On December 6th, Alison Barnes, the\u00a0Corresponding Secretary\u00a0of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), sent the following email to members of that organization who have been transcribing the records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (the Freedmen’s Bureau) for the past 18 months.<\/p>\n
Thank you for all your hard work on the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau Project.\u00a0 Together, AAHGS members were part of making history and contributed to the 100% completion of indexing the Freedmen’s Bureau Project.<\/em><\/p>\n The database is now a permanent part of the Genealogy Exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n Tomorrow<\/span><\/span>, December 6th,\u00a02016,\u00a0marks the culmination of the project. At 9AM EST<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> the indexed Freedmen\u2019s Bureau Records was\u00a0formally presented to NMAAHC. Go to\u00a0http:\/\/www.discoverfreedmen.or The members of CVGA congratulate the members of the AAHGS on the successful completion of this project. It is a noteworthy achievement and will make these records available to genealogists and historians alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On December 6th, Alison Barnes, the\u00a0Corresponding Secretary\u00a0of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), sent the following email to members of that organization who have been transcribing the records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (the Freedmen’s … Continue reading