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Searching for Ancestor Photographs Saturday, February 4, 11:00am John F. Germany Public Library - AuditoriumWondering if photographs of your ancestors exist? The Florida Genealogical Society, in partnership with the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library, presents a program that will help answer this question. Come and discover various resources that may assist you in your search.
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Robert W. Saunders Public Library, 1501 N. Nebraska Ave. Registration is required. Join us on this Florida History & Genealogy Library walking tour as we explore the rich history of the Central Avenue area. Fred Hearns, author and owner of Tampa Bay History Tours, will be your tour guide. The tour begins at the Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library, journeying to Booker T. Washington Elementary School and then on to Scott Street. You will see existing buildings such as St. Peter Claver School, as well as sites of establishments that are no longer standing. The tour ends at Perry Harvey Sr. Park. Funded by the Friends of the John F. Germany Public Library. To register, call 813-273-3652, fill in the online form, or come in person to any branch in the Hillsborough County library system.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY/HISTORY RESOURCES
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African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England by Glenn A. KnoblockThis unique work covers the burial sites of African Americans--both enslaved and free--in each of the New England states, and uncovers how they came to their final resting places. The author's examination of burial sites and grave markers reveals clues that help document the lives of black New Englanders from the 1640s to the early 1900s.
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Cumberland County, NC, Slaves, Deaths and Relationships: From Deed Books 53 - 56 by Carolyn GibbonsIn this book you will find a collection of genealogically significant items found in 573 deeds in Cumberland County, North Carolina, Deed Books 53 through 56. The index contains almost 3,500 individual names; it includes named slaves, neighbors in land deals, relationships (such as "to my niece"), deaths, movement to other states, marriage contracts, and divisions of estates.
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Generations of Black Life in Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia by Patrice Shelton LassiterThis is the first documented pictorial history of these two rich and diverse black communities during the 19th and early 20th centuries.The author's discovery of more than 120 years of her own family history in both communities led to this rare photographic history.
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Black Genesis: A resource book for African-American genealogy by James M. RoseOriginally published in 1978, "Black Genesis" was the first book to provide researchers with access to family history information and materials for African Americans. In this expanded and updated 2003 second edition -- organized by state and, within each state, by category -- locating resources pertaining to slaves and free blacks in the United States is more clear-cut, illustrative, and instructive.
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Who's Who Among African Americans edited by Kristin B. MalleggAt 1,477 pages, this 21st edition chronicles the achievements of more than 21,000 African Americans who have changed today's world and are shaping tomorrow's. The biographical entries reflect the diversity of African American achievement by documenting the contributions of leaders in all fields of endeavor. The candidates become eligible for inclusion by virtue of positions held through election or appointment to office, notable career achievements, or outstanding community service.
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Help Me to Find My People: The African American search for family lost in slavery by Heather Andrea WilliamsThe author utilizes slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to explore the stories of separation of former slave families and their quest for reunification. She also explores the sympathy, indifference, hostility, or empathy expressed by whites about sundered black families, as well as the interior lives of the enslaved and freedpeople as they tried to come to terms with great loss.
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The African-American Atlas: Black history and culture -- an illustrated reference by Molefi Kete AsanteOne of the basic purposes of this atlas is to provide detailed maps of information and events, while presenting a history of African Americans from their African origins to the social and economic realities of the current times. It profiles key individuals such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Dred Scott, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B Du Bois, Maya Angelou, Joe Louis, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the words of former slaves by Andrew WardAcclaimed historian Andrew Ward interweaves hundreds of interviews, with excerpts from diaries, letters, and memoirs, in this narrative history of the American Civil War that captures the story of the conflict from the perspective of the African American slaves who played a role. It documents the slaves' memories of the carnage of the battlefield, their assessments of the military leaders on both sides, and their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike.
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How to Trace Your African-American Roots: Discovering your unique history by Barbara Thompson HowellIn this work the author shows you how to use the basic resources that every genealogist needs to search for ancestors, while taking into account the deprivation wrought by slavery and its impact on the African American family. Howell explains how to trace the past through public records and discusses the importance of oral history in the African American tradition. The book also contains worksheets, genealogy charts, and more than 200 questions to ask relatives.
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The Black West: A documentary and pictorial history
by William Loren Katz
Out of the past long buried and forgotten comes this chronicle of black frontiersmen, fur trappers, missionaries, homesteaders, cowboys, poets, forty-niners, highwaymen, journalists, Pony Express riders, cavalrymen, and even Black Indians. Almost 300 frontier drawings and photographs document a story that began with the Spanish conquistadors of the New World and continues into the 21st century.
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Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (813) 273-3652 www.hcplc.org
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