The Freedman's Bank was created to assist newly freed slaves during and after the Civil War. The records cover the time period from about 1864 to 1871 and document the names and family relationships of those who used the bank. While the information contained in these records is very incomplete by normal genealogical standards, they are some of the very few records that document these individuals and are a vital source of information for those with African American ancestry. There are approximately 480,000 names in the file, which have been entered in a pedigree-linked GEDCOM format.
Network Installation
Server Configuration
Freedman's Bank Records are not accessible via UNC path. The entire CD can be duplicated on a client or server as shown below. The suggested share name is freedmans$
Family History Resource File directory with shared Freedman subdirectory.
IE float bugClient Configuration
Freedman's Bank Record data can be accessed via a mapped network drive. Access from a local drive generates a disk read error. The mapped drive is specified by a line in the c:\program files\freedman\progeny.ini file:
[Progeny]
CD = <mapped drive letter>:For More Information
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