|
Genealogy Help
Need Help? Do not know where to start or end? Hit a
research plateau? I have included a few sites below I have found helpful in my
research.
The information below does NOT belong to TNAAG. The
information belongs to the Sites and resources listed on those sites.
"History is people's memory and
without a memory, man is demoted to the level of lower animals."
-
--- Malcolm X
|
Southern Claims Commission
This is a list of people who filed claims from
1871-1873. This is a list of people who claimed their property had been
taken for military use during the Civil War. These records hold
extraordinary amounts of personal information, including: names and ages
of former slaves and owners, their places of residence, wills, plantation
information, slave manumissions, slave's personal property, living
conditions etc. of free blacks... the list goes on and the information is
invaluable!
http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/sccintro.htm
This is a free site. |
|
Tennessee
Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service
"The purpose of this website is to
provide the names of African-Americans, mostly former slaves, who applied
for pensions in Tennessee claiming to have served with the Confederate
States of America during the Civil War. The names were compiled by John V.
Brogden using sources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in
Nashville, Tennessee. Additional research has been done by the
webmaster." ---direct quote from website
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/Carver/csaaa.html
This is a free site. |
|
The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
This is a site that
has over 100 years of collecting and preserving research. They are
pioneers in the field. This site is excellent for beginngers! Much of the
information on the sites that charge originated from the LDS!
http://www.familysearch.org/
This is a free site. |
|
Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System
This site allows you to search
names and regimental histories of the Union and Confederate Army's. This
site also allows you to link to Battle information and National Park
information.
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
This is a free site. |
|
The Freedman's Bureau Website
This
site contains records on labor contracts, apprenticeships, marriages, riot
information, crime, land issues... The records are from 1865-1869.
http://freedmensbureau.com/ |
Tennessee African American Griots State Coordinator:
Amy Batton
|
