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=== Post-Civil War === | === Post-Civil War === | ||
===== Freedman's Records ===== | |||
An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. 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> | An excellent source is the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. 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> | ||
Alabama had a branch of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company in Huntsville and Mobile. In each city depositors are listed by account number. The records are in: | |||
*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Huntsville, Alabama), Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1865–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F709429&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 928571].) | |||
*Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Mobile, Alabama). Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1867–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=film_number&searchCriteria=928572&author_givenName=&author_surname= film 928572 ].) | |||
===== Freedman’s Bureau ===== | |||
United States:''Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama, 1865–1869.'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0809. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F362692&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films 1612338–60].) These reports primarily contain statistical and historical information. For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands (Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F362692&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D film 1612358] ) 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. | |||
<br>The separate Freedman’s Bureau records do not usually name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Subject Search under: | |||
<br>'''FREEDMEN - ALABAMA''' | |||
<br>Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds (see "[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_Land_and_Property Land and Property]"), wills (see "[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_Probate_Records Probate Records]"), tax records (see "[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_Taxation Taxation]"), and court order books (see "[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_Court_Records Court Records]") under their owner’s name. A few parish registers (see "[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_Church_Records Church Records]") list slaves who attended church with their masters.<br> | |||
=== Reconstruction Era (1868-1878) === | === Reconstruction Era (1868-1878) === | ||