A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY By Jack Simpson and Matt Rutherford 1 Cover Image: Illustration from History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Call # F8349.486 2 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY by Jack Simpson and Matt Rutherford Chicago: The Newberry Library, ©2005 Free and open to the public, the Newberry Library is an independent humanities library offering exhibits, lectures, classes and concerts relating to its collections. For further information, call our reference desk at (312) 255-3512, visit www.newberry.org, or write the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton, Chicago, IL. 60610. 3 4 Table of Contents ABOUT THE GUIDE........................................................................................................................................... 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................................................. 8 GENERAL SOURCES ......................................................................................................................................... 9 GUIDES AND TOOLS FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ........................................................................................ 9 GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY ............................................................. 9 NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS....................................................................................................................... 10 MANUSCRIPT SOURCES AND GUIDES ................................................................................................................ 11 SPECIAL TOPICS.............................................................................................................................................. 13 BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIA ............................................................................................................................. 13 CENSUS RECORDS ............................................................................................................................................. 13 CHURCH HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................. 14 FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR.................................................................................................................................... 14 LIBERIA ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 PASSING............................................................................................................................................................. 15 SLAVE NARRATIVES.......................................................................................................................................... 15 MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................................................................................... 17 MILITARY SOURCES ...................................................................................................................................... 20 GENERAL ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 REVOLUTIONARY WAR ..................................................................................................................................... 20 WAR OF 1812..................................................................................................................................................... 21 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR................................................................................................................................. 21 CIVIL WAR ........................................................................................................................................................ 21 1. General...................................................................................................................................................... 21 2. Published Rosters and Indexes.................................................................................................................. 22 3. Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives......................................................................................... 25 WORLD WAR I................................................................................................................................................... 26 RECORDS BY LOCATION.............................................................................................................................. 28 UNITED STATES ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Alabama ........................................................................................................................................................ 28 Arkansas........................................................................................................................................................ 30 California ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 Colorado ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Connecticut ................................................................................................................................................... 32 Delaware....................................................................................................................................................... 33 District of Columbia...................................................................................................................................... 33 Florida .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Georgia ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Illinois ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 Indiana .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 Kansas........................................................................................................................................................... 41 5 Kentucky........................................................................................................................................................ 41 Louisiana....................................................................................................................................................... 44 Maryland....................................................................................................................................................... 48 Massachusetts ............................................................................................................................................... 51 Michigan ....................................................................................................................................................... 51 Mississippi..................................................................................................................................................... 52 Missouri ........................................................................................................................................................ 56 New Jersey .................................................................................................................................................... 57 New York ....................................................................................................................................................... 57 North Carolina.............................................................................................................................................. 59 Ohio............................................................................................................................................................... 65 Oklahoma ...................................................................................................................................................... 67 Pennsylvania ................................................................................................................................................. 67 Rhode Island.................................................................................................................................................. 68 South Carolina .............................................................................................................................................. 69 Tennessee .....................................................................................................................................................