• Alabama (M809) Descriptive Pamphlet – Alabama Assistant Commissioners
  
  • Records of many state Assistant Commissioners and superintendents of education were filmed in previous years and should be researched for more information on activities at the local level.

• Alabama (M1900) Descriptive Pamphlet – Field Office
  • Descriptive pamphlets are important when researching the Freedmen’s Bureau records because they typically provide detailed indexes and explanations of the contents within a collection of historical records.

In the same record group, RG 105, and related to records of the Bureau’s field offices in Alabama, are those of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and previously microfilmed records of the Assistant Commissioner and the superintendent of education for Alabama. 

• M742 – Headquarters, Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 
• M752 – Headquarters, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 
• M803 – Headquarters, Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1871 
• M809 – Assistant Commissioners, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870. 
• M810 – Superintendents of Education, Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 
• M1875 – Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861-1869

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• Rolls 1- 23: Records of the Assistant Commissioner
  • Records of many State Assistant Commissioners and Superintendents of Education were filmed in previous years and should be researched for more information on activities at the local level.

Alabama – Freedmen’s Bureau Office or Subordinate Field Office Location

1. 007636379 – Roll 18
   • Huntsville and Athens (Claims Agent)

2. 007636380 – Roll 19

   • Huntsville and Athens (Claims Agent)

3. 007636374 – Roll 23
   • Mobile (Subassistant Commissioner)

4. 007636411 – Roll 26

   • Montgomery (Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 007636376 – Roll 15
   • Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner)

2. 007636371 – Roll 20

   • Huntsville (Freedmen’s Hospital)

1. 007636362 – Roll 11

   • Greenville

2. 007636374 – Roll 23

   • Mobile (Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 007636410 – Roll 25
   • Montgomery (Subassistant Commissioner)
4. ​007636411 – Roll 26
   • Montgomery (Subassistant Commissioner), Montgomery (Freedmen’s Hospital)
5. 007636405 – Roll 27
   • Montgomery (Freedmen’s Hospital)
6. 007636409 – Roll 31
   • Selma (Subassistant Commissioner)

7. 007636398 – Roll 33

   • Talladega (Subassistant Commissioner), Talladega (Freedmen’s Hospital), Tuscaloosa

8. 007636399 – Roll 34

   • Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, Tuskegee

1. 007636358 – Roll 7

   • Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

1. 009636391 – Roll 1
   • Office of the Assistant Commissioner  Correspondence, Offices of Staff Officers 

2. 007636392 – Roll 2

   • Offices of Staff Officers 

3. 007636393 – Roll 3

   • Offices of Staff Officers 

4. 007636394 – Roll 4

   • Offices of Staff Officers  Commissary of Subsistence, Inspector General and Disbursing Officer, Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

5. 007636362 – Roll 11
   • Demopolis, Elyton, Eufaula, Garland, Girard, Greenville
6. 007636376 – Roll 15
   1. Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner), Huntsville and Athens (Claims Agent)
7. 007636371 – Roll 20
   • Huntsville (Freedmen’s Hospital), Jacksonville, Livingston
8. 007636405 – Roll 27 – Montgomery (Freedmen’s Hospital)
9. 007636409 – Roll 31
   • Selma (Subassistant Commissioner), Selma (Freedmen’s Hospital), Talladega (Subassistant Commissioner)

10. 007636399 – Roll 34

    • Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, Tuskegee

1. 007636361 – Roll 10
   • Demopolis

2. 007636357 – Roll 13

   • Greenville, Haynesville, Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 007636380 – Roll 19

   • Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner)

4. 007636373 – Roll 22

   • Mobile (Subassistant Commissioner)

5. 007636406 – Roll 28

   • Opelika, Selma (Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 007636408 – Roll 30

   • Selma (Subassistant Commissioner)

7. 007636409 – Roll 31

   • Selma (Subassistant Commissioner), Selma (Freedmen’s Hospital), Talladega (Subassistant Commissioner)

8. 007636399 – Roll 34
   • Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, Tuskegee