Illinois State Genealogical Society - African-American

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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.

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)