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== What is in the Collection? == | == What is in the Collection? == | ||
This collection | This collection includes records from 1865-1872. | ||
The collection consists of an index and images of employment-related records for the years 1865 to 1872. It includes labor contracts, indentures and apprenticeship records from the following field offices: | The collection consists of an index and images of employment-related records for the years 1865 to 1872. It includes labor contracts, indentures and apprenticeship records from the following field offices: | ||
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This collection is from multiple NARA microfilm publications. 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. | This collection is from multiple NARA microfilm publications. 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. | ||
== Collection Content == | == Collection Content == | ||
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Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indentures and Apprenticeship Records (14-1776) Labor Contract DGS 4151180_324.jpg|Labor Contract | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indentures and Apprenticeship Records (14-1776) Labor Contract DGS 4151180_324.jpg|Labor Contract | ||
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==What Can This Collection Tell Me?== | |||
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. | |||
'''Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records''' may contain the following information: | '''Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records''' may contain the following information: | ||
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For tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line article [[FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks]]. | For tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line article [[FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks]]. | ||
==What Do I Do Next?== | |||
Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. | Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. | ||
==I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?== | ===I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?=== | ||
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors. For example use the place of residence, age, and other information for each person to search for the individuals in census records and other types of records. | When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors. For example use the place of residence, age, and other information for each person to search for the individuals in census records and other types of records. | ||
=== | === I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now? === | ||
*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. | ||
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names. | *Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names. | ||
*Look for another index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records. | *Look for another index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records. | ||
*Search the indexes and records of nearby counties. | *Search the indexes and records of nearby counties. | ||
*Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor. | *Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor. | ||
*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. | |||
== General Information About Freedmen's Bureau Records == | == General Information About Freedmen's Bureau Records == | ||
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