May 1, 2016 | SC Freedmen's Labor Contracts
Freedmen’s Bureau labor contracts were some of the earliest records which listed former slaves with newly-chosen surnames. These records, which predate the 1870 census by several years, can provide clues for breaking through the 1870 Brick Wall by connecting...
Apr 30, 2016 | Freedmens Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau Rations Lists Rations lists, (aka register of destitutes), are among the richest Freedmen’s Bureau resources for locating ancestors in pre-1870 records. In times of crisis, it is often the very old, the very young and the infirm...
