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*[https://www.ancestry.com/cs/freedmens?o_iid=116301&o_lid=116301&o_sch=Web+Property Ancestry.com/Freedmens] | *[https://www.ancestry.com/cs/freedmens?o_iid=116301&o_lid=116301&o_sch=Web+Property Ancestry.com/Freedmens] | ||
Individual Freedmen Bureau records by state can be obtained by going to [https://mappingthefreedmensbureau.com/maps/ Mapping The Freedmen's Bureau]. This map marks the sites of Freedmen’s Bureau Field Offices and Contraband Camps. | Individual Freedmen Bureau records by state can be obtained by going to [https://mappingthefreedmensbureau.com/maps/ Mapping The Freedmen's Bureau]. This map marks the sites of Freedmen’s Bureau Field Offices and Contraband Camps. Many of these records link directly to images on FamilySearch.org. | ||
Another helpful source of information for locating African American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 FS Library Film nos. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/452638?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1,463,963 through 1,463,974]. Nearly 22,300 cases are filed by individual names, family groups, churches, and businesses. Records include testimony of neighbors, relatives, and former slaves to support a claimant’s assertions, taken during the Civil War because of loyalty to the Union. A master index to these case files is found in Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills FS Library Book: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/107378?availability=Family%20History%20Library 975 M2s]. | Another helpful source of information for locating African American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880 FS Library Film nos. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/452638?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1,463,963 through 1,463,974]. Nearly 22,300 cases are filed by individual names, family groups, churches, and businesses. Records include testimony of neighbors, relatives, and former slaves to support a claimant’s assertions, taken during the Civil War because of loyalty to the Union. A master index to these case files is found in Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills FS Library Book: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/107378?availability=Family%20History%20Library 975 M2s]. | ||