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...
Jun 13, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Freedmen’s Bureau Rations Lists (Register of Destitutes) Charleston District, Moncks Corner Sub-District Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA Record Group 105 M869, Reel...
