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== What is in This Collection? == | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
Index and images of registers of complaints and other records related to civil rights complaints. The complaints consisted of problems which freedmen brought to the Bureau's attention. Many registers give the names of freedmen and the nature of the complaint, but others give only a synopsis of the case without names. | Index and images of registers of complaints and other records related to civil rights complaints. The complaints consisted of problems which freedmen brought to the Bureau's attention. Many registers give the names of freedmen and the nature of the complaint, but others give only a synopsis of the case without names. | ||
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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?=== | ||
Use the information found to search for the family in: | *Add any new information to your records | ||
*Census records | *Use the information found to search for the family in: | ||
*Church records | **Census records | ||
*Land and probate records | **Church records | ||
*Additional state and county records | **Land and probate records | ||
**Additional state and county records | |||
=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? === | === I Can't Find the Person 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 | ||
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* [[United States Record Finder]] | * [[United States Record Finder]] | ||
* [[United States Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]] | * [[United States Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]] | ||
=== Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === | === Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === | ||
*{{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}} | ||
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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}} | ||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | ||
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[[Category:NARA_Freedmen's_Bureau Records]][[Category:Collections with a Digital Browse]] | [[Category:NARA_Freedmen's_Bureau Records]][[Category:Collections with a Digital Browse]] | ||
[[pt:Estados Unidos, Agência de Libertos, Registros de Queixas do Libertos (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)]] | [[pt:Estados Unidos, Agência de Libertos, Registros de Queixas do Libertos (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)]] | ||