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To make a slavery connection, you must first identify the enslaver, and then study the enslaver's records for clues to family information. About 15 percent of formerly enslaved persons took their last enslaver's surname. Sources for identifying the enslaver include Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series A through N, {{FSC|564176|item|disp=FS Library Film nos. 1,534,196 - 1,534,236}}. | To make a slavery connection, you must first identify the enslaver, and then study the enslaver's records for clues to family information. About 15 percent of formerly enslaved persons took their last enslaver's surname. Sources for identifying the enslaver include Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series A through N, {{FSC|564176|item|disp=FS Library Film nos. 1,534,196 - 1,534,236}}. | ||
The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Records include birthplace, place brought up, residence, age, complexion, name of employer or occupation, spouse, children, father, mother, brothers and sisters, remarks, and signature. These records are found in ''Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865—1874.'' {{FSC|133425|item|disp= FS Film nos 928,571 - 928,591.}}. An additional guide for Freedmen’s Bureau field office records is {{FSC|702586|item|disp=Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Field Offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands: Record Group 105}} by Elaine Everly and Willna Pacheli | The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Records include birthplace, place brought up, residence, age, complexion, name of employer or occupation, spouse, children, father, mother, brothers and sisters, remarks, and signature. These records are found in ''Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865—1874.'' {{FSC|133425|item|disp= FS Film nos 928,571 - 928,591.}}. An additional guide for Freedmen’s Bureau field office records is {{FSC|702586|item|disp=Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Field Offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands: Record Group 105}}, by Elaine Everly and Willna Pacheli. FamilySearch Library Book. Part 1 includes Alabama-Louisiana and is titled, ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105; pt. 01.'' '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|294566}}. Part 2 includes Maryland and South Carolina and is titled, ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105; pt. 02.'' '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|321539}}. Part 3 includes Tennessee and Virginia and is titled, ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : record group 105; pt. 03.'' '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|263792}}. | ||
Many of the Freedmen’s Bureau records are available online at: | Many of the Freedmen’s Bureau records are available online at: | ||
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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. | 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: {{FSC|107378|item|disp=FS Library Film nos. 1,463,963-1,463,974}} 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 ''The Southern Claims Commission Loyalists in the Civil War,'' by Gary B. Mills, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994 {{FSC|107378|item|disp=FS Catalog Book 975 M2s}}. | Another helpful source of information for locating African American ancestors is the Records of the Commissioners of Claims 1871—1880: {{FSC|107378|item|disp=FS Library Film nos. 1,463,963-1,463,974}} 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 ''The Southern Claims Commission Loyalists in the Civil War,'' by Gary B. Mills, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994. {{FSC|107378|item|disp=FS Catalog Book 975 M2s}}; {{WorldCat|30591123|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | ||
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