Location Key:

A - Fredericksburg, Headquarters Library
CB - Colonial Beach, Cooper Branch
H - Hague, Newton Branch
M - Montross, Montross Branch
N - North Stafford, Porter Branch
S - Spotsylvania, Snow Branch
SC - Fredericksburg, Salem Church Branch

For more information on our branches visit our branches page.

Resources:

African American Genealogical Sourcebook. [R 929.1 Af] N

Beasley, Donna. Family Pride. [ANF 929.373 Be] A,N,SC

Before Freedom Came: African-American Life in the Antebellum South: To Accompany an Exhibition Organized by the Museum of the Confederacy. [ANF 305.8 Be] A,CB,H,N,S,SC

Black History Month Resource Book. [R 973.049 Bl] N

Blockson, Charles L. Black Genealogy. [R 929.1 Bl] A,N,SC

Braxton-Secret, Jeanette. Guide to Tracing Your African American Civil War Ancestor. 3rd ed. [VR 973.7415 Br] A

Brewer, James H. The Confederate Negro. [VR 973.715 BR] A

Certificates and Registry of Free Negroes, City of Fredericksburg, 1790-1892. [VR Locked Cabinet] A

Conway, Harold L. The Harry Conway Family in History. [VR 929.2 Con] A

Cornish, Dudley Taylor. The Sable Arm. [VR 973.741 Co] A

Ellison, Charlene Jerome. Brown, Thompson, Jerome: Our Family History: 1821 Celebrating 170 Years of Our Family's Roots. [VR 929.2 Bro] A

Fears, Mary L. Jackson. Slave Ancestral Research. [VR 929.2 Fe] A

Fitzgerald, Ruth Coder. A Different Story. [VR 975.5366 FI] A,N,SC

Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth. Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South. [VR 305.4 Fo] A,N,SC

Gatza, Mary Beth. Liberty Town. [VR 975.5366 Ga] A

Greene, Robert Ewell. Black Courage, 1775-1783. [VR 929.373 Gr] A

Hodge, Robert Allen. Birth Records, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1900-1940 (colored). [VR 929.3755366 HO] A

Hodge, Robert Allen. Death Records, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1853-1895. [VR 929.3755366 HO] A

Index to Certificates and Registry of Free Negroes, City of Fredericksburg, 1790-1892. [VR Locked Cabinet] A

Lebsock, Suzanne. The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860. [VR 305.42 Le] A

List of Female Colored Voters Registered at Lower Precinct in Fredericksburg City, Virginia since January 1, 1904. 2 volumes. [VR Locked Cabinet] A

List of Female Colored Voters Registered at Upper Precinct in Fredericksburg City, Virginia since January 1, 1904. 2 volumes. [VR Locked Cabinet] A

List of Male and Female Colored Voters, 1904-1955, Fredericksburg, Virginia. [VR 929.3755366 Li] A

List of Male Colored Voters Registered at Lower Precinct in Fredericksburg City, Virginia since January 1, 1904. [VR Locked Cabinet] A

List of Male Colored Voters Registered at Upper Precinct in Fredericksburg City, Virginia since January 1, 1904. 2 volumes. [VR Locked Cabinet] A

Madden, T. O. We Were Always Free. [VR 920 Ma] A

McLeRoy, Sherrie. Strangers in Their Midst. [VR 929.3755496 Mc] A

Morgan, Philip D. Slave Counterpoint. [ ANF 305.8 Mo] A

Morris, Clyde L. Our Virginia Ancestors. Fairfax, VA: C.L. Morris, 1988. [VR 929.2 Mor] A

Newman, Debra L. Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives. [VR 016.973 Ne] A

Peters, Joan W. Local Sources for African-American Family Historians. [VR 929.1 Pe] A

Plunkett, Michael. Afro-American Sources in Virginia. [VR 016.975 Pl] A

Potts, Howard E. A Comprehensive Name Index for The American Slave.[R929.973 Po] A

Puckett, Newbell Niles. Black Names in America: Origins and Usage. [VR 929.4 PU] A

Slavery and Freedom in the Age of the American Revolution. [VR 326 SL] A

Streets, David H. Slave Genealogy. [VR 929.1 ST] A

Virginia Landmarks of Black History. [VR 728 Vi] A,N,SC,M

Walton-Raji, Angela Y. Black Indian Genealogy Research. [VR 929.1 Wa] A

Weevils in the Wheat: Interviews with Virginia Ex-slaves. [VR 301.451/ANF 305.8 We] A,N,SC