The Receipts · County File
Look up your county
Every county kept records — of who was enslaved there, who was freed, who owned land and who lost it. Find your family's county and see where its receipts are kept.
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Pick a county
Search above or tap the map. You'll get the slave schedules, census, Freedmen's Bureau, land, lynching and redlining records that cover it.
These are research guides to public archives, not proof of eligibility for any program. Some links open search pages where you enter your ancestor's name.