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== Online Resources ==
==Introduction==
==Online Resources==
*[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen] - this site searches all of the Freedmen's Bureau record collections on FamilySearch altogether (and redirects there)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1414908 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872]
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867 ($)]
*{{RecordSearch|1989156|Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Images only.
*{{RecordSearch|1609795|Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954}}
*{{RecordSearch|1674781|Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955}}
==Research Strategy==
==History==
==Resources==
===Biographies===
===Cemeteries===
===Census Records===
===Church Records===
A few parish registers ("Church Records") list slaves who attended church with their masters.
===Emancipation Records===
===Funeral Homes===
===Genealogies===
===Land and Property===
Slaves in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Delaware Land and Property|Land and Property]]").
====Plantation====
===Oral Histories===
===Other Records===
===Military Records===
===Newspapers===
===Probate Records===
Slaves in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] are sometimes mentioned in wills (see "[[Delaware Probate Records|Probate Records]]").
===Reconstruction Records===
====Freedman’s Bank====
An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (visit the [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records]] page to learn more). This company was created to assist African American soldiers of the Civil War and freed slaves. Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers from 3 March 1865 to 25 July 1874 may list the name of the depositor, date of entry, age, birthplace, residence, complexion, name of employer or occupation, wife or husband’s name, death information, children’s names, name of father and mother, brothers’ and sisters’ names, remarks, and signature. Early books sometimes contained the name of the former master or mistress and the name of the plantation. Copies of death certificates were sometimes attached to the entries. The collection is organized alphabetically by state, then city where the bank was located, then date the account was established, then account number.<br>


*{{RecordSearch|1989156|Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} — images<br><br>
Online collections of Freedman's Bank records:
*{{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874}}
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8755 U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871 ($)]
====Freedmen's Bureau====
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was created by the US government in 1865 until 1872 to assist former slaves in the southern United States. The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists.  Such documents include censuses, marriage records, and medical records.  These records often include full names, former masters and plantations, and current residences.<ref>"African American Records: Freedmen's Bureau," "African American Heritage," ''National Archives'', accessed 11 May 2018. </ref> For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands includes the names of the owners of the plantations or homes that were abandoned, confiscated, or leased. It gives the county and location, a description of the house, the number of acres owned, and the number of cabins of former slaves. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves. 


To find Freedmen's Bureau records:


*[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ DiscoverFreedmen] - the search on this site will utilize all of the Freedmen's Bureau records on FamilySearch, including:
**{{RecordSearch|2432941|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records,1865-1872}}
**{{RecordSearch|2432992|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872}}
**{{RecordSearch|2475025|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872}}
**{{RecordSearch|1414908|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872}}
**{{RecordSearch|2431759|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872}}
**{{RecordSearch|2515868|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired, 1865-1872 }}
**{{RecordSearch|2515865|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Court Records, 1865-1872 }}
**{{RecordSearch|2515867|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872 }}
**{{RecordSearch|2492627|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872 }}
**{{RecordSearch|2427894|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872 }}
Other FamilySearch collections not included:
*{{RecordSearch|2575789|United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872 }}
*{{RecordSearch|2721171|United States Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872 }}
*{{RecordSearch|1989156|Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Images only.
*{{RecordSearch|2427901|''United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872'' }} Images only. These reports primarily contain statistical and historical information. 
===School Records===
===Slavery Records===
Slaves in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Delaware Land and Property|Land and Property]]"), in wills (see "[[Delaware Probate Records|Probate Records]]"), in tax records (see "[[Delaware Taxation|Taxation]]"), and in court order books (see the "[[Delaware Court Records|Court Records]]" pages of these Delaware Wiki pages). A few parish registers ("Church Records") list slaves who attended church with their masters.<br><br>  
Slaves in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[[Delaware Land and Property|Land and Property]]"), in wills (see "[[Delaware Probate Records|Probate Records]]"), in tax records (see "[[Delaware Taxation|Taxation]]"), and in court order books (see the "[[Delaware Court Records|Court Records]]" pages of these Delaware Wiki pages). A few parish registers ("Church Records") list slaves who attended church with their masters.<br><br>  
For lists of licenses to import and export slaves see Mary Fallon Richards "New Castle County Licenses to Import and Export Slaves, Issued by Superior Court, ''{{FHL|1392074|title-id|disp=Delaware Genealogical Society Journal 1}}'', no. 1 (October 1980):&nbsp; The master is listed, with the names of the slaves, their ages, transported from where to where, dates, and other information.<br><br>
For more information about slaves see the ''Place Search'' of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under:  
For more information about slaves see the ''Place Search'' of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under:  


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===Vital Records===
====Birth====
====Marriage====
*{{RecordSearch|1609795|Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954}} - lists names, marriage date and place, residence, age, race, occupation, birthplace, marital status, and parents


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The Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1872) was created by the US government to assist former slaves in the southern United States. One of their responsibilities was to record the marriages (past and present) of the former slaves. These records can be found in the collections below and include the lists of marriages that occurred previously, marriage certificates, and marriage licenses.  The information contained on the records may include the name of the husband and wife/groom and bride, age, occupation, residence, year or date of marriage, by whom, number of children, and remarks.
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1414908 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872]
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*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867]
| valign="bottom" align="center" | '''''Help Index Freedmen's Bureau Records'''''
====Death====
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*{{RecordSearch|1674781|Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955}} - lists name, death date and place, age, birthplace, race, and parents and their birthplaces
| Help yourself and others find their African American ancestors by participating in the [http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen Indexing Project]. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865631024/LDS-Church-FamilySearch-launch-project-to-index-Freedmen7s-Bureau-records-of-4-million-former.html?pg=all June 19th Press Conference]
====Divorce====
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===Voting Registers===
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==Archives and Libraries==
==Societies==
==References==
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