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'''Freedman’s Bureau.''' Additional government records are: | '''Freedman’s Bureau.''' Additional government records are: | ||
United States. ''Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama, 1865–1869''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0809. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=362692&disp=Records+of+the+Assistant+Commissioner+fo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 1612338–60].) These reports primarily contain statistical and historical information. For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=362692&disp=Records+of+the+Assistant+Commissioner+fo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1612358]) includes the names of the owners of the plantations or homes that were abandoned, confiscated, or leased. It gives the county and location, a description of the house, the number of acres owned, and the number of cabins of former slaves. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves. | United States. ''Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama, 1865–1869''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0809. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=362692&disp=Records+of+the+Assistant+Commissioner+fo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 1612338–60].) These reports primarily contain statistical and historical information. For 1865 and 1866, the section on abandoned and confiscated lands (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=362692&disp=Records+of+the+Assistant+Commissioner+fo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1612358]) includes the names of the owners of the plantations or homes that were abandoned, confiscated, or leased. It gives the county and location, a description of the house, the number of acres owned, and the number of cabins of former slaves. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves. | ||
The separate Freedman’s Bureau records do not usually name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Subject Search under: | The separate Freedman’s Bureau records do not usually name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog Subject Search under: | ||