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| ==Introduction==
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| ==Online Resources==
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| <li>'''1846-1867''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867] at Ancestry ($)</li>
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| <li>'''1861-1872''' {{RecordSearch|1414908|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] </li>
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| <li>'''1865-1872''' {{RecordSearch|2333775|Missouri, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch; images — [[Missouri, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] </li>
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| <li>'''1865-1874''' {{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedman's Bank Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] </li>
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| <li>[[African American Digital Bookshelf]] - a growing list of digital books on FamilySearch and other websites</li>
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| <li>[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen] - this site searches all of the Freedmen's Bureau record collections on FamilySearch altogether (and redirects there)</li>
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| <li>[https://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh Missouri Digital Heritage]</li>
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| <li>[http://shs.umsystem.edu/research/guides/africanamerican.shtml The State Historical Society of Missouri African American Genealogy]</li>
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| '''Online Resources for Missouri'''
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| <li>'''1839-1840''' [http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.HTM The Amistatd Trials of 1839-1840]</li>
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| <li>'''1910-1958''' [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1958]</li>
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| <li>[https://blackarchives.org/ Black Archives of Mid-America]</li>
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| <li>[http://digital.wustl.edu/dredscott/ The Dred Scott Case], Washington University Library</li>
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| <li>[http://shs.umsystem.edu/research/guides/africanamerican.shtml African American Genealogy] State Historical Society of Missouri</li>
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| <li>[http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=c3f2b866bb41e9d8cddadeb601021526;page=index;c=catalogic;g=shs Missouri Newspaper Index]</li>
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| '''Online Resources for St. Louis, Missouri'''
| | A list of resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Missouri. |
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| *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=3120185 Emancipation's, 1817-1865] - information taken from St. Louis Circuit Court Record Books at the Civil Courts Building at Tucker and Market Streets, and the examination of papers at the Missouri Historical Society
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| *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/freedom-licenses.htm Freedom Licenses Database, 1835-1865] - St. Louis City and County, records at Missouri Historical Society
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| *[http://stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu/search.php Freedom Suit Case Files, 1814-1860] - database and images by St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project
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| *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=3120182 Freedom Suits, 1804-1865 index] - St. Louis Court records
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| *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/african-american-life-in-saint-louis-1804-through-1865.htm Urban life for African Americans during 1804-1865] - as taken from St. Louis court records
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| *A Guide and Indexes to Civil War Slave Compensation Claims at St. Louis County Library's [https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy/american-civil-war American Civil War collection] provide information on the soldier and the former slaveholder.
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| *St. Louis County Library's [https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy/american-civil-war American Civil War collection] has [https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy/american-civil-war/descriptive-recruitment-lists-volunteers-united-states-colored-troops-state-missouri-1863-1865-m1894 An Index to Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863–1865] (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894 – 6 rolls), who served in the following regiments:
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| **Artillery: [[1st_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|1st Regiment]],[[4th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|4th Regiment]], [[8th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|8th Regiment]], [[12th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|12th Regiment]], and [[13th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|13th Regiment]], Heavy Artillery Regiments, U.S Colored Troops
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| **Cavalry: [[5th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Cavalry|5th Regiment]], and [[6th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Cavalry|6th Regiment]], Cavalry Regiments U.S. Colored Troops
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| **Infantry: [[4th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Infantry|4th Regiment]], 7th Regiment, [[18th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Infantry|18th Regiment]], and [[19th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Infantry|19th Regiment]], U.S. Colored Troops
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| ==Research Strategy== | | === Online Resources for Missouri === |
| ==History==
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| *[https://www.sos.mo.gov/ARCHIVES/resources/africanamerican/timeline/timeline1.asp Timeline of Missouri's African American History] | | * [http://shs.umsystem.edu/research/guides/africanamerican.shtml African-American Genealogy] State Historical Society of Missouri |
| | * [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=c3f2b866bb41e9d8cddadeb601021526;page=index;c=catalogic;g=shs Missouri Newspaper Index] |
| | * [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1958] |
| | * [http://www.blackarchives.org/ Black Archives of Mid-America] |
| | *[http://www.blackarchives.org/ Black Archives of Mid-America] |
| | *[http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php Desegration of Armed Forces], The Trueman Presidential Library and Museum |
| | *T[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.HTM he Amistatd Trials of 1839-1840], University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law |
| | *[http://digital.wustl.edu/dredscott/ The Dred Scott Case], Washington University Library |
| *[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys, 1931-1937] | | *[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys, 1931-1937] |
| *[http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php Desegration of Armed Forces], The Truman Presidential Library and Museum
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| *Blattner, Teresa, ''People of Color:Black Genealogical Records and Abstracts from Missouri Sources" (Bowie, Maryland:Heritage Books, c1993,c 1998) {{WorldCat|29334936|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}};{{FSC|597154|item|disp=FS Library Book 977.8 F2bt volume 1 and 2}}''
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| *Brown, William Wells, ''Narrative of william W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave'' (NY, NY: Johnson Reprint, 1970) {{WorldCat|457165953|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|45483|item|disp=FS Catalog book 921.73 B815b}}
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| *Eddlemon, Sherida K. and Marlene A. Towle, ''Missouri Genealogical Records and Abstracts'' (Bowie, Maryland:Heritage Books, c1990-2001) {{WorldCat|22158491|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|579651|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.8 R4e Volumes 2–6; CD-ROM no. 2762 v. 3}}
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| *Mallory, Rudena Kramer, ''Claims by Missourians for compensation of enlisted slaves:records of the U.S. District Court of Kansas, Slave Compensation Records, November 3, 1866 to February 21, 1867, Record Group 21, National Archives-Central Plains Region, Kansas City, Missouri'' (SLC, Utah:Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992) {{FSC|551311|item|disp=FS Library film 1597959 item 4}}
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| *Lee, George R., ''Slavery North of St. Louis'' (Canton, Missouri:Lewis County Historical Society, Missouri, [200?]) {{WorldCat|44094812|disp=At other libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1483403|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.8 H6L}}
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| *''State Slavery Statues'' (Bethesda, Maryland:University Publications of America, c1989) {{FSC|723107|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6118911}}
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| *United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands and Washington Reginald, ''Records of the field offices for the state of Missouri, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1972:NARA, RG 105, M1908'' (College Park, MD:NARA, 2004) {{FSC|1461239|item|disp=FS Library films 2426982–2427005}}
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| *McLaurin, Melton Alonza, ''Celia, A Slave (''Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991). Discusses the trial in 1855 of eighteen-year-old, enslaved Celia for the murder of her abusive slaveholder, Robert Newsom, in Callaway County, Missouri. | | *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=3120185 Emancipation's, 1817-1865] - information taken from St. Louis Circuit Court Record Books at the Civil Courts Building at Tucker and Market Streets, and the examination of papers at the Missouri Historical Society |
| *Greene, Lorenzo Johnston. ''Missouri's Black Heritage''. Gary R. Kremer, Anthony F. Holland; forward by Julius K. Hunter; Saint Louis, Mo.: Forum Press, c. 1980. 195 p. E185.93 M7 G73 | | *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/freedom-licenses.htm Freedom Licenses Database, 1835-1865] - St. Louis City and County, records at Missouri Historical Society |
| | *[http://stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu/search.php Freedom Suit Case Files, 1814-1860] - database and images by St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project |
| | *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=3120182 Freedom Suits, 1804-1865 index] - St. Louis Court records |
| | *[http://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/african-american-life-in-saint-louis-1804-through-1865.htm Urban life for African Americans during 1804-1865] - as taken from St. Louis court records |
| | *[http://www.slcl.org/content/guide-civil-war-slave-compensation-claims-compiled-military-service-records Civil War Slave Compensation Claims]: includes [http://www.slcl.org/content/civil-war-slave-compensation-claims-compiled-military-service-records-us-colored-troops index U.S. Colored Troops] who served in the following regiments: |
| | **Artillery: [[1st_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|1st Regiment]],[[4th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|4th Regiment]], [[8th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|8th Regiment]], [[12th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|12th Regiment]], and [[13th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Heavy_Artillery|13th Regiment]], Heavy Artillery Regiments, U.S Colored Troops |
| | **Cavalry: [[5th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Cavalry|5th Regiment]], and [[6th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Cavalry|6th Regiment]], Cavalry Regiments U.S. Colored Troops |
| | **Infantry: [[4th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Infantry|4th Regiment]], 7th Regiment, [[18th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Infantry|18th Regiment]], and [[19th_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Infantry|19th Regiment]], U.S. Colored Troops |
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| ==Resources== | | === Slavery === |
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| *[https://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/category/africanamerican.html Historic Missourians: African Americans]
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| *James Cox: This was posted on the Missouri Genealogy Research Community on Facebook: Record of an enslaved girl named Malinda, born about 1824 and was hired out to work for W. S. Pollard and C. Bustes (sp) during 1860. Her slaveholder, James Cox, had died in 1858 in Kingston Twp, Caldwell, Mo. [https://www.facebook.com/MissouriGenealogy/posts/282573498442935 See post.]
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| ===Cemeteries===
| | *Blattner, Teresa, ''People of Color:Black Genealogical Records and Abstracts from Missouri Sources" (Bowie, Maryland:Heritage Books, c1993,c 1998) {{WorldCat|29334936|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}};{{FHL|597154|item|disp=FHL Book 977.8 F2bt volume 1 and 2}}'' |
| ===Census Records===
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| ===Church Records===
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| ===Emancipation Records===
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| ===Funeral Homes===
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| *[https://app.air.inc/a/borzvL1af/b/8dc76b25-27b0-42b5-a889-6c7027db068f CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection] at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images
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| ===Genealogies=== | | *Brown, William Wells, ''Narrative of william W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave'' (NY, NY: Johnson Reprint, 1970) {{WorldCat|457165953|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|45483|item|disp=FHL book 921.73 B815b}} |
| ===Land and Property===
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| === Law and Legislation ===
| | *Eddlemon, Sherida K. and Marlene A. Towle, ''Missouri Genealogical Records and Abstracts'' (Bowie, Maryland:Heritage Books, c1990-2001) {{WorldCat|22158491|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|579651|item|disp=FHL book 977.8 R4e Volumes 2–6; CD-ROM no. 2762 v. 3}} |
| *{{FSC|723107|item|disp=State slavery statutes - Missouri, ca. ca. 1813-1865 (17 fiche) FS Library 6118911}} | |
| *Paul Finkelman, editorial advisor, ''State slavery statutes : guide to the microfiche collection'' Frederick, Maryland : University Pub. of America, c1989 {{FSC|744709|item|disp=FS Library 975 F23s}}
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| ===Obituaries===
| | *Mallory, Rudena Kramer, ''Claims by Missourians for compensation of enlisted slaves:records of the U.S. District Court of Kansas, Slave Compensation Records, November 3, 1866 to February 21, 1867, Record Group 21, National Archives-Central Plains Region, Kansas City, Missouri'' (SLC, Utah:Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992) {{FHL|551311|item|disp=FHL film 1597959 item 4}} |
| *[https://app.air.inc/a/borzvL1af/b/8dc76b25-27b0-42b5-a889-6c7027db068f CAAGS Obituary and Funeral Home Collection] at California African American Genealogical Society - index & images | |
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| ===Oral Histories=== | | *Lee, George R., ''Slavery North of St. Louis'' (Canton, Missouri:Lewis County Historical Society, Missouri, [200?]) {{WorldCat|44094812|disp=At other libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1483403|item|disp=FHL book 977.8 H6L}} |
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| * [https://oaahm.omeka.net/ Ozarks Afro American Heritage Museum Online] | | *''State Slavery Statues'' (Bethesda, Maryland:University Publications of America, c1989) {{FHL|723107|item|disp=FHL fiche 6118911}} |
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| ===Military Records===
| | *United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands and Washington Reginald, ''Records of the field offices for the state of Missouri, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1972:NARA, RG 105, M1908'' (College Park, MD:NARA, 2004) {{FHL|1461239|item|disp=FHL films 2426982–2427005}} |
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3459909 United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops, 1863-1865.] FamilySearch Historical Records
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| ===Newspapers===
| | *McLaurin, Melton Alonza, ''Celia, A Slave (''Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991). Discusses the trial in 1855 of eighteen-year-old slave Celia for the murder of her abusive master Robert Newsom in Callaway County, Missouri. |
| *[https://informationwanted.org/ Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery]
| | *Greene, Lorenzo Johnston. ''Missouri's Black Heritage''. Gary R. Kremer, Anthony F. Holland; forward by Julius K. Hunter; Saint Louis, Mo.: Forum Press, c. 1980. 195 p. E185.93 M7 G73 |
| *[http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=c3f2b866bb41e9d8cddadeb601021526;page=index;c=catalogic;g=shs Missouri Newspaper Index]
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| ===Probate Records===
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| Garrett-Nelson, LaBrenda. ''Gleaning Information about Enslaved Ancestors from Probate Files'' NGS Magazine 48 #2 (April-June 2022): 23 –27. FS Library 973 D25ngs
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| ===Reconstruction Records===
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| ====Freedman’s Bank====
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| 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 Freedmen. 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 slaveholder 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>
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| Online collections of Freedman's Bank records:
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| *{{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedman's Bank Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | |
| *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8755 U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871] at Ancestry ($)
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| ====Freedmen's Bureau====
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| The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was created by the US government in 1865 until 1872 to assist formerly enslaved persons 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 slaveholders 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 enslaved persons. These films do not appear to contain the names of the enslaved.
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| To find Freedmen's Bureau records:
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| *[http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ DiscoverFreedmen] - the search on this site will utilize all of the Freedmen's Bureau records on FamilySearch, including:
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| **{{RecordSearch|2432941|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records,1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2432992|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2475025|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|1414908|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2431759|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2515868|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2515865|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Court Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2515867|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2492627|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| **{{RecordSearch|2427894|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| Other FamilySearch collections not included:
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| *{{RecordSearch|2575789|United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *{{RecordSearch|2721171|United States Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *{{RecordSearch|2328125|Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1864-1872}} at FamilySearch; Images — [[Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *{{RecordSearch|2427901|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872}} at FamilySearch; images — [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *More collections are available in the FamilySearch Catalog. Search for "FREEDMEN - MISSOURI" in the Subjects search bar to find.
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| Visit the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records]] page to learn more about utilizing these records.<br>
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| ===School Records===
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| ===Slavery Records===
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| ===Vital Records===
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| ====Birth====
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| *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1170 Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910] ($) - information may include name, gender, race, residence, birth date and place, number of child, and parents and their birthplaces, residence, and occupation
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| ====Marriage====
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| The Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1872) was created by the US government to assist formerly enslaved persons in the southern United States. One of their responsibilities was to record the marriages (past and present) of the formerly enslaved couples. 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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| {{RecordSearch|1414908|United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872}} at FamilySearch — [[United States Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1231 U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867] | |
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| ====Death====
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1680837 Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976] - information may include name, gender, death date and place, burial date and place, age, birthplace, occupation, race, and marital status
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| ====Divorce====
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| ===Voting Records===
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| ==Archives and Libraries==
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| '''The Griot Museum of Black History'''<br> | |
| 2505 St. Louis Ave.<br>
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| St. Louis, MO 63106-2324<br>
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| Phone: 314-241-7507<br>
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| Email: [mailto:info@thegriotmuseum.com info@thegriotmuseum.com]<br>
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| [https://www.thegriotmuseum.com/ Website]<br><br>
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| '''The George B. Vashon Museum'''<br>
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| 2223 St. Louis Ave.<br>
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| St. Louis, MO 63106<br>
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| [https://georgevashonmuseum.org/contact Contact form]<br>
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| [http://www.georgevashonmuseum.org/ Website]<br><br>
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| 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.<br>
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| St. Louis, MO 63131-3598<br>
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| [https://slcl.libguides.com/African_American_Genealogy African American Genealogy Collection]<br>
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| | *'''James Cox:'''This was posted on the Missouri Genealogy Research Community on Facebook: Record of a slave girl named Malinda, born about 1824 and was hired out to work for W. S. Pollard and C. Bustes (sp) during 1860. Her owner, James Cox, had died in 1858 in Kingston Twp, Caldwell, Mo. [https://www.facebook.com/MissouriGenealogy/posts/282573498442935 See post. ] |
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