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*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10469399 Virginia] | *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10469399 Virginia] | ||
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*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10553759 War Department. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Virginia. Fredericksburg Field Office. Office of the Assistant Superintendent, First Division, 6th Subdistrict. (07/1866 - 12/1868)] | |||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10554399 War Department. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Virginia. Heathsville Field Office. (1865 - 12/1868)] | |||
'''Related Sources ''' | '''Related Sources ''' | ||
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*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/m821.pdf Texas M821] | *[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/m821.pdf Texas M821] | ||
*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/m1048.pdf Virginia M1048] | *[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/m1048.pdf Virginia M1048] | ||
''' Tennessee Assistant Commissioner''' | ''' Tennessee Assistant Commissioner''' | ||
*'''Browse Images of the Kentucky Assistant Commissioner records will be located in the {{RecordSearch|2333771|Kentucky, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}}''' | *'''Browse Images of the Kentucky Assistant Commissioner records will be located in the {{RecordSearch|2333771|Kentucky, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872}}''' | ||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10543199 War Department. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Tennessee. Subdistrict of Memphis. Office of the Rental Agent. (1862 - 1867)] | |||
''' Publication Notes ''' | ''' Publication Notes ''' | ||
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''' FamilySearch Catalog ''' | ''' FamilySearch Catalog ''' | ||
* | *{{FSC|537206|item|disp=Florida Secretary of State, Voter registration rolls, 1867-1905}} | ||
* | *''"Census" Department for the South, November 1864, for Jacksonville, Fernandina and St. Augustine, Florida : ordered by the Department of the South, Hilton Head, South Carolina.'' Florida State Genealogical Society. {{FSC|1046870|item|disp=FS Library 975.91 X2f}} | ||
* | *Delbra D. McGriff, comp. ''The Black experience : a guide to Afro-American resources in the Florida State Archives'' Tallahassee, Florida : Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services, 1991 {{FSC|618437|item|disp=FS Library 975.9 A1 no. 122}} | ||
''' FamilySearch Historical Records ''' | ''' FamilySearch Historical Records ''' | ||
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Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Assistant Commissioner (14-1398) Account Statement DGS 7677396_573.jpg|Account Statement | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Assistant Commissioner (14-1398) Account Statement DGS 7677396_573.jpg|Account Statement | ||
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=== Inventory === | |||
For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see [[United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner - Inventory]] | |||
=== Record Types === | === Record Types === | ||
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau) created many different record types necessary 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. These records include letters and endorsements sent and received, account books, applications for rations, applications for relief, court records, labor contracts, registers of bounty claimants, registers of complaints, registers of contracts, registers of disbursements, registers of freedmen issued rations, registers of patients, reports, rosters of officers and employees, special and general orders and circulars received, special orders and circulars issued, records relating to claims, court trials, property restoration, and homesteads. | The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau) created many different record types necessary 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. These records include letters and endorsements sent and received, account books, applications for rations, applications for relief, court records, labor contracts, registers of bounty claimants, registers of complaints, registers of contracts, registers of disbursements, registers of freedmen issued rations, registers of patients, reports, rosters of officers and employees, special and general orders and circulars received, special orders and circulars issued, records relating to claims, court trials, property restoration, and homesteads. | ||
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*Locate your ancestor in the 1870 Census. Most local Bureau activities ended (except from claims and education) in December 1868. | *Locate your ancestor in the 1870 Census. Most local Bureau activities ended (except from claims and education) in December 1868. | ||
*Check the records of the local field office in the area(s) where you believe your ancestor lived between June 1865 and December 1868. | *Check the records of the local field office in the area(s) where you believe your ancestor lived between June 1865 and December 1868. | ||
*Determine, if possible, the name of the former owner. The 1860 Slave Schedule may be helpful. Also consider searching the 1860 and 1870 | *Determine, if possible, the name of the former owner. The 1860 Slave Schedule may be helpful. Also consider searching the 1860 and 1870 Agriculture Schedules. | ||
*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. | ||
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{{HR Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at | {{HR Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at {{FSC|2427901|item|disp=United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872}}. Some catalog records link to multiple references. In this case, click on a reference to find a camera icon to see images.}} | ||
'''North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records, 1862-1870''' | '''North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records, 1862-1870''' | ||
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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 === | ||
* | *Dee Parmer Woodtor,''Finding a place called home : a guide to African-American genealogy and historical identity'' New York, New York : Random House, c1999 {{FSC|829837|item|disp=FS Library 973 F2wd}} See chapter 8 | ||
* | *Paula K. Byers, ed. ''African American genealogical sourcebook'' New York, New York : Gale Research, c1995 {{FSC|722504|item|disp=FS Library 973 F27afg}} See pages 68-98 The Freedmen's Bureau | ||
* | *George R. Bentley, 'A history of the Freedmen's Bureau'' Reprint. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania, 2016. {{FSC|4440734|item|disp=FS Library 973.714 F875b}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|537206|item|disp=Florida Voter Registrations, 1867-1868}} | ||
=== FamilySearch Historical Records === | === FamilySearch Historical Records === | ||
'''Field Offices''' | '''Field Offices''' | ||
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=== FamilySearch Digital Library === | === 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.''Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1973.}} | ||
* | *''Officers' manual : Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.'' (Washington, 1866) {{FSDL|110406}} | ||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||