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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Ancestry Celebrates Black History

Ancestry.com has set up a new African-American History page and released new records in honor of Black History Month:

U.S. Southern Claims Commission Master Index, 1871-1880
U.S. Southern Claims Commission, Allowed Claims, 1871-1880
U.S. Southern Claims Commission, Disallowed and Barred Claims, 1871-1880
U.S. Freedmen's Marriage Records, 1861-1869
U.S. Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1865-1872

Press release on the Ancestry.com blog.
Posted by isos at 8:01 AM
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