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Note: Do not confuse records of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company with records of the Freedmen's Bureau listed below. When the trust company closed, the Freedmen’s Bureau tried to recover the money. Freedmen’s Bureau records are part of National Archives Record Group 105. | Note: Do not confuse records of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company with records of the Freedmen's Bureau listed below. When the trust company closed, the Freedmen’s Bureau tried to recover the money. Freedmen’s Bureau records are part of National Archives Record Group 105. | ||
==== | ==== Freedmen’s Bureau ==== | ||
There are two sets in | There are two sets in Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen’s Bureau) collection: commissioner’s records and field office records. The field office records are the most useful, but can be searched only at the National Archives. | ||
For a guide to the field office records, see: | For a guide to the field office records, see: | ||
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:*Part 3, Tennessee–Virginia and Records of the Field Offices of the Freedmen's Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1872–78 | :*Part 3, Tennessee–Virginia and Records of the Field Offices of the Freedmen's Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1872–78 | ||
More information on the Freedmen's Bureau is available at that wiki. | More information on the Freedmen's Bureau is available at that wiki. | ||
==== Southern Claims Commission Records ==== | ==== Southern Claims Commission Records ==== | ||