Course curriculum

    1. Meet Your Instructor & Introduce Yourself

    2. Course Access: July 10 - 16, 2023

    3. Course Overview and Outline

    4. Learn to use the Course Player

    5. Contact Us

    6. Before we begin ...

    1. Chose a Focus Family

    2. Trace Your Family Back to 1870

    3. Handout and Workseet

    4. Discussion

    1. A Brief History of the Freedmen's Bureau Records

    2. Learn about the Types of Records of the Freedmen's Bureau

    3. Where are the Freedmen's Bureau Records

    4. How to Search the Records

    5. Handout and Worksheet

    6. Discussion

    1. The Importance of Research Plan

    2. Finding Field Office Records

    3. Locating Other Records

    4. Handout and Worksheet

    5. Discussion

    1. How to Access Field Office Records

    2. Navigating the Smithsonian Online Archive

    3. Handout and Worksheet

    4. Discussion

    1. How to Access Additional Bureau Records

    2. Navigating the Smithsonian Online Archive

    3. Handout and Worksheet

    4. Discussion

About this course

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  • 38 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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Instructor(s)

Instructor Bio:

Shamele Jordon is a professional genealogist, producer, writer, and lecturer. Her biographical highlights include: award-winning TV producer of Genealogy Quick Start; 2023 National Genealogical Society SLAM! winner for Street Genealogy, researcher for the PBS series Oprah’s Roots: African American Lives I and II; 2023 NJHC grant recipient for projects on the Underground Railroad and Green Book, Vice President of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, co-founder of Black Genealogy Experience, creator of Visualizing the Past, youth genealogy; faculty at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, University of Athens, Ga, former president of the African American Genealogy Group in Philadelphia.

Shamele Jordon

Instructor