FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
Folk History
of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former
Slaves, by Work Projects Administration.
The Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress
Project processes material left over from or
not needed for publication by the state
Writers' Projects. On file in the Washington
office in August, 1939, was a large body of
slave narratives, photographs of former
slaves, interviews with white informants
regarding slavery, transcripts of laws,
advertisements, records of sale, transfer,
and manumission of slaves, and other
documents. As unpublished manuscripts of the
Federal Writers' Project these records
passed into the hands of the Library of
Congress Project for processing; and from
them has been assembled the present
collection of some two thousand narratives
from the following seventeen states:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
and Virginia.
This site
includes some historical materials that may imply negative stereotypes
reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These
items are presented as part of the historical record and should not be
interpreted to mean that the WebMasters in any way endorse the stereotypes
implied .
