Freedmen Bureau records are a critical resource for African American genealogical research. It would have been impossible for the Genealogy Adventures team to reconstruct many of our enslaved family lines without this vital resource. These work contracts have opened door after door of discoveries in our African American research:
LINKS
Freedmen’s Bureau records main page on FamilySearch (FREE):
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/African_American_Freedmen%27s_Bureau_Records
Freedmen’s Bureau Work Contracts main page (FREE):
Burrell Yeldell’s work contract:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZG-Y3KL?cc=2127881&i=526
Martha Brooks’ contract:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZG-Y9CX?cc=2127881&i=170
The Sheila Hightower-Allen DNA Memorial Fund:
https://www.youcaring.com/forfamiliestobetestedtofurthergenealogicalresearch-1087919
To submit your raw DNA file for Howard University to triangulate (part of the Sheila Hightower foundation’s DNA project), please email it to:
dnamemorialfund (at) gmail (dot) com
PLEASE NOTE: Please read the information provided on the The Sheila Hightower-Allen DNA Memorial Fund for eligibility