National volunteer indexing effort launched for 4 million
freed slave records
A national effort launched
Friday will connect African
Americans with their Civil
War-era ancestors through the
release of 1.5 million digitized
images containing 4 million
names from the Freedman’s Bureau. FamilySearch, a nonprofit organization sponsored by The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced The Freedmen’s Bureau Project
at a news conference held in the California African American Museum in Los Angeles on
“Juneteenth,” the celebration of Emancipation Day 150 years ago today.
Friday will connect African
Americans with their Civil
War-era ancestors through the
release of 1.5 million digitized
images containing 4 million
names from the Freedman’s Bureau. FamilySearch, a nonprofit organization sponsored by The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced The Freedmen’s Bureau Project
at a news conference held in the California African American Museum in Los Angeles on
“Juneteenth,” the celebration of Emancipation Day 150 years ago today.
