Freedman's Bank records
Contributors: Intellectual Reserve.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Series: Family history resource file
Publisher: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Salt Lake City, UT
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Freedman's Savings and Trust Company -- Databases.; Freedmen -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Databases.; African Americans -- Genealogy -- Sources -- Databases.
Genres: Sources; Databases.
Other titles: FamilySearch; Progeny family explorer.
Description: "Freedman's Bank was created to assist newly freed slaves during and after the American Civil War. Records cover approximately 1864-71 and document names and relationships of those who used the bank. Although the records contain limited genealogical information, they are a valuable source of family history information for those with African-American ancestry. This compact disc contains approximately 480,000 names in pedigree-linked GEDCOM format"--Insert.
Notes: Title from disc label.
"Includes Progeny family explorer."
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