Enduring Connections

1. Vital Information

   21 of 21 Selected
   1. Accomack County, Virginia Death Register, 1853-1896
   2. Birth Register of Dr. Jesse Wanner, 1914-1922 (Wicomico County, MD)
   3. Caroline County Mortality Schedule (1850-1880)
   4. Coventry Parish Church Records, 1703-1899
   5. Delaware Bastardy Bonds 1851-1890
   6. Delaware Coroner's Inquests 1757-1890
   7. Dorchester County Marriage Records, 1866-1906
   8. Madison Circuit of the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church marriage records
   9. Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922
   10. Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church marriage records
   11. Mt. Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church marriage records
   12. Somerset County Marriage Records, 1796-1871
   13. Sussex County Almshouse Birth and Death Records
   14. Talbot County, Maryland Marriage Licenses, 1850-1875
   15. U.S Census Mortality Schedules (1850-1880)
   16. Virginia Birth Index of Slaves, 1853-1865
   17. Virginia Coroner's Inquisitions for Accomack County (1806-1873) and Northampton County (1728-1868) (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
   18. White's Chapel Church Records
   19. White's Chapel Church Records
   20. Wicomico County Marriage Records, 1867-1887
   21. Worcester County Marriage Records, 1795-1865
2. Censuses & Lists

   17 of 17 Selected
   1. 1800 U.S. Census Free Black Heads of Household
   2. 1810 U.S Census Free Black Heads of Household
   3. 1820 U.S. Census Free Black Heads of Household
   4. 1830 U.S. Census Free Black Heads of Household
   5. 1832 Census of Free Blacks in Maryland
   6. 1850 U.S. Census Free Blacks
   7. 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule
   8. 1860 U.S. Census Free Blacks
   9. 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedule
   10. Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database
   11. Hungary Neck District, Maryland Enslaved Peoples, Servants, and Slaveholders, 1635-1777
   12. Northampton County, Virginia Register of Free Blacks 1853-1861
   13. Register of Individuals Enslaved at Brownsville, Virginia
   14. Robert Bell's Book of Slave Statistics, 1864-68 (Dorchester County, MD)
   15. Salisbury City Directory, 1921
   16. Virginia Free Negro Registrations , 1793-1861 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
   17. Virginia Free Negro Tax Records (Accomack County) (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
3. Manumission & Freedom

   9 of 9 Selected
   1. Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864
   2. Certificates of Freedom in Somerset County, 1821-1864
   3. Documents from the Freedmen and Southern Society Project
   4. Manumissions in Somerset and Worcester County Land Records, 1825-1866
   5. Maryland Colonization Society Manumission Books,1832-1860
   6. Upper Shore Manumissions (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)
   7. Virginia Deeds of Emancipation (Accomack County), 1701-1838 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
   8. Virginia Freedom Suits, 1723-1860 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
   9. Virginia Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1846-1866 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
4. Wills and Inheritance

   8 of 8 Selected
   1. Abstracts of Somerset County Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1772-1792, 1811-1852
   2. Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings (Volumes 1-3), 1780-1832
   3. Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings, 1848-1851
   4. Somerset County Bond Book EB28, 1805-1815
   5. Somerset County Bonds, 1827-1850
   6. Somerset County Receipt Books (1808-1842)
   7. Wills from Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico Counties of Maryland, 1783-1919
   8. Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883
5. Slave Sales

   6 of 6 Selected
   1. Domestic Traffic Advertisements (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)
   2. Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1847-1860
   3. Hiring Agreement from the Gilliss Family Collection, 1862
   4. Slave Sales in Somerset and Worcester County land records, 1825-1864
   5. Virginia Bills of Sale from Accomack County Deeds, 1701-1838 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
   6. Virginia Certificates of Importation from Accomack County Deeds, 1701-1838 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
6. Voter Registration

   7 of 7 Selected
   1. Poll Books of Virginia Electors (Accomack and Northampton Counties), 1867 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
   2. Voter Registration Roll, Accomack County, Temperanceville district, 1902-1950s
   3. Voter Registration Roll, Somerset County, Asbury district, circa 1900
   4. Voter Registration Roll, Wicomico County, Barren Creek district, circa 1885
   5. Voter Registration Rolls, Somerset County, 1870-1873
   6. Voter Registration Rolls, Somerset County, circa 1920
   7. Voting Rights Laws and Legislation in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
7. Tax Assessments

   6 of 6 Selected
   1. 1798 Federal Direct Tax of Slaveowners
   2. Somerset County, Maryland Board of County Commissioners: Assessment Ledger 1852-1866 (Barren Creek District)
   3. Somerset County, Maryland Board of County Commissioners: Assessment Ledgers 1852-1866 (Dames Quarter and Dublin Election Districts 4 & 8)
   4. Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1817-1822 (Election District 2)
   5. Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)
   6. Sussex County, Delaware Tax Assessments, 1801-1868
8. Church

   8 of 8 Selected
   1. Coventry Parish Church Records, 1703-1899
   2. Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950
   3. Madison Circuit of the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church baptismal records
   4. Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church baptismal records
   5. Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church funeral records
   6. Mt. Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church baptismal records
   7. Roll of Deceased Ministerial Members of the Delaware Conference, 1867-1965
   8. White's Chapel Church Records
9. Military

   7 of 7 Selected
   1. 1890 Special Census of Civil War Veterans
   2. Maryland Veterans of Color in the First World War
   3. Roll of Enlisted Men of the 7th Regiment (U.S. Colored Troops)
   4. United States Colored Troops Gravesite Inventory
   5. USCT 19th Regiment Bounty Roll
   6. USCT 9th Regiment Bounty Roll
   7. Virginia Free Negro Requisitions for Public Use (Accomack County) (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
10. Cemetery

    3 of 3 Selected
    1. Abstract of Find A Grave Profiles
    2. Cemeteries in Linda Duyer's 'One Kind Favor' book
    3. Mt. Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery records
11. Incarceration

    4 of 4 Selected
    1. Maryland Penitentiary Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)
    2. Pardon Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)
    3. Slave Jail Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)
    4. Virginia Public Claims, 1792-1858 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
12. Family Bibles

    5 of 5 Selected
    1. Bible Records of Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia
    2. Family Bible of Grandmother Bradley
    3. Family Bible of Isaac and Frances Molock (Dorchester County, Maryland)
    4. Family Bible of Thomas Pollitt (Worcester County, Maryland)
    5. Family Bible of William Edward Colonna (Accomack County, Virginia)
13. Land Records

    6 of 6 Selected
    1. Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland
    2. Abstracts From the Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland
    3. Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803
    4. John E. Jacob Jr.'s City of Salisbury Surname Index and Abstracts, 1716-1864
    5. John E. Jacob Jr.'s Lower Eastern Shore Indexes and Abstracts (Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties)
    6. Worcester County Land Records: Abstracts of Liber AG, AF, and AH, 1815 - 1818
14. Apprentices and Indentures

    7 of 7 Selected
    1. Accomack County Indentures, 1798-1835
    2. Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867
    3. Apprenticeships from the Worcester County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867
    4. Freedmen's Bureau Illegal Apprenticeship Complaints
    5. Sussex County, DE Apprentice Indentures, 1822-1924
    6. Talbot County, Maryland Indentured Children 1796-1913
    7. Virginia Indentures of Apprenticeship (Accomack County), 1802-1818 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
15. Judicial

    1 of 1 Selected
    1. Abstracts of Petitions to Southern County Courts, 1775-1867
16. Laws and Legislation

    4 of 4 Selected
    1. Delaware Enrolled Bills 1776-1911
    2. Laws and Legislation Related to Slavery and Free Blacks in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (1642-1860)
    3. Virginia Commonwealth Causes (Accomack County), 1815-1863 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
    4. Virginia Legislative Petitions, 1776-1853 (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
17. Education

    3 of 3 Selected
    1. Freedmen's Bureau Correspondence on Schools, 1869-1870
    2. Freedmen's Bureau School Reports, 1869-1870
    3. Segregated Schools on Delmarva
18. Multimedia

    1 of 1 Selected
    1. Enduring Connections Audio & Video
19. Biographical

    1 of 1 Selected
    1. Free Black Families of Colonial Delmarva (abstracted by Paul Heinegg)
20. Colonization

    2 of 2 Selected
    1. Marylanders Sent to Liberia, 1820-1840
    2. Virginia Colonization Board Journal of Proceedings (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
21. Probate & Other Court Records

    1 of 1 Selected
    1. Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886
22. Underground Railroad and Runaways

    3 of 3 Selected
    1. Abstracts from William Still's Underground Railroad
    2. Runaway Slave Advertisements (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)
    3. Virginia Runaway Slave Records, (Accomack County, 1826, 1839) (Library of Virginia African American Narratives project)
23. Miscellaneous

    1 of 1 Selected
    1. Medical Accounts Ledger of Alexander Hamilton Bayly, 1835-1847

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