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Native American research
A LIST OF OUR
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EVERYDAY “GO TO”
European research resources
RESEARCH RESOURCES
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THE FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR RESEARCH SUCCESS STORIES
Free People of Color resources

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Enslaved ancestors research
resources
NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH
RESOURCES
My advice is to identify and speak with tribal elders and tribal historians about their history, including tribal
genealogies, of the Native American tribe your ancestor belong to. This may not always end successfully. Some tribal
elders and historians are more willing to assist with providing information than others.

One suggestion is do as much research as you can, on your own, in order to have specific questions about specific
ancestors. I also advise to be specific about what research goal you are trying to achieve. Are you solely seeking
ancestral information? Are you seeking historical as well as genealogical tribal information? Are you planning on
applying for tribal membership? Your research goals may very well influence the outcome of your initial contact with
tribal elders and historians.

ONLINE RESOURCES

American Indian Online Genealogy Records (FamilySearch): https://tinyurl.com/NAGen101

(THE BELOW ARE ALL VIA FOLD3 VIA https://www.fold3.com)

Dawes Packets
Ratified Indian Treaties
Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
Cherokee Indian Agency (TN)
Guion Miller Roll
Eastern Cherokee Applications
Dawes Enrollment Cards

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 EUROPEAN RESEARCH RESOURCES
GENERAL RESOURCES

• Lineage books (with caution!): always • Indenture records

vett these for accuracy • Local & regional historical societies
• Parish records (birth, • Military Records, Pensions & land grants
baptism/christening, marriage, death & • Newspapers
bastardy bonds) • County & Parish maps | Territorial maps
• Local and regional libraries • Google Books
• Court archives
• Probate, land & tax records
• Specialist state & university repositories
• Ship arrival records

ONLINE IRISH & BRITISH RESOURCES

Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of
preference (1938): https://tinyurl.com/burkesg101

Burke’s A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland: https://tinyurl.com/burkesg103

Burke's Peerage & Landed Gentry (the entire series): https://tinyurl.com/burkesg104

Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage (the entire series): https://tinyurl.com/burkesg105

Dictionary of Welsh Biography: https://biography.wales

The Harleian Society Publications: https://tinyurl.com/HarleianPublications

Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms (Includes Harleian Society & Dugdale publications):
https://tinyurl.com/collofarms

The History of Parliament Online: https://tinyurl.com/histofparl

Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation: https://tinyurl.com/irishgen101

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FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR
RESEARCH RESOURCES
GENERAL RESOURCES

• Lineage books (with caution!): always • Probate, land & tax records
vett these for accuracy • Specialist state & university repositories
• Parish records (birth, • Local & regional historical societies
baptism/christening, marriage, death & • Military Records, Pensions & land grants
bastardy bonds) • Newspapers
• Local and regional libraries • Freedom Papers
• Court archives • County & Parish maps | Territorial maps
• Insurance records • Google Books
• Manumission Petitions
ONLINE RESOURCES

• American Indian Online Genealogy Records (FamilySearch): https://tinyurl.com/NAGen101

• Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware by Paul Heinegg
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/

• Library of Virginia: www.lva.virginia.gov

• Patriots of Color: http://www.archives.com/Patriots

• Virginia Memory – Digital Collections: https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/

• Virginia Slaves Freed after 1782: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiafreeafter1782.htm

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Dawes Packets
Ratified Indian Treaties
Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
Cherokee Indian Agency (TN)
Guion Miller Roll
Eastern Cherokee Applications
Dawes Enrollment Cards

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ENSLAVED ANCESTORS RESEARCH
RESOURCES
GENERAL RESOURCES

• Deeds of sale & transfer • Probate, land & tax records

• Parish records (birth, baptism/christening,
marriage, death & bastardy bonds)
• Insurance & mortgage policies/claims (under the
enslaver’s name)
• Local & regional libraries
• Court archives
• Plantation / family farm archives & journals
(usually in a State archive / repository)
• Specialist state & university repositories
• Local & regional historical societies
• Newspapers
• Military Records & Pensions (War of 1812 & Civil
War)
• Google Books

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Afrigeneas: http://www.afrigeneas.com/

• Library of Virginia: http://www.lva.virginia.gov

• TransAtlantic Slave Trade Voyages, index: https://www.slavevoyages.org/

• United States Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872:

https://tinyurl.com/FreedmensBureau100

• Unknown No longer - A Database of Virginia Slave Names: https://tinyurl.com/VAUNL

• Virginia Cohabitation Records (1866):

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Virginia_Cohabitation_Records

• Virginia Memory – Digital Collections: https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections

NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCES (all via Fold3 via https://www.fold3.com)

Dawes Packets
Ratified Indian Treaties
Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
Cherokee Indian Agency (TN)
Guion Miller Roll
Eastern Cherokee Applications
Dawes Enrollment Cards
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