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February 18, 2016 16:29 ET | Source: FamilySearch

Much Anticipated Historic Freedmen's Bureau Project Reaches Halfway Point with More Than One Million Records Transcribed

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As of February 9, 2016, the Freedmen's Bureau Project reached a significant milestone with more than one million records transcribed. Nationwide...
December 01, 2015 09:42 ET | Source: FamilySearch

Milestones Reached in Freedmen's Bureau Project

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FamilySearch International, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and the Afro-American Historical and...