Introduction to the Freedmen's Bureau
Angela Walton-Raji
Content
Welcome
2m 16s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 8s
Introduction
1m 47s
Background of Bureau
2m 8s
Contraband Camps
9m 50s
Exploring the Records
4m 31s
Descriptive Pamphlets
4m 48s
Find Bureau Records
4m 27s
Marriages
2m 47s
Labor Contracts
3m 18s
Hospital Records
3m 52s
Transportation Records
1m 25s
Military Records
1m 53s
Census Records
1m 37s
Abandoned Lands
2m 24s
FamilySearch
8m 17s
Summary
54s
Announcements / prizes
8m 49s
Questions / answers
24m 13s
About this webinar
Newly freed slaves needed assistance with food, shelter, rations and work for pay. The Freedmen's Bureau served that purpose providing such aid. This webinar will focus on the records from the Bureau, and how these records will open doors before 1870, for the African American family.
About the speaker
Angela Walton-Raji is known nationally for her genealogical and historical research and work with Oklahoma Native-American records. Her book, “Black Indian Genealogy Research” was the first book of it...
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