This reminds me of a researcher on the Quebec list a few years ago who was challenging the census because it had "B" written in the Origins/Colour column - until she found out that "B" stood for Blanc the French word for white. cheers! Doreen > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:59:22 -0400 > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] PAM/CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 242 > > Pam I did research for that person on Carter and in all that I came > up with there was only one reference to a Black man. All the other census > showed White. > > That census being 1901 for William Carter. > "Racial/tribal origin" column: Colour > > Ob: > other breed > > Could possibly be an error on the enumerator's part. That census > was difficult to read also. > xoxo > Sandy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:28:24 -0400 > > From: Pam Tessier <[email protected]> > > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CARTER family > > To: Simcoe List <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > All Carter researchers - sharpen your pencils and open your databases. I > > have a puzzle for you. I am addressing the list with this problem as it > > contains an element that gave me and my colleague a bit of a surprise > > last week. We were approached for assistance in locating the ancestors > > of a visitor who claimed a family member was a Black man from London, > > Ontario who had lived in Penetanguishene. As evidence he produced a copy > > of the 1901 census that clearly shows the record was altered to read > > "B'" and the origin was entered as African. > > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive email from all of your webmail accounts. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671356