(A-Z by State)

• Alabama
  • African-American Records (Alabama Dept. of Archives & History)
• Connecticut
  • African American Resources at The Connecticut Historical Society
  • Research Guide to African-American Genealogical Resources at the Connecticut State Library
• Florida
  • The Black Experience: A Guide to Afro-American Resources in the Florida State Archives
    PDF format; requires Acrobat Reader.
• Georgia
  • African American Resources (Georgia Dept. of Archives & History)
  • Georgia's Slave Population in Legal Records: Where and How to Look
    An introduction to courthouse resources by David E. Paterson.
• Illinois
  • African-American Records (Illinois State Archives)
• Indiana
  • Family History - African-American Research (Indiana State Archives)
  • Guide to African-American History Materials in Manuscript Collections at the Indiana Historical Society
  • Indiana African-American Resources (Indiana Historical Bureau)
  • Underground Railroad in Indiana (Indiana Historical Bureau)
• Kentucky
  • African American Research (Kentucky Historical Society)
  • Researching Your African-American Ancestors (Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives)
• Louisiana
  • African-American Genealogical Materials (Louisiana Division, New Orleans Public Library)
  • Guide to African American Genealogical Research in New Orleans and Louisiana
    From the African American Resource Center, New Orleans Public Library.
• Maine
  • Maine Black History Resources (Visible Black History)
• Maryland
  • African American Resources (Maryland State Archives)
  • Inventory of African American Historical and Cultural Resources (SAILOR, Maryland's Public Information Network)
    A list by county of every sort of resource, from buildings, sites, and settlements to museums, libraries, and historical societies.
• Missouri
  • African Americans in Missouri
    A Local History Network Project.
  • African Missouri (Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri-St. Louis)
• New Jersey
  • Afro-Americans in New Jersey: A Short History (Giles R. Wright)
    PDF format; requires Acrobat Reader.
• New York
  • Tracing African-American Family History (New York State Library)
• North Carolina
  • Guide to African-American Documentary Resources in North Carolina
• Ohio
  • The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
• Oklahoma
  • The African-Native American Genealogy Webpage
• Tennessee
  • History and Genealogy (Tennessee State Library and Archives)
  • Tennessee History: A Guide to Primary Sources - African Americans (Middle Tennessee State University)
• Virginia
  • Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts (Michael Plunkett)
• Multistate
  • Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware (Paul Heinegg)

Last revised: September 29, 2006