Freedmen's Bureau, Washington Headquarters, Records of the Commissioner, Inventory

Additional records of the Commissioner will be located at the National Archives in Washington. Those available on microfilm are listed below and published on FamilySearch.


 * United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Commissioner, 1865-1872
 * M742 Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
 * M752 Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872


 * United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872
 * M803 Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands


 * United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
 * M1875 Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861-1869

Collection descriptions can be located in either the published National Archives preliminary inventory 174 with the "Entry No." or the National Archives Online Public Access "OPA." with the National Archives Identifier "NAID' number.


 * Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.Washington Headquarters. Washington: National Archives and Records Service: General Services Administration, 1973, 1981 Locate the inventory entry number from the second column of this inventory.
 * National Archives Online Public Access "OPA." In the search box type in the NAID number from the first column of this inventory.


 * Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, Inventory
 * Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, Inventory