Discover the Freedmen’s Bureau record collection

Containing more records than the 1880 United States Census, the Freedmen’s Bureau record collection is a must-search on the research list of any family historian with ties to America

The Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, collection went live on Ancestry in August with an ‘every name index’ and has records relating to schools, hospitals, apprenticeships and much more.

It has joined the other record collections related to slavery as part of the philanthropic scope of Ancestry, and as such is free to search. You will need to register for an Ancestry account, but you do not need a paid subscription.

Find out more in Helen Tovey’s news report at https://familytr.ee/freedmen