Freedmen's Bureau Project

[Christine]

Calling all you wonderful historians!

"To help bring thousands of records to light, the Freedmen’s Bureau Project was created as a set of partnerships between FamilySearch International and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Afro­-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), and the California African American Museum.

Tens of thousands of volunteers are needed to make these records searchable online. No specific time commitment is required, and anyone may participate. Volunteers simply log on, pull up as many scanned documents as they like, and enter the names and dates into the fields provided. Once published, information for millions of African Americans will be accessible, allowing families to build their family trees and connect with their ancestors."

I don't know anybody who can navigate through historical penmanship better than you folks. I have indexed some of these records and they are fascinating - whole families of freed slaves listed on some of these documents! Here is a link to how you can participate:

http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/