books in the collections of the Library
     of Congress was compiled primarily for researchers of Afro-American
     lineages.  The bibliography includes guidebooks, bibliographies,
     genealogies, collective biographies, U.S.  local histories, directories,
     and other works pertaining specifically to Afro-Americans.  The sources
     are listed geographically with citations to histories of Afro-Americans
     in U.S.  cities, towns, counties, and states.  Printed family histories
     and genealogies are major sources for this research, and 56 references by
     specific family names are included.  (NL)
MJ   African-History.  Black-History.  Blacks.  Black-Studies.  Genealogy.
MN   Annotated-Bibliographies.  Higher-Education.  Secondary-Education
ID   Afro-American-Genealogy

AN   ED248151
CH   SO015103
AU   Young, Tommie Morton, Ed.
TI   Grassroots Genealogy: Exploring, Documenting and Preserving Black Family
     History. A Pilot Workshop. (Greensboro, North Carolina, January 28-31,
     1981 and February 9-10, 23, 1981).
YR   1981
LG   English
PT   Conference Proceedings; Historical material
NT   39p.; Workshop sponsored by the Afro-American Family History Project and
     assisted by the North Carolina Humanities (NEH) Committee.
AB   A workshop model focuses on using lesser-known resources to document
     black family history and lineage.  Although designed for use in North
     Carolina, this model can be adapted for use in any state or community.
     Following an introduction which summarizes the workshop format is an
     overview which outlines the goals, objectives, and focus of the workshop.
     Then an essay on the traditions of the Western family traces the history
     of family organization in Western civilization and places the black
     family in the context of this historical development.  A second essay,
     "Adaptions and Accommodations," discusses kinship and black family
     structure under slavery and after emancipation.  "A Recipe for a Hip
     Black Life" provides a vehicle for encouraging black pride.  "Ten Steps
     for Rooting Out the Past" presents guidelines for conducting family
     history research.  A worksheet allows participants to chart their own
     personal history.  Several charts illustrate a family tree, kinship
     diagraming, and North Carolina counties with genealogical sources on
     blacks.  The model concludes with a two-page bibliography.  (LP)
MJ   Black-Family.  Black-History.
MN   Adult-Education.  Higher-Education.  Humanities-Instruction.  Models.
     Workshops
ID   Family-History.  Genealogy


BOOKS:
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AU   Blockson, Charles L. Fry, Ron.
MT   Black genealogy / Charles L. Blockson with Ron Fry.
PI   Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1977.
PD   232 p. : facsims. ; 22 cm.
NT   Includes index.  Bibliography: p. 220-228.
DE   Afro-Americans -- Genealogy -- Handbooks-manuals-etc

There is a new edition of this book.  It is considered to be the best in
this field.

AU   Rose, James, 1941-.  Eichholz, Alice, 1942-
MT   Black genesis / James Rose, Alice Eichholz.
PI   Detroit : Gale Research Co., c1978.
SE   Gale genealogy and local history series ; v. 1
PD   xiv, 326 p. ; 26 cm.
NT   Includes indexes.
DE   Afro-Americans -- Genealogy -- Handbooks-manuals-etc.  United-States --
     Genealogy -- Handbooks-manuals-etc
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU