Good luck on your project! 1820 is the earliest that you can get for Alabama. You need to subscribe to an online census service(maybe more than one). There are pluses and minuses for each. Write me directly and I'll give you the scoop. I don't think we are supposed to discuss them on this list..? Listmom - do you know if we can? Also many libraries that have genealogy sections have access to several of the services. A list of all the Dukes in Alabama would be interesting but even more interesting and challenging would be to download all the Alabama related Duke family trees from rootsweb and try to connect them together. Free genealogy programs are available to do this. Most will automatically create website pages for the completed tree. thehornguy wrote: > Hello, all. > > I am now (after about 5 years of being a 'newbie') going to attempt to study > the census in some depth. > > My first 'project' will be the job of finding all the DUKE surnames which > were listed in the AL census records, from 1790 forward to 1880 or (perhaps) > later. Other states' records will also be checked, but the bulk of my > 'recent' family records are in AL, and before that, in SC. The most > recent are in TX, and I may have most of those, now, thanks to the kind help > of several fellow seekers!! > > What I hope to learn, first, is the proper and more successful way to gather > those names from the state-wide records of the US census data now available, > and where the best place is, to seek that data. > > Then, if I can 'get a handle' to that extent, I hope to start with the first > census and go forward,seeking all the first names of the heads of all DUKE > households which are listed in the 1790 list. I am not at all sure how > long that will take!! > > But it is a starting point!! > > All suggestions are needed and sought!! > > Thanks!! Joe DUKE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:00 AM > Subject: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D Digest V05 #148 > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

As far as I know, discussing them is fine, but recommending "one" as being better then another isn't. I don't see why you couldn't give "Your oppinion" on them tho. I would also suggest that if your are considering giving your opinion on these, to be sure to include ALL sources that you have an oppinion on (like the NARA information, HeritageQuest, LDS as well as using your local libraries & don't leave out Printed forms). This might actually be a good "line" of discussion to let ev eryone know what there options are for doing there own lookups. If this is going to involve the "where to obtain info from" I don't see why the various prgraoms you mention could not ALSO be discussed.. Maybe giving a Pro & Con of the programs your aware of (as well as maybe where to purchase them from).. I look forward to this thread (as long as it doesn't get out of hand.. Then I will have to unfortunately have to stop it.. But till then..).. Good Luck, Maureen List Mom -----Original Message----- From: wmcconne@bellsouth.net [mailto:wmcconne@bellsouth.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:09 PM To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] DUKE family info wanted. Good luck on your project! 1820 is the earliest that you can get for Alabama. You need to subscribe to an online census service(maybe more than one). There are pluses and minuses for each. Write me directly and I'll give you the scoop. I don't think we are supposed to discuss them on this list..? Listmom - do you know if we can? Also many libraries that have genealogy sections have access to several of the services. A list of all the Dukes in Alabama would be interesting but even more interesting and challenging would be to download all the Alabama related Duke family trees from rootsweb and try to connect them together. Free genealogy programs are available to do this. Most will automatically create website pages for the completed tree.