Helen, That sounds like a good calculation. Are you referring to Sallie Sarah Leaman? Of Laurens County. She is presently in the "Southern Unplaced Austins" database at http://www.afaoa.org/ . This family presently is headed by Alexander Austin of Antrim, Ireland. However, recent events will allow us to do major updates/corrections to this database, and then make it its own unique family in the "Southern Austins" section. We would appreciate whatever research you or others have on the Laurens County Austins, so that we can present as accurate a picture as possible. Please contact me at lizcarlin@socal.rr.com . Liz Austin Carlin Genealogist Austin Families Association of America -----Original Message----- From: austin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:austin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of austin-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:01 AM To: austin@rootsweb.com Subject: AUSTIN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5 This Austin-Austen List Digest is moderated by the AUSTIN FAMILIES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. We invite you to join us in researching Austin lines: www.austins.org/Join - Please e-mail any suggestions or comments to queries@austins.org. Today's Topics: 1. Mortality Schedule correction (Helen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:26:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Helen <austinart@bellsouth.net> Subject: [AUSTIN] Mortality Schedule correction To: Austin@rootsweb.com, AFAOA Liz Carlin <lizcarlin@socal.rr.com> Message-ID: <245710.74359.qm@web180010.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Thanks, Liz for catching my error in regards to the 1850 mortality schedule for Jane Austin of Greenville District, SC. I double checked the listing for Mrs. Sarah Austin, wife of Major James Austin of Laurens Co, SC. to be sure I was correct about her death date. The gravestone as transcribed for the Laurens County Cemetery Book had date of death as 22 May 1860, age 67 old, comuting a birth date of 1793. The 1860 Mortality Schedule showed she died in May, age 67 of heart disease.? The doctor treated her for one hour before her death. According to my calculations using what Ancestry.com posted, Sarah would have died in May of 1860, since the Census year used the date of June 1, 1850 to May 31, 1860 for figuring the date of death.?? Do you agree?? That matches the tombstone. ============= Quote from Ancestry.com: Part of the U.S. Federal Censuses from 1850-1880 included a mortality schedule enumerating the individuals who had died in the previous year. Because each of the censuses from 1850-1880 began on June 1, ?previous year? refers to the 12 months preceding June 1, or June 1 (of the previous year) to May 31 (of the census year). This database contains an index to individuals enumerated in these mortality schedules. In addition, each individual is linked to the census image on which they appear. Not all information that is recorded on the actual census is included in the index. Therefore, it is important that you view the image on which your ancestor is recorded to obtain all possible information about him/her. ------------------------------ To contact the AUSTIN list administrator, send an email to AUSTIN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the AUSTIN mailing list, send an email to AUSTIN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AUSTIN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5 ************************************