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When you have located your ancestor in the Freedmen's Bureau Records, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors.
When you have located your ancestor in the Freedmen's Bureau Records, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors.
===I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?===
===I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?===
*Use the place of residence, age, and other information for each person to search for the individuals in census records.
*Use the place of residence, age, and other information for each person to search for the individuals in census records
*Use the information found to search for church records.
*Use the information found to search for church records
*Use the information found to search for land and probate records.
*Use the information found to search for land and probate records
*Use the information found to search additional state and county records.
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