The following excerpt is from the website of the IAAM Center for Family History. It is a one of a kind research center dedicated to African American genealogy. The project looks pretty amazing, and the public is invited to get involved. The center will be a part of the International African American Museum, scheduled to open in 2020.
As Bernice Bennett notes in her article USCT Pension Files: A Rich Resource for African American Genealogy, pension files can reveal many biographical details about ancestors who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT). Because events in USCT veterans’ lives before the Civil War were seldom recorded in the documentary record, veterans had to go to great lengths to prove their identity, their service in the Civil War, their dates of marriage, names and ages of children, and other biographical details that had to be documented in order for them to draw a military pension.
See the website at: https://cfh.iaamuseum.org/united-states-colored-troops-usct-pension-files/?platform=hootsuite
Thanks to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.
