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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. 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. This collection corresponds with NARA microfilm publication M1906, Records of the Field Offices for the States of Maryland and Delaware, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. The record type field list the NARA roll number and collection name. | 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. 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. This collection corresponds with NARA microfilm publication M1906, Records of the Field Offices for the States of Maryland and Delaware, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. The record type field list the NARA roll number and collection name. | ||
== Record Content == | == Record Content == | ||
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The following important genealogical information is often found in Bureau records: | The following important genealogical information is often found in Bureau records: | ||
[[Image:North Carolina Freedmen's Bureau Letter (09-0472) DGS 4567385 351.jpg|thumb|right | [[Image:North Carolina Freedmen's Bureau Letter (09-0472) DGS 4567385 351.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
*Name of the freedman | *Name of the freedman | ||
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To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links:<br> ⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page<br> ⇒Select the "_____________" category<br> ⇒Select the "_____________" category<br> ⇒Select the "_____________" category which takes you to the images<br> | To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links:<br> ⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page<br> ⇒Select the "_____________" category<br> ⇒Select the "_____________" category<br> ⇒Select the "_____________" category which takes you to the images<br> | ||
Look at | Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination. | ||
==== Using the Information ==== | ==== Using the Information ==== | ||
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A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article [[Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections]]. | A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article [[Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections]]. | ||
== Citation for This Collection == | |||
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{{Collection citation| text=<!--bibdescbegin-->Maryland and Delaware. Field Offices for the States of Maryland and Delaware, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Freedmen's Bureau Letters, 1865-1870. Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Citing NARA publication M1906. National Archive and Records Center. Washington, D.C.<!--bibdescend--> }} | |||