[Michlib-l] New Freedmen's Bureau Database: Free Access via Ancestry.com

All, Please see the below article announcing free access to a newly digitized Freedmen's Bureau records database, via Ancestry.com. This should prove to be of great value for African-American genealogical research: [ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-database-helps-descendants-ens... | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-database-helps-descendants-ens... ] [ https://www.ancestry.com/cs/freedmens?o_iid=116301&o_lid=116301&o_sch=Web+Property | https://www.ancestry.com/cs/freedmens?o_iid=116301&o_lid=116301&o_sch=Web+Property ] Jim Jim Flury Technical Services Manager The Library Network 41365 Vincenti Court Novi, MI 48375 248-536-3100, ext 133 Fax 248-536-3098 jflury@tln.lib.mi.us