Also Search AAD for War Casualties and POW listsĮxternal Web Sites with Related Information.Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel See links to more resources on African-American Research.īirths, deaths, and marriages of American citizens overseas These records are an invaluable source for African-American family history. This article describes the marriage records available for freed slaves and other records about slave families. Marriage Registers of Freedman, an article from Prologue Certain census years (1850, 1860, 18) also had mortality schedules (1890-1900 were unfortunately destroyed), so you may find someone's death reported if it occurred in the year leading up to the census. For instance, if you find your ancestor's state of birth and approximate year of birth are reported in the census, you can then contact that local jurisdiction regarding their birth records. Information collected in Census Records may help you to find which jurisdiction you will want to look for vital records in.
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The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics web site tells how to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce records from state and territorial agencies. They are not considered Federal records therefore they are not held by NARA.
These records are created by local authorities, and with possible exceptions for events overseas, in the military, or in the District of Columbia. Vital records most commonly refer to records such as birth and death certificates, marriage licenses and divorce decrees, wills and the like.
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