E494.A5
Volume two contains a list of the names of organizations of the United States Colored Troops arranged by state.

BX6453.B3 1980
Biographical sketches of a number of Black Baptist men and women who have made contributions to their church.

E185.B467 1969
The names of many African Americans are mentioned in these abstracts of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.

BX6444.A6 B6 Rare Book
This is a Whos Who of prominent Black Baptist leaders. It also includes an autobiography of the author and a history of Baptist principles in America.

E441.C35
These volumes contain a vast amount of historical material concerning American slavery. Hundreds of court cases dealing with manumission are included.

CS49.C54 1999
Dr. Clem has provided a needed basic book on genealogical research for African-Americans. The text is a manual on how to perform the research, what records exist, where to find the records and what information the records contain.

E269.N3 G74 1984
Greene lists and gives biographical sketches of known Black soldiers and pensioners of the American Revolution.

E494.H4
Broadfoot is publishing a roster of Union soldiers who served from 1861-1865. The roster is almost complete with thirty-one of a total of thirty-three published. These two volumes listing African-Americans are done. The roster only gives the name, unit and rank of the soldier.

F350.N4 I59 1997
More than 7,000 African Americans can be located in this index. Each entry includes account number, surname, given name, place of birth, place of residence, race, and a notation as to whether more information is available in the original record.

E185.2.U592 microfilm
The indexes are arranged alphabetically by name of state and there under by name of city where the branch was located. Lists names of depositors alphabetically. The indexes are useful as a finding aid to two other series in this record group; registers of Depositors signatures (M816) and dividend payment records, 1882-89, that are not indexed.

HC102.5.A2 I52 1994
This work provides comprehensive biographies of 123 Black business leaders from the early days in America to 1994. Many of the people found here are not covered in standard biographical works. Appendices classify the business leaders by place of birth, principal place of business, type of business and women business leaders.

UB418.A47 M64 1994
Moebs has compiled an excellent bibliography for researchers, and he has compiled a list of the Medal of Honor winners along with a list of men who attended West Point between 1870-1900.

E185.93.A3 L42 1928 Rare Book
Contains biographical information and pictures of some individuals.

E185.96 .P33
During the Civil War the African-American slaves of the Cherokee became freedmen. This index to the Dawes Commission enrollment cards records the names of each member of a household, their age, sex and relationship to the head of the household. Some cards contain notations of births, deaths and marriages, and the names of parents. Ms. Page has also indexed the rejected claims.

E185.89.N3 P82
This is a valuable resource for understanding the social values attached to names. Over 500,000 names are listed.

E444.A45
Collection of narratives by ex-slaves conducted in the 1930s. A study of slave and slave culture that earlier studies did not provide.

E185.2.U597 1865a microfilm
This set of microfilm contains letters, reports, telegrams, and other records relating to the freedmen. On the last roll of this publication is a register of claims, 1865-1869, which is arranged alphabetically by surname of the person who took the oath of loyalty to the U.S. The trimonthly reports concerning destitute freedmen are generally arranged alphabetically. These reports contain information relating to the number of men, women, and children fit or unfit for work.

E480.R43 1945 microfilm
After the War between the States a Commission was established to hear claims of people in the South against the Federal government for property seized by the U.S. Army. Many of the claimants were Black. There is material concerning slave housing, slave ownership of property, and slave relations with whites. A number of the claimants were free Blacks and their files are a source that has seldom been analyzed.

LC2802.G4 U5 microfilm
This series consists of letters, reports, miscellaneous account books, and form reports pertaining to schools. The teachers monthly school reports are included.

E185.2.U55 microfilm
This series contains the signatures of and personal identification data about depositors. Copies of death certificates are on some entries. The place of birth, place brought up, residence, age, complexion, occupation, wife or husband, children, father, mother, brothers, sisters, remarks and signature are included.

E185.8.S39 1990
Although this text is more a study of Black property owners than a listing of names there is a biographical listing of prosperous Blacks in the South, 1870s-1915. The appendices and the essay on sources and methodology are especially useful to the researcher.

E98.G44 W34 1993
This book discusses Black Indians and tri-racial groups from the upper South. Ms. Walton-Raji has added two lists of family names, freedmen surnames from the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes, and surnames of tri-racial families of the South.

E185.96.W54
Some of the entries are brief with little biographical information while others are more extensive. Photographic reproductions of many of the personalities are included.

E185.W887
This work lists names of free Black heads of households in 1830 which are extracted from the 1830 U.S. Census.

BR563.N4 Y68
This book contains biographical sketches of major Black religious leaders in the United States.