Index

A

ADAH. See Alabama Department of Archives and History

Africa 59

African American Genealogy Group (Philadelphia) 74

Africana, The 60

AfriGeneas.com 14, 15

Alabama

and slavery 59–65

censuses of 22, 37

counties of 77–149

dates in African American history of 30–33

newspapers of 62

records of 34–54

Alabama Center for Health Statistics 80

Alabama County Data and Resources 81

Alabama Department of Archives and History 13, 30, 35, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 46, 61, 62, 67, 68, 79, 81, 150, 155, 156, 164

Alabama Family History and Genealogy News 19

Alabama Historical Commission 69

Alabama Supreme Court on Slaves, The 63

American Home Missionary Society 46

American Missionary Association 46

American Revolution 41

Amistad Research Center 47

ancestry charts 25

Ancestry.com 15, 22, 24

archives.alabama.gov 39, 62, 79

B

Bancroft, Frederic 62

Black Genesis 11, 22, 34, 55

Black Migration: Movement North, 1900–1920 12, 56

Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut, 1650–1900 11

Brasfield, Curtis 59

Brown, Barbara W. 11

building permits 69

C

Can’t Get Away Club of Mobile 36

census, censuses 21, 22, 24, 25, 34, 35, 37, 55, 61, 67, 79. See also genealogical research

CGI scripts 15

Changing Characteristics of the Negro Population 56

Churchill, Winston 20

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center 80

church records 45–47

Civilian Conservation Corps 48

Civil War 41, 61

Code of Alabama 62

Collins, Nyoni 26

convict records 39–40

Cotterill, R. S. 59

county records (Alabama) 77–149

quick locator for 82

Cox, Dwayne 63

D

databases 14, 39

Davis, Robert 81

deed records 67

deep web. See invisible web

Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama 62

Direct Search 15

dogpile.com 14

E

Eastern Star 48

Eichholz, Alice 11, 22, 34, 55

F

family history 11, 23

Free African-Americans of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina 11

free blacks 61, 72–75

Freedman Bank 74

Freedmen’s Bureau 72–74

freepint.com 15

G

Garvey, Marcus 22

gateways 15

genealogical periodicals 51

genealogical research

formal research 21, 34–54, 66–71, 77–149

informal research 20

planning 19–24

research logbook for 21

using censuses 21

using church records 45–47

using county records 77–149

using family records 20

using military records 41–45

using oral history 25–33

using photographs 20, 68

using slavery records 59–65

using the Internet 14–15

Google 14

graphics 15

H

Heinegg, Paul 11

Henri, Florette 12, 56

hidden web. See invisible web

historical preservation 66–71

HTML 15

Huntingdon College 47

I

Internet, The 13, 13–15, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, 29, 30, 71, 76, 81, 82

invisible web 14–15

Invisible Web Directory 15

J

Jordan, Shamele 74

K

Korean Conflict 41

L

logbook. See genealogical research

M

maps 68

marriage licenses 79

Masons 47, 48

migration patterns 12, 20, 25, 55–58, 56, 57

military records 41–45

mmama.com 14

Mobile 39, 60

Montgomery City Directory 62

N

naming practices 25

National Archives 24, 39, 44, 45, 50, 53, 73, 74, 161, 164

National Trust for Preservation 69

newsouthbooks.com/aagenealogy 82

O

official records 34–54

oral history 19, 20, 21, 25, 25–33, 26, 66

guidelines for 19, 27–29

pitfalls of 26–27

P

Parsons, Lewis E. 38

PDF files 15

Persian Gulf Conflict 41

Phillips, Ulrich B. 57

phone directories 68

Plantation and Frontier Documents 57

plantations 60

plat books 67

preserveala.org 69

Price, Daniel O. 56

Price, Gary 15

Q

Quick Locator for Counties 82

R

registers of historic places 69

Reid, Robert 60

research. See genealogical research

research logbook. See genealogical research

Rogers, Tommy 55

Rose, James M. 9, 22, 34, 55

S

Samford University 46

Sanborn Map Company 68

search engines 14–15

Sellers, James 60

settlement patterns 25

slavery 55–58, 59–65

Slavery in Alabama 60

Slave-Trade in the Old South 62

Smith, Marcia K. 81

Spanish-American War 41

T

township maps 68

Tracing Your Alabama Past 81

Tuscaloosa 39

U

U.S. Census Bureau 22

V

Vietnam War 41

Virtual Library 15

voter records 39

W

Walker 39

Wallace State Junior College 80

Washington, Reginald 74

Web, WWW. See Internet, The

Works Progress Administration 68

World War 41

Y

Yahoo 14