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Welcome to the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Our mission is to preserve family history by indexing records; support research with free classes, lectures, and one-on-one help; and contribute to public genealogy causes. While we support genealogical research throughout Colorado, we focus on El Paso and Teller counties.   We meet at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month in The Venue, Library 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr., Colorado Springs. A social hour GenMixer starts at 6 p.m. Visitors are welcome. For monthly meeting information see Monthly Programs. For our free classes and more genealogy events, see Calendar. For help with your research, including our one-on-one GenMentor assistance, see Research Help. Come find your roots with us!   Key local resources: Pikes Peak NewsFinder (index to newspapers and other local records) PPLD Special Collections (Regional History and Genealogy)

 

The Freedmen's Bureau and the Freedman's Bank were established near the end of the Civil War to provide physical, financial, and legal help to former slaves. The National Archives and Records Administration says their records are "the richest and most extensive documentary source available for investigating the African American experience in the post-Civil War and Reconstruction eras." Lecture will explore the kinds of records created, accessing the records, examples of successful and unsuccessful research efforts.