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United States, Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
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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 the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Add any new information to your records | |||
*Search the 1850 and 1860 slave schedules | *Search the 1850 and 1860 slave schedules | ||
*Determine if there are plantation records where the slave may have lived | *Determine if there are plantation records where the slave may have lived | ||
*Search land and probate records for bill of sales | *Search land and probate records for bill of sales | ||
*Search court records | *Search court 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 | ||