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This guide highlights some of the materials available from the Public Libraries of Saginaw's Hoyt Main Library. If you are interested in knowing more about the resources available, please call (989) 755-0904, or visit the library. We are also happy to answer inquiries by mail or email. Click here for a copy of this African American Guide in PDF format.

Local History and Genealogical Collection (held as reference material in the second floor of  Hoyt Main Library and not available for checkout)

Non-Circulating Books (Reference Only)
R 016.973
Ha
Newman, Debra L. 

Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives
R 305.567 
Si
Library of America

Slave Narratives
R 326.9 
Bo
Bontemps, Arna

Great Slave Narratives
R 326.9  
Si
Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers

Six Women's Slave Narratives
R 929.1 
Ho
Howell, Barbara Thompson

How to Trace Your African-American Roots
R 929.1  
Ro
Rose, James M.; Eichholz, Alice

Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy
R 929.1  
Sm
Smith, Franklin Carter; Croom, Emily Anne

A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors
R 973.0496   
Bu
Mellon, James

Bullwhip Days: The Slaves Remember
R 929.3
M691
Blattner, Teresa

People of Color: Black Genealogy Records and Abstracts From Missouri Sources
R 929.1
Bl

Blockson, Charles L.
Black Genealogy
R 929.3
V819
Boyd-Rush, Dorothy A.

Register of Free Blacks, Rockingham County, Virginia 1807-1859
R 929.1
Br
Brown, Barbara W
.
Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900
R 929.3
Oh3
Buchanan, James

The Blacks of Pickaway County, Ohio in the Nineteenth Century
R 929.3
M382
Carvalho, Joseph

Black Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts 1650-1855
R 929.3
M369
Clayton, Ralph

Black Baltimore 1820-1870
R 929.3
Oh3da
Dabney, Wendell P.

Cincinnati’s Colored Citizens
R 929.3
V819
Dickenson, Richard B.

Entitled: Free Papers in Appalachia
R 929.1
Ei
Eichholz, Alice

Free Black Heads of Householders in the New York State Federal Census 1790-1830
R 929.3
V819
Fitzgerald, Ruth

A Different Story: A Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania Virginia
R 974.844
Fr
Fries, Stella M., et. al.

Some Chambersburg (Pennsylvania) Roots: A Black Perspective
R 973.3
Gr
Greene, Robert E.

Black Courage 1775-1783
R 929.3
N811
Heinegg, Paul

Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia
R 929.3
V819
Latimer, Frances B.

The Register of Free Negroes, Northampton County Virginia 1853-1861
R 929.1
La
Lawson, Sandra M.

Generations Past: A Selected List for Afro-American Genealogical Research
R 929.3
V819
McLeroy, Sherrie

Strangers in Their Midst: The Free Black Population of Amherst County, Virginia
R 929.3
N811
North Carolina African-American Heritage Foundation

The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina Vol. I
R 929.3
V819
Provine, Dorothy S.

Alexandria County, Virginia Free Negro Registers, 1797-1861
R 929.4
P961b
Puckett, Newbell N.

Black Names in America
R 929.3
In2
Robbins, Coy D.

Indiana Negro Registers 1852-1865
R 929.1
Ro
Rose, Norman

Black Genesis
R 929.3
In2
Spears, Jean E.

Indianapolis Asylum for Friendless Colored Children 1871-1900
R 929.3
T256
Taylor, Alrutheus A.

The Negro in Tennessee, 1865-1880
R 929.1
Tr
Tregellis, Helen C.

River Roads to Freedom: Fugitive Slave Notices and Sheriff Notices Found in Illinois Sources
R 929.3
Oh3
Turpin, Joan

Register of Blacks, Mulattos, and Poor Persons in Four Ohio Counties 1791-1861
R 929.1
Wa
Walker, Barbara D.

Index to the Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly
R 929.1
Wa
Walton-Raji, Angela Y.

Black-Indian Genealogy Research
R 973.74
Williams, George W.

A History of the Negro Troops in the War of Rebellion 1861-1865
R 326
W86f
Woodson, Carter G.

Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830
R 929.3
V819
Wynne, Frances H.

Register of Free Negroes 1803-1850, Brunswick County, Virginia
M589
Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With United States Colored Troops 98 reels
M826
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abondoned Lands, 1865-69
Reel 42 Indentures of Orphans 1865-66, Freedmen Marriages 1863-66
M858
The Negro in the Military Service of the United States, 1639-1886
5 reels
M1027
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869
Reel 32 Reports of Indigent Refugees and Freedmen From Subordinate Officers, 1868
Microfilm
Fujita, Kuniko
Black Worker’s Struggles in Detroit’s Auto Industry, 1935-1975
1977
Microfilm
Krepps, Karen Lee

Black Mortuary Practices in Southeast Michigan. Volumes I & II
1990
Microfilm
Miles, Norman Kenneth

Home At Last: Urbanization of Black Migrants in Detroit, 1916-1929 1978
M816
Registers of Signatures of Depositions in the Branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874 27
Reels:
Reel 1 Huntsville, Alabama
Reel 2 Mobile, Alabama
Reel 3 Little Rock, Arkansas
Reel 4 Washington, D.C.
Reel 5 Washington, D.C. and Tallahassee, Florida
Reel 6 Atlanta, Georgia
Reel 7 Augusta, Georgia
Reels 8-10 Savannah, Georgia
Reel 11 Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky
Reel 12 New Orleans and Shrevesport, Louisiana
Reel 13 Baltimore, Maryland
Reel 14 Columbus and Natchez, Mississippi
Reel 15 Vicksburg, Mississippi
Reel 16 St. Louis, Missouri
Reel 17 New York, New York
Reel 18 New Bern, Raleigh, and Wilmington, North Carolina
Reel 19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reel 20 Beaufort, South Carolina
Reels 21-23 Charleston, South Carolina
Reel 24 Memphis, Tennessee
Reel 25 Nashville, Tennessee
Reel 26 Lynchburg and Norfolk, Virginia
Reels 27-28 Richmond, Virginia
Microfilm
Stevenson, Marshall F.

Points of Departure, Acts of Resolve: Black-Jewish Relations in Detroit, 1937-1962. Volumes I & II
1988

 


 

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