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African-American Genealogy

The ISGS Quarterly contains several articles relating to African-American genealogy. Here are several articles published during the late 1970s.

Black Women's Descendants Sought (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 1977)

Introduction to Black Genealogy (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1978)

The Negro in Montgomery County, Illinois (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1978)

Register of Slaves (Indentures) and Emancipation of Slaves - Part 1
(Gallatin County) (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1978)

Emancipation of Slaves and Affidavits, Gallatin County, Illinois - Part 2
(ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1978)

Emancipation of Slaves and Affidavits, Gallatin County, Illinois - Part 3
(ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall 1978)

Riding the Contraband Train (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring 2004)

Tracing African-Americans in Elgin and Kane County (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 2, Summer 1996)

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