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The collection consists of images of records of the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau). The bureau was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. | The collection consists of images of records of the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau). The bureau was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. | ||
These records include letters and endorsements sent and received, account books, applications for rations, applications for relief, court records, labor contracts, registers of bounty claimants, registers of complaints, registers of contracts, registers of disbursements, registers of freedmen issued rations, registers of patients, reports, rosters of officers and employees, special and general orders and circulars received, special orders and circulars issued, records relating to claims, court trials, property restoration, and homesteads. | These records include letters and endorsements sent and received, account books, applications for rations, applications for relief, court records, labor contracts, registers of bounty claimants, registers of complaints, registers of contracts, registers of disbursements, registers of freedmen issued rations, registers of patients, reports, rosters of officers and employees, special and general orders and circulars received, special orders and circulars issued, records relating to claims, court trials, property restoration, and homesteads. | ||
This collection corresponds with the following NARA microfilm publications, Alabama, M809; Arkansas, M979; District of Columbia, M1055; Georgia, M798; Louisiana, M1027; Mississippi, M826; South Carolina, M869; Tennessee, M999; Texas, M821; Virginia, M1048. English | This collection corresponds with the following NARA microfilm publications, Alabama, M809; Arkansas, M979; District of Columbia, M1055; Georgia, M798; Louisiana, M1027; Mississippi, M826; South Carolina, M869; Tennessee, M999; Texas, M821; Virginia, M1048. English | ||
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*[[Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
*[[Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
*[[United States Freedmen’s Branch Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[United States Freedmen’s Branch Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
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== Citations for This Collection == | == Citations for This Collection == | ||
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information; that is, cite your sources. This will help people find the record again and evaluate the reliability of the source. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. Citations are available for the collection as a whole and each record or image individually. | When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information; that is, cite your sources. This will help people find the record again and evaluate the reliability of the source. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. Citations are available for the collection as a whole and each record or image individually. | ||
'''Collection citation''':<br> | '''Collection citation''':<br> {{Collection citation | text= "United States,Freedmen's Branch Records, 1872-1878." Index and Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2014. Citing National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.}}<br><br> | ||
{{Collection citation | text= "United States,Freedmen's Branch Records, 1872-1878." Index and Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed | |||
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|title=United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 | |title=United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 | ||
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