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  • Louisiana (M798) Descriptive Pamphlet
    • 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.

  • Louisiana (M1905) Descriptive Pamphlet

    • 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 for Louisiana, are those of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and previously microfilmed records of the Assistant Commissioner and the superintendent of education for Louisiana.

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

  1. 007641596 – Roll 7

  2. 007641633 – Roll 57

  3. 007641651 – Roll 62 

  4. 007641655 – Roll 66

  5. 007641660 – Roll 71

  6. 007641662 – Roll 73

  7. 007641666 – Roll 77

  8. 007641668 – Roll 79

  9. 007641688 – Roll 82

  10. 007641683 – Roll 87

  11. 007641670 – Roll 100

  1. 007641610 – Roll 15

  2. 007641611 – Roll 16

  3. 007641612 – Roll 17

  4. 007641613 – Roll 18

  5. 007641614 – Roll 19

  6. 007641615 – Roll 20

  7. 007641616 – Roll 21

  8. 007641617 – Roll 22

  9. 007641618 – Roll 23

  10. 007641619 – Roll 24

  11. 007641620 – Roll 25

  12. 007641621 – Roll 26

  13. 007641681 – Roll 89

  14. 007641672 – Roll 98

  15. 007641749 – Roll 101

  1. 007641597 – Roll 8

  2. 007641598 – Roll 9

  3. 007641624 – Roll 39

  4. 007641607 – Roll 40

  5. 007641608 – Roll 41

  6. 007641609 – Roll 42

  7. 007641604 – Roll 43

  8. 007641605 – Roll 44

  9. 007641606 – Roll 45

  10. 007641644 – Roll 46
  11. 007641643 – Roll 47
  12. 007641642 – Roll 48
  13. 007641641 – Roll 49
  14. 007641640 – Roll 50
  15. 007641639 – Roll 51
  16. 007641638 – Roll 52
  17. 007641636- Roll 54
  18. 007641632 – Roll 58

  19. 007641631 – Roll 59

  20. 007641651 – Roll 62

  21. 007641655 – Roll 66

  22. 007641656 – Roll 67

  23. 007641660 – Roll 71

  24. 007641666 – Roll 77

  25. 007641687 – Roll 83
  26. 007641685 – Roll 85
  27. 007641682 – Roll 88
  28. 007641681 – Roll 89
  29. 007641678 – Roll 92
  30. 007641675 – Roll 95
  31. 007641673 – Roll 97

  32. 007641672 – Roll 98

  33. 007641670 – Roll 100

  34. 007641748 – Roll 102

  1. 007641767 – Roll 110

  1. 007641610 – Roll 15

  2. 007641638 – Roll 52
  3. 007641636 – Roll 54

  4. 007641632 – Roll 58

  5. 007641651 –  Roll 62

  6. 007641655 – Roll 66

  7. 007641658 – Roll 69

  8. 007641660 – Roll 71

  9.  007641666 – Roll 77

  10. 007641669 – Roll 80

  11. 007641688 – Roll 82
  12. 007641683 – Roll 87
  13. 007641678 – Roll 92
  14. 007641675 – Roll 95
  15. 007641673 – Roll 97
  16. 007641671 – Roll 99

  17. 007641670 – Roll 100

  18. 007641749 – Roll 101

  19. 007641747 – Roll 103
  20. 007641746 – Roll 105

  21. 007641767 – Roll 110

  1. 007641620 – Roll 25

  2. 007641636 – Roll 54

  3. 007641634 – Roll 56

  4. 007641651 – Roll 62

  5. 007641652 – Roll 63

  6. 007641656 – Roll 67

  7. 007641658 – Roll 69

  8. 007641660 – Roll 71

  9. 007641667 – Roll 78

  10. 007641687 – Roll 83
  11. 007641686 – Roll 84
  12. 007641683 – Roll 87
  13. 007641678 – Roll  92

  14. 007641675 – Roll 95

  15. 007641749 – Roll 101

  16. 007641767 – Roll 110

  1. 007641596 – Roll 7

  2. 007641622 – Roll 27

  3. 007641623 – Roll 28

  4. 007641649 – Roll  29

  5. 007641632 – Roll 58

    1. Amite City  (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  6. 007641651 – Roll 62

  7. 007641655 – Roll 66

  8. 007641656 – Roll 67

  9. 007641658 – Roll 69

  10. 007641666 – Roll 77

  11. 007641668 – Roll 79

  12. 007641669 – Roll 80

  13. 007641686 – Roll 84

  14. 007641678 – Roll 92
  15. 007641675 – Roll 95
  16. 007641673 – Roll 97

  17. 007641672 – Roll 98

  18. 007641670 – Roll 100

  19. 007641747 – Roll 103

  20. 007641767 – Roll 110

  1. Louisiana (M798) Descriptive Pamphlet 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.
  2. Louisiana (M1905) Descriptive Pamphlet 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 for Louisiana, are those of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and previously microfilmed records of the Assistant Commissioner and the superintendent of education for Louisiana.

  1. M742 – Headquarters, Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
  2. M752 – Headquarters, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
  3. M826, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
  4. M1026 – Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1864–1869
  5. M1483 – Assistant Commissioners, Records of the New Orleans Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
  6. M1875 – Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869

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

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  1. 007641596 – Roll 7 Provost  Marshal  General of Freedmen 

  2. 007641633 – Roll 57 Alexandria  (Assistant  Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  3. 007641651 – Roll 62 Baton Rouge  (Subassistant Commissioner of the 2nd Subdistrict) 

  4. 007641655 – Roll 66 Bayou Sara (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  5. 007641660 – Roll 71 Columbia  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) Covington (See Madisonville), De  Cros Station (See Jesuits Bend),  Donaldsonville  (Agent)

  6. 007641662 – Roll 73 Donaldsonville  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant  (cont.) Commissioner)

  7. 007641666 – Roll 77 Franklin  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  8. 007641668 – Roll 79 Greenville  Colony  (Superintendent), Hammond  Station (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Homer  (Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner), Houma (Agent and  Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  9. 007641688 – Roll 82 Lake  Providence  (Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner)

  10. 007641683 – Roll 87 Millikens Bend  (Provost  Marshal and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  11. 007641670 – Roll 100 St. Joseph (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), St. Martinsville (See New Iberia), Shreveport  (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  1. 007641610 – Roll 15 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  2. 007641611 – Roll 16 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  3. 007641612 – Roll 17 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  4. 007641613 – Roll 18 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  5. 007641614 – Roll 19 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  6. 007641615 – Roll 20 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  7. 007641616 – Roll 21 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  8. 007641617 – Roll 22 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  9. 007641618 – Roll 23 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  10. 007641619 – Roll 24 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  11. 007641620 – Roll 25 Reports Chief Medical Officer’s Annual and Monthly Reports of Operations Unbound Chief Medical

  12. 007641621 – Roll 26 Other Records Register of Patients

  13. 007641681 – Roll 89 Monroe  (Agent and  Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Montgomery  (Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner), Mossy Farm  Plantation (See Trinity), Napoleonville  (Agent and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  14. 007641672 – Roll 98 laquemine (See M1483), Plaquemine  Parish  (See M1483), Point  Coupee (See New Roads), Port  Hudson (See Clinton), Prairie Landing (See Trinity), Rost  Home Colony,  St. Bernard  (See Microfilm Publication M1483) St. Francisville  (See Bayou  Sara), St. James  (See Donaldsonville), St. Joseph —Subassistant  Commissioner for  6th Subdistrict  (See Vidalia), St. Joseph (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  15. 007641749 – Roll 101 Shreveport  (Superintendent of Education), Shreveport  (Hospital)

  1. 007641597 – Roll 8 Provost  Marshal  General of Freedmen

  2. 007641598 – Roll 9 Provost  Marshal  General of Freedmen 

  3. 007641624 – Roll 39 Subordinate Office Plantation Department

  4. 007641607 – Roll 40 Subordinate Office Plantation Department

  5. 007641608 – Roll 41 Subordinate Office Plantation Department

  6. 007641609 – Roll 42 Subordinate Office Plantation Department

  7. 007641604 – Roll 43 Subordinate Office Plantation Department

  8. 007641605 – Roll 44 Subordinate Office Plantation Department

  9. 007641606 – Roll 45 Subordinate Office Plantation Department

  10. 007641644 – Roll 46 Subordinate Office Plantation Department
  11. 007641643 – Roll 47 Subordinate Office Plantation Department
  12. 007641642 – Roll 48 Subordinate Office Plantation Department
  13. 007641641 – Roll 49 Subordinate Office Plantation Department
  14. 007641640 – Roll 50 Subordinate Office Plantation Department
  15. 007641639 – Roll 51 Subordinate Office Plantation Department
  16. 007641638 – Roll 52 Subordinate Office Plantation Department, Subordinate  Field Offices  Abbeville  (Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner), Alexandria  (Assistant  Superintendent  and Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner)
  17. 007641636- Roll 54 Alexandria  (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassist  Commissioner), Algiers (Agent and  Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  18. 007641632 – Roll 58 Amite City (Assistant Superintendent  and  Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  19. 007641631 – Roll 59 Amite City (Assistant  Superintendent and Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner), Baton Rouge (Subassistant Commissioner of the 2nd Subdistrict)

  20. 007641651 – Roll 62 Baton Rouge (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  21. 007641655 – Roll 66 Bayou Sara (Agent and Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner)

  22. 007641656 – Roll 67 Bayou Sara (Agent and  Assistant Subassistant  Commissioner), Bragg Home Colony  (Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen), Brashear City (See Franklin)

  23. 007641660 – Roll 71 Columbia (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner) Covington (See Madisonville), De Cros Station (See Jesuits Bend,  Donaldsonville (Agent)

  24. 007641666 – Roll 77 Frannklin (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  25. 007641687 – Roll 83 Lake Providence (Assistant Subassistant  Commissioner), Madisonville  (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)
  26. 007641685 – Roll 85 Marksville  (Agent and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner), Merritts  Plantation (See New Orleans), Millikens Bend  (Provost  Marshal and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)
  27. 007641682 – Roll 88 Monroe  (Subassistant Commissioner of  5th  Subdistrict), Monroe (Agent  and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)
  28. 007641681 – Roll 89 Monroe  (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner), Montgomery  (Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner), Mossy Farm  Plantation (See Trinity), Napoleonville  (Agent and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)
  29. 007641678 – Roll 92 Natchitoches  (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)
  30. 007641675 – Roll 95 New Iberia  (Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)
  31. 007641673 – Roll 97 New Roads (Agent and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  32. 007641672 – Roll 98 Plaquemine (See M1483), Plaquemine  Parish  (See M1483), Point  Coupee (See New Roads), Port  Hudson (See Clinton), Prairie  Landing (See Trinity), Rost Home Colony, St. Bernard (See Microfilm Publication M1483), St. Francisville (See Bayou Sara), St. James (See Donaldsonville), St. James (See Dondaldsonville) St. Joseph—Subassistant Commissioner for 6th Subdistrict  (See Vidalia), St. Joseph (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  33. 007641670 – Roll 100 St. Joseph  (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner), St. Martinsville (See New Iberia), Shreveport  (Subassistant  Commissioner of the 7th Subdistrict),  Shreveport  (Agent and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  34. 007641748 – Roll 102 Sparta  (Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner),  Springfield (See Hammond  Station),  Thibodeaux  (Agent and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  1. 007641610 – Roll 15 Surgeon in Chief  Correspondence

  2. 007641638 – Roll 52 Subordinate Office Plantation Department 
  3. 007641636 – Roll 54 Alexandria  (Assistant  Superinentdent and Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner), Algiers (Agent and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  4. 007641632 – Roll 58 Amite City  (Assistant  Superintendent  and  Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  5. 007641651 –  Roll 62 Baton Rouge  (Assistant  Subassistant  Commissioner)

  6. 007641655 – Roll 66 Bayou Sara (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  7. 007641658 – Roll 69 Clinton (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  8. 007641660 – Roll 71 Columbia  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Covington (See Madisonville), De Cros Station (See Jesuits Bend),  Donaldsonville  (Agent)

  9.  007641666 – Roll 77 Franklin  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant  Commissioner)

  10. 007641669 – Roll 80 Houma  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Jefferson City (See  Carrollton), Jesuits Bend (Provost  Marshal, Agent, and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  11. 007641688 – Roll 82 Lake  Providence  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  12. 007641683 – Roll 87 Millikens Bend  (Provost  Marshal and Assistant and Subassistant Commissioner),  Monroe  (Subassistant Commissioner of 5th Subdistrict) 
  13. 007641678 – Roll 92 Natchitoches  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  14. 007641675 – Roll 95 New Iberia  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  15. 007641673 – Roll 97 New Roads (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  16. 007641671 – Roll 99 St. Joseph  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  17. 007641670 – Roll 100 St. Joseph (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  St. Martinsville  (See New Iberia), Shreveport  (Subassistant  Commissioner of the 7th Subdistrict), Shreveport  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  18. 007641749 – Roll 101 Shreveport  (Superintendent of Education), Shreveport  (Hospital)

  19. 007641747 – Roll 103 Springfield  (See Hammond Station),  Trenton (See Monroe), Trinity (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  20. 007641746 – Roll 105 Vermillionville  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  21. 007641767 – Roll 110 Vidalia  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  1. 007641620 – Roll 25 Reports

  2. 007641636 – Roll 54 Alexandria  (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Algiers (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) 

  3. 007641634 – Roll 56 Algiers  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  4. 007641651 – Roll 62 Bation Rouge  (Assistant Subassistand Commissioner)

  5. 007641652 – Roll 63 Baton Rouge  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  6. 007641656 – Roll 67 Bayou Sara  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Bragg Home Colony   (Assistant  Superintendent of Freedmen), Brashear City (See Franklin) 

  7. 007641658 – Roll 69 Clinton  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  8. 007641660 – Roll 71 Columbia  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Covington (See Madisonville),  De Cros Station (See Jesuits Bend),  Donaldsonville  (Agent)

  9. 007641667 – Roll 78 Franklin  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissiner)

  10. 007641687 – Roll 83 Lake  Providence  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  McHatton Home  Colony,  Madisonville  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  11. 007641686 – Roll 84 Madisonville  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Mansfield  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Marksville  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
  12. 007641683 – Roll 87 Millikens Bend  (Provost  Marshal and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Monroe  (Subassistant Commissioner of 5th Subdistrict)  
  13. 007641678 – Roll  92 Natchitoches  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  14. 007641675 – Roll 95 New Iberia  (Assistant Commissioner)

  15. 007641749 – Roll 101 Shreveport  (Superintendent of Education),  Shreveport  (Hopstial) 

  16. 007641767 – Roll 110 Vidalia  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) 

  1. 007641596 – Roll 7 Provost Marshal General of Freedmen 

  2. 007641622 – Roll 27 Subordinate Office Plantation Department 

  3. 007641623 – Roll 28 Subordinate Office Plantation Department 

  4. 007641649 – Roll  29 Subordinate Office Plantation Department 

  5. 007641632 – Roll 58 Amite City  (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  6. 007641651 – Roll 62 Baton Rouge  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  7. 007641655 – Roll 66 Bayou Sara  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  8. 007641656 – Roll 67 Bayou Sara  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Bragg Home Colony  (Assistant Superintendent of Freedlmen), Brashear City (See Franklin)

  9. 007641658 – Roll 69 Clinton  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) 

  10. 007641666 – Roll 77 Franklin  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  11. 007641668 – Roll 79 Greenville  Colony  (Superintendent), Hammond Station  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Homer  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Houma (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  12. 007641669 – Roll 80 Houma  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Jefferson City (See Carrollton)

  13. 007641686 – Roll 84 Madisonville  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Marksville  (Agent and Assistand Subassistant Commissoner)

  14. 007641678 – Roll 92 Natchitoches  (Subassistant Commissioner of the 4th Subdistrict) 
  15. 007641675 – Roll 95 New Iberia  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) 
  16. 007641673 – Roll 97 New Roads  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  17. 007641672 – Roll 98 Plaquemine  (See M1483), Plaquemine  Parish  (See M1483), Point Coupee (See New Roads), Port  Hudson  (See Clinton),  Prairie Landing  (See Trinity), Rost  Home Colony,  St.  Bernard  (See Microfilm Publication M1483), St. Francisville  (See Bayou  Sara),  St. James (See Donaldsonville),  St. James  (See Donaldsonville) St. Joseph —Subassistant Commissioner for 6th Subdistrict  (See Vidalia),  St. Joseph (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

  18. 007641670 – Roll 100 St. Joseph  (Agent and Assistand Subassistant Commissioner),  Shreveport  (Subassistant Commissioner of the 7th Subdistrict) 

  19. 007641747 – Roll 103 Thibodeaux  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner),  Trenton  (See Monroe), Trinity  (Assistant  Subassistant Commissioner)

  20. 007641767 – Roll 110 Vidalia  (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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