Reconstruction

Document Collections

Black search: Records of Post­Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives

Freedmen's Bureau. Some of these sites offer some full text;, others have the indexes to the microfilm.  We will have some microfilm, or it can be obtained via Interlibrary Loan.

National Archives African American Heritage: Freedmen's Bureau

National Archives African American Heritage: Freedmen's Bureau Resources 

Freedmen's Bureau Records: An Overview - National Archives (Prologue)

United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872 (FamilySearch)

Freedmen’s Bureau digital collection: Records for Rutherford County, TN, and surrounding areas

HOLLIS Records  --  Reel guides

Records of the field offices for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Internet Archive)

Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
Reel guide starts on p. 21

Full text of 5 reels in Internet Archive. Search “Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina” in Advanced search: Title.

Georgia: Full text of 90 reels in Internet Archive. Search “Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia” in Advanced search: Title.

Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony -- Wikipedia Article