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== What is in | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
This collection includes records from 1865-1872 | This collection includes records from 1865-1872 | ||
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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. The records are from the field office records of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland/Delaware, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. | 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. The records are from the field office records of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland/Delaware, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. | ||
==What Can These Records Tell Me?== | |||
'''Complaint Books or Registers ''' may contain the following information: | |||
*No | |||
*When Received [Date] | |||
*Complainant or Inquirer | |||
*Complaint or Inquiry | |||
*Of Whom Complained | |||
*Action and When Taken | |||
*Result of Action | |||
*Final Action of Complaint Division | |||
== Collection Content == | == Collection Content == | ||
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== How Do I Search This Collection? == | |||
== How Do I Search | |||
To begin your search it is helpful to know: | To begin your search it is helpful to know: | ||
*The name of your ancestor. | *The name of your ancestor. | ||
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*The name of the former slave owner. | *The name of the former slave owner. | ||
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=== How Do I Analyze the Results? === | |||
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]]. | |||
==What Do I Do Next?== | ==What Do I Do Next?== | ||
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 was Looking | ===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. | ||
*Use the information found to search for the family in land and probate records. | *Use the information found to search for the family in land and probate records. | ||
*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. | ||
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== Citations for This Collection == | == Citations for 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. | |||
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{{Collection citation | text= "United States, Freedmen's Bureau,Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872." Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.}} | {{Collection citation | text= "United States, Freedmen's Bureau,Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872." Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. <nowiki>http://FamilySearch.org</nowiki> : accessed 2017. Citing National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.}} | ||
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