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== What is in This Collection? == | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
This collection consists of index | This collection consists of index & images of field office monthly reports of articles and persons hired by the Bureau's field office for the years 1865 to 1872. The principal name in the index is either of the person employed or the person who owned the article. | ||
"The Receiving and Disbursing Officer of each District will make a consolidated Monthly Report [Form 2] of all employees of this Bureau in their respective Districts, giving the name of each officer employing the persons whose services are reported. These names will be entered in the column headed "By whom owned," the words "or employed" being entered in said heading. | "The Receiving and Disbursing Officer of each District will make a consolidated Monthly Report [Form 2] of all employees of this Bureau in their respective Districts, giving the name of each officer employing the persons whose services are reported. These names will be entered in the column headed "By whom owned," the words "or employed" being entered in said heading. The several officers under whose direction employees are hired will make their Reports (Form 2) to the Assistant Commissioners of their respective Districts as heretofore . These reports when approved by the Assistant Commissioners, will be by them referred to the Receiving and Disbursing Office reporting to them respectively, for consolidation." Source: Officers' Manual, p. 28. | ||
The several officers under whose direction employees are hired will make their Reports (Form 2) to the Assistant Commissioners of their respective Districts as heretofore . These reports when approved by the Assistant Commissioners, will be by them referred to the Receiving and Disbursing Office reporting to them respectively, for consolidation." Source: Officers' Manual, p. 28. | |||
To locate additional information on the indexed collections in this publication see the [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired Digital Folder Number List]]. | |||
The records and roll numbers are from the field office records of the following states: | |||
*{{RecordSearch|2333770|Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Quartermaster and disbursing officer, roll 7 | *{{RecordSearch|2333770|Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}} Quartermaster and disbursing officer, roll 7 | ||
*{{RecordSearch|2328125|Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1864-1872}} Batesville, roll 6; Devall's Bluff, roll 8; Pine Bluff, Arkansas River District, roll 19 | *{{RecordSearch|2328125|Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1864-1872}} Batesville, roll 6; Devall's Bluff, roll 8; Pine Bluff, Arkansas River District, roll 19 | ||
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*{{RecordSearch|1989155|Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870}} Quartermaster and disbursing officer rolls 7-9; Boston roll 13 | *{{RecordSearch|1989155|Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870}} Quartermaster and disbursing officer rolls 7-9; Boston roll 13 | ||
=== General Information about the Freedmen's Bureau === | |||
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. | 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. | ||
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was established in the War Department in March of 1865. It was commonly called the Freedman’s Bureau and was responsible for the management and supervision of matters relating to refuges, freedmen, and abandoned lands. The Bureau assisted disenfranchised Americans, primarily African Americans, with temporal, legal and financial matters, with the intent of helping people to become self-sufficient. Matters handled included the distributing of food and clothing; operating temporary medical facilities; acquiring back pay, bounty payments, and pensions; facilitating the creation of schools, including the founding of Howard University; reuniting family members; handling marriages; and providing banking services. Banking services were provided by the establishment of the Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company, or Freedman’s Bank. | |||
The Bureau functioned as an agency of the War Department from approximately June 1865 until December 1868. In 1872, the functions of the Bureau were transferred to the Freedmen’s Branch of the Adjutant General’s Office. The Bureau assisted over one million African Americans, including many of the nearly four million emancipated slaves, which was over 25% of the population of former slaves in America. The records identify those who sought help from the Bureau at the end of the Civil War. Most supplicants were freed slaves, some of which were military veterans. In addition, a few veterans who were not African Americans also sought help from the Bureau. Freedmen’s Bureau records are usually reliable, because the records were supplied through first-person correspondence or the recording of a marriage. | |||
The | === National Museum of African American History & Culture === | ||
The museum is working with the Smithsonian Transcription Center and volunteers to transcribe the records of the Bureau. | |||
*[https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/initiatives/freedmens-bureau-records Freedmen's Bureau Transcription Project.] | |||
*[https://nmaahc.si.edu/about-freedmens-bureau-database-records About The Freedmen's Bureau Database Records] | |||
*[https://transcription.si.edu/node/92 FREEDMEN'S BUREAU ABBREVIATIONS, STAFF ROSTERS, AND STYLE SHEETS] | |||
*[https://transcription.si.edu/browse?filter=owner%3A16 Freedmen's Bureau - Browse Projects] | |||
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=== Image Visibility === | === Index and Image Visibility === | ||
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==What Can | |||
==What Can These Records Tell Me?== | |||
The following information may be found in this collection: | The following information may be found in this collection: | ||
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== Collection Content == | == Collection Content == | ||
=== Sample Images === | === Sample Images === | ||
<gallery widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow=" | <gallery widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="4"> | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Bill of Lading DGS 5681789_343.jpg|Bill of Lading | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Bill of Lading DGS 5681789_343.jpg|1867 Bill of Lading | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Employment Record (sample 1) DGS 7630103_210.jpg|Employment Record (sample 1) | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Employment Record (sample 1) DGS 7630103_210.jpg|1866 Employment Record (sample 1) | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Employment Record (sample 2) DGS 7630103_439.jpg|Employment Record (sample 2) | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Employment Record (sample 2) DGS 7630103_439.jpg|1867 Employment Record (sample 2) | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 1) DGS 7492071_301.jpg|Labor Contract (page 1) | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 1) DGS 7492071_301.jpg|1866 Labor Contract (page 1) | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 2) DGS 7492071_302.jpg|Labor Contract (page 2) | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 2) DGS 7492071_302.jpg|1866 Labor Contract (page 2) | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 3) DGS 7492071_303.jpg|Labor Contract (page 3) | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 3) DGS 7492071_303.jpg|1866 Labor Contract (page 3) | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 4) DGS 7492071_304.jpg|Labor Contract (page 4) | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Labor Contract (page 4) DGS 7492071_304.jpg|1866 Labor Contract (page 4) | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Record of Leins on Crops DGS 7492081_485.jpg|Record of | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Record of Leins on Crops DGS 7492081_485.jpg|1868 Record of Liens on Crops | ||
Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Register of Sick and Wounded DGS 7492071_174.jpg|Register of Sick and Wounded | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Register of Sick and Wounded DGS 7492071_174.jpg|1866 Register of Sick and Wounded | ||
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=== Digital Folder Number List === | === Digital Folder Number List === | ||
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*The place where your ancestor lived | *The place where your ancestor lived | ||
*The name of the former slave owner | *The name of the former slave owner | ||
*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 Coverage Table for this state. Others may have worked with aid associations or taught school supported by aid associations in the north. | |||
=== Search the Index === | === Search the Index === | ||
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=== How Do I Analyze the Results? === | === How Do I Analyze the Results? === | ||
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== What Do I Do Next?== | == What Do I Do Next?== | ||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
* | *Add any new information to your records | ||
*Use the information found to search for the family in church records | *Use the information found to search for the family in census records, in church records, in land and probate records, in additional state and county records | ||
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*There may be more than one person in the records with the same name | *There may be more than one person in the records with the same name | ||
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*Former slaves may have had used multiple names or changed their names until they decided upon one particular name. Search all possible names along with variations or spellings of their known names | *Former slaves may have had used multiple names or changed their names until they decided upon one particular name. Search all possible names along with variations or spellings of their known names | ||
=== Research Helps === | === Research Helps === | ||
The following articles will help you | The following articles will help you research your family in [[United States Genealogy|the United States]]. | ||
* [[GuidedResearch:United States|United States Guided Research]] | * [[GuidedResearch:United States|United States Guided Research]] | ||
* [[United States Record Finder]] | * [[United States Record Finder]] | ||
* [[United States Research Tips and Strategies|Research | * [[United States Research Tips and Strategies]] | ||
=== | == Other FamilySearch Collections == | ||
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research. | |||
=== FamilySearch Catalog === | |||
*{{FSC|829837|item|disp=Dee Parmer Woodtor, ''Finding a place called home : a guide to African-American genealogy and historical identity'' New York, New York : Random House, c1999 FS Library 973 F2wd}} See chapter 8 | |||
*{{FSC|722504|item|disp=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 | |||
*{{FSC|4440734|item|disp=George R. Bentley, ''A history of the Freedmen's Bureau.'' Reprint. Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania, 1955. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania, 2016 FS Library Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania, 2016. FS Library 973.714 F875b}} | |||
*{{FSC|3416545|item|disp=edited by Richard Zuczek, ''Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era.'' 2 volumes. Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, ©2006 FS Library 973 N26z }} | |||
=== 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}} | ||
*{{RecordSearch|2427901|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872}} | *{{RecordSearch|2427901|United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872}} | ||
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*{{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874}} | *{{RecordSearch|1417695|United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874}} | ||
*{{RecordSearch|1438024|United States Census, 1870}} | *{{RecordSearch|1438024|United States Census, 1870}} | ||
*[[Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | *[[Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | ||
*[[Arkansas, Field Offices Records of the Freedmen's Bureau - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | *[[Arkansas, Field Offices Records of the Freedmen's Bureau - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | ||
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*[[South Carolina, Freedmen Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | *[[South Carolina, Freedmen Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | ||
*[[Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | *[[Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] | ||
=== FamilySearch Digital Library === | |||
*{{FSC|702586|item|disp=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}} | |||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||
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