African-American Research
African-American
genealogical research presents unique challenges to the researcher. Few
resources are currently available, but fortunately with growing interest in the
subject, new resources are being developed. This section is an attempt to
inform researchers of available resources for Mississippi research.
Pike
County African-American Families
Listed below are links to webpages with
information on African-American families of Pike County. Thanks to Willie L.
Robinson for his suggestion to add this section to the page.
- Willie L. Robinson Homepage - Dillon,
Green, Hornsby, Magee, Parker, Robinson, Simmons, Stewart, Varnado, Yankaway and other
families.
- Selected African-American Marriages of Pike
County - compiled by Willie L. Robinson.
- Mississippi Magee - Varnado
Heritage - by Willie L. Robinson.
- A Black Mississippi Family and Constantine
Montgomery - by Willie L. Robinson
- Gwendolyn McGowan-Seagroves Homepage -
Brumfield, Dillon, May and other families.
- Nash, Halpin, Hood, Robinzine Family Webpage - Dr. Rick R.
Nash.
- Pike County African-American Surname Register - Dr.
Rick R. Nash.
- Frank
McClendon Homepage - Frank McClendon.
(Link doesn’t work—page not found)
- Barnes Family of Pike County, Mississippi Home
Page - Rosie Polk
- The
History Of An African American MS. Family - John
P. Handy, Sr. (Link doesn’t work –
page not found)
- Dillon-McGruder
Family Homepage - Matt Dillon.
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Pike Amite Walthall Library System
http://www.mccombgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/african-american-genealogy.html
Mississippi
Department of Archives and History
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History,
located in the Capers Building, 100 South State Street, Jackson, has in its
collection several items of specific interest to those researching
African-American ancestry.
Mississippi Freedmen's Bureau Records,
consisting of fifty rolls of microfilm, most of which are not indexed, are
available. Among these records are Freedmen's Bureau labor contracts, which are
indexed, marriage records, and records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust
Company including The Register of Signatures of Depositions and Index to the
Deposit Ledgers.
The Works Progress Administration slave
narratives are also found at the Mississippi Department of Archives and
History. Only the Mississippi narratives are available.
Miscellaneous records of interest include the
apprentice records for Amite, Issaquena and Panola counties. While these are
the only counties at present for which these records are available, the records
of additional counties are being filmed for the collection.
Source: Lipscomb, Anne S. & Hutchison,
Kathleen S., Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors (Jackson, Miss.:
University Press of Mississippi, 1994.) Pages 68-75.
General
Resources
- Afrigeneas
Web Site and Mailing List focused on African Ancestry.
- African-American Mailing List A
mailing list for folks with African American ancestors intended to focus
on the "southern" states. Visit the web page to subscribe to the
list.
- African-American History A Guide to
Selected Reference Sources (LSU Libraries).
- Afro-American
Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) AAHGS is a national
organization with 22 chapters across the U.S.
- Mapping the Freedmen’s Bureau
– offsite link