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United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
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== What | == What Is in the Collection? == | ||
This collection includes records from 1865-1872. | This collection includes records from 1865-1872. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
===I Found Who I | ===I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now?=== | ||
*Use the information found to search for the family in census records. | *Use the information found to search for the family in census records. | ||
*Use the information found to search for the family in church records. | *Use the information found to search for the family in church records. | ||
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*Use the information found to search for the family in additional state and county records. | *Use the information found to search for the family in additional state and county records. | ||
=== I Can't Find Who I'm Looking | === 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. | ||
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The records identify those who sought help from the Bureau at the end of the Civil War. Most supplicants were freed slaves, some of which were military veterans. In addition, a few veterans who were not African Americans also sought help from the Bureau. Freedmen’s Bureau records are usually reliable, because the records were supplied through first-person correspondence or the recording of a marriage. | The records identify those who sought help from the Bureau at the end of the Civil War. Most supplicants were freed slaves, some of which were military veterans. In addition, a few veterans who were not African Americans also sought help from the Bureau. Freedmen’s Bureau records are usually reliable, because the records were supplied through first-person correspondence or the recording of a marriage. | ||
==Citing | ==Citing This Collection== | ||
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image. <br> | Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image. <br> | ||