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This collection is from multiple NARA microfilm publications. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau) was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. | This collection is from multiple NARA microfilm publications. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau) was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. | ||
=== General Information About Freedmen's Bureau Records === | === General Information About Freedmen's Bureau Records === | ||
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=== Index and Image Visibility === | === Index and Image Visibility === | ||
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? == | == What Can These Records Tell Me? == | ||
These records include: | These records include: | ||
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Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indentures and Apprenticeship Records (14-1776) Labor Contract DGS 4151180_324.jpg|1866 Labor Contract | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indentures and Apprenticeship Records (14-1776) Labor Contract DGS 4151180_324.jpg|1866 Labor Contract | ||
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=== Digital Folder Number List === | === Digital Folder Number List === | ||
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See also [[United States, National Archives, Department of the Treasury. Division of Captured Property, Claims and Lands]] | |||
== How Do I Search This Collection? == | == How Do I Search This Collection? == | ||
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: | Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: | ||
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*The Bureau created many different types of records. Review the record types in the Collection Content section in this article. | *The Bureau created many different types of records. Review the record types in the Collection Content section in this article. | ||
*While searching Bureau records remember to search other records of the local government, including marriage and court records and especially the 1867 or later voter registrations. | *While searching Bureau records remember to search other records of the local government, including marriage and court records and especially the 1867 or later voter registrations. | ||
*Consider ancestors who may have been employed as a civilian agent or served as local agent while still in the military. Look for statewide rosters of bureau personnel in the records of Assistant Commissioners and the Field Office Personnel | *Consider ancestors who may have been employed as a civilian agent or served as local agent while still in the military. Look for statewide rosters of bureau personnel in the records of Assistant Commissioners and the Field Office Personnel table for the state. Others may have worked with aid associations or taught school supported by aid associations in the north. | ||
* Freedmen would have determined what their name would be and may have changed it multiple times. | *Freedmen would have determined what their name would be and may have changed it multiple times. | ||
=== Search the Index === | === Search the Index === | ||
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=== View the Images === | === View the Images === | ||
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=== How Do I Analyze the Results? === | === How Do I Analyze the Results? === | ||
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]]. | Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]]. | ||
== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
When you have located your ancestor’s record, 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’s record, 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. | ||
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* [[United States Record Finder]] | * [[United States Record Finder]] | ||
* [[United States Research Tips and Strategies]] | * [[United States Research Tips and Strategies]] | ||
== Other FamilySearch Collections == | == Other FamilySearch Collections == | ||
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research. | These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research. | ||
=== FamilySearch Catalog === | === FamilySearch Catalog === | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/722504 Paula K. Byers, ed. ''African American genealogical sourcebook.'' New York, New York : Gale Research, c1995 FS Library 973 F27afg] See pages 68-98 The Freedmen's Bureau | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/722504 Paula K. Byers, ed. ''African American genealogical sourcebook.'' New York, New York : Gale Research, c1995 FS Library 973 F27afg] See pages 68-98 The Freedmen's Bureau | ||
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1719789 Ira Berlin, ed. ''The war time genesis of free labor : the lower South.'' New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, c1990, 1991. FS Library 973 B4fr ser. 1 v. 3] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1719789 Ira Berlin, ed. ''The war time genesis of free labor : the lower South.'' New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, c1990, 1991. FS Library 973 B4fr ser. 1 v. 3] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1719790 edited by Steven Hahn ... et al., ''Land and labor, 1865.'' 2 volumes. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 FS Library 973 B4fr] Series: Freedom : a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867 : selected from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States; ser. 3 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1719790 edited by Steven Hahn ... et al., ''Land and labor, 1865.'' 2 volumes. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 FS Library 973 B4fr] Series: Freedom : a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867 : selected from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States; ser. 3 | ||
=== FamilySearch Historical Records === | === FamilySearch Historical Records === | ||
*{{RecordSearch|2431126|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Commissioner, 1865-1872}} | *{{RecordSearch|2431126|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Commissioner, 1865-1872}} | ||
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*{{RecordSearch|3161105|United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860}} | *{{RecordSearch|3161105|United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860}} | ||
*{{RecordSearch|1438024|United States Census, 1870}} | *{{RecordSearch|1438024|United States Census, 1870}} | ||
=== FamilySearch Digital Library === | === FamilySearch Digital Library === | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/702586 Elaine Everly, Willna Pacheli, comp. ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105.'' 3 volumes. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1973.] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/702586 Elaine Everly, Willna Pacheli, comp. ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105.'' 3 volumes. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1973.] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2021516 ''Officers' manual : Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.'' (Washington, 1866)] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2021516 ''Officers' manual : Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.'' (Washington, 1866)] | ||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | ||