Fairfax Library's African American Genealogy Materials Guide

Fairfax Library's African American Genealogy Materials Guide

African-American genealogy and related materials in the Reference Collection of the Virginia Room of the Fairfax County Public Library system. This collection lists books available in the library system, information about official county records, and oral history interviews, etc. Not all of the examples are exclusive to Fairfax County.

• Introduction and General Guides
• Slavery - General
• Emancipation in Virginia
• Slave Narratives
• Slavery in Virginia and the Region (examples: Virginia Slave Trade Statistics; A History of Slavery in Virginia)
• Insurrections, Underground Railroad & Other Escapes From Slavery
• The Civil War - John Brown’s Raid
• The Civil War - African American Troops
• Other - Civil War Era
• Post - Civil War Education
• Other Post Civil War
• Specific to Fairfax County (examples: Slave Schedules of Fairfax County; African American Churches; African American Education; Official Fairfax County Records)
• Alexandria, Loudoun, Prince William and District of Columbia
• African American historic sites
• Miscellaneous

Suggested readings are linked to specific topics on the Fairfax Library Genealogy Materials guide.