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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. | 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. | ||
This collection corresponds with the following NARA microfilm publications: Alabama, M810; Arkansas, M980; District of Columbia, M1056; Georgia, M799; Louisiana, M1026; North Carolina, M844; Tennessee, M1000; Texas, M822; Virginia, M1053; and Records of the Education Division, M803. | This collection corresponds with the following NARA microfilm publications: Alabama, M810; Arkansas, M980; District of Columbia, M1056; Georgia, M799; Louisiana, M1026; North Carolina, M844; Tennessee, M1000; Texas, M822; Virginia, M1053; and Records of the Education Division, M803. | ||
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== Record Content == | == Record Content == | ||
The following | <gallery caption="United States, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education" widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="3"> | ||
Image:United States, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education (14-1367) Appointment Request DGS 7675837_76.jpg|Appointment Request | |||
Image:United States, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education (14-1367) Letter of Appointment DGS 7675822_87.jpg|Letter of Appointment | |||
Image:United States, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education (14-1367) Teacher's Monthly Report DGS 7675829_49.jpg|Teacher's Monthly Report | |||
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The information varies by document. You may find any of the following: | |||
*Name of the freedman | *Name of the freedman | ||
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=== Unable to Find Your Ancestor? === | === Unable to Find Your Ancestor? === | ||
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names. | *Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names. | ||
=== Additional Information About These Records === | === Additional Information About These Records === | ||
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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)]] | ||
*[[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
*[[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Commissioner (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Commissioner (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||