I understand you have a monthly newsletter for information in South Africa? I have a missing link - Julia Lillian Vaux went to Tanzania as a nurse between 1928-38 and was based in two areas. She came back to London prior to the outbreak of war and although family thought she returned to Africa, I discovered that in fact she was here in England for the duration presumably she was unable to leave. The next address in the registered nurses record was in 1945 care of a South African bank. After this she no longer appears in the register and I have checked the overseas deaths records and she does not appear here under the name of Vaux. I have also considered the possibility that she married late in life but the marriage returns also reveal nothing. I would be interested in any possible link with this lady

Searhcing for info on Joseph Madison Jones of Woodville, Mississippi. Email to CAN235@aol.com

Dear friend: I am looking for information on ancestors & relatives of my grandfather's father Mr. Edward Proute. He was born in Barbados during the early to mid 1800's and later migrated with two of his brothers to Trinidad. My grandfather visited the family plantation in Barbados with his father. In fact my grandfather's nickname Brook, is supposed to be the name of the estate. My grandfather always told me that his some of his cousins in Trinidad who regularly visited him later migrated to the US or England. Mistakes were made on birth certificates so quite a few of my relatives and my family have no 'e' at the end of Proute. Any information you can supply me is helpful as I would like to plan a family reunion and build a family tree. Other related families include Clarke, Inniss and King. D.U.Prout

Archive-name: genealogy/new_user Posting-Frequency: 15th of the month Last-Modified: 1997/03/28 Version: 1.6 URL: http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/new_user.htm Getting Started --------------- Summary ~~~~~~~ This regular posting contains a list of pointers and suggestions to help somebody who is approaching the subject of Genealogy for the first time. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the soc.genealogy.* newsgroup hierarchy. This document is part of a regular series of postings which are sent to all appropriate groups and mailing lists. This particular document is posted on the 15th of every month. The latest version of this document is available from the following locations * Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/new_user.htm * Via email by sending the following message: To: listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk Subject: <Leave Blank> get new_user end If you have any comments or changes, or any suggestions for new topics to be included, or you would like to write a note for inclusion in the archive, then please contact John Woodgate, (john@meertech.demon.co.uk) Contributions by: William Mills, Wes Plouff, Jeff Thompson, Cynthia Van Ness, Doni Wright Changes For This Version (1.7 - 1997/04/21) Minor changes to some of the text Copyright and Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright (c) 1996,1997 by John Woodgate. All rights reserved. This document may be freely redistributed in its entirety without modification provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Permission is expressly granted for this document to be made available for file transfer from installations offering unrestricted anonymous file transfer on the Internet. This document is provided AS IS without any express or implied warranty. The author may be contacted at 50 Great Meadow Road, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS12 8DA, England. I am new to Genealogy and would like some help. *********************************************** For those just starting to research their family history, these short notes might help: * Visit your local library and read a basic book or two on genealogy. This should give you some basic guidance on the methods to use, and where the information is held. There are many useful introductory books on Genealogy and family history, which will provide you with more complete and coherent guidance as how to get started than you could expect to get merely by posting a series of questions to the newsgroup or mailing list. In many cases specific questions can be answered by library reference materials. * Develop a plan. Think about which lines to follow. You have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. You have to draw the line somewhere. You can use your time better if you develop a plan to guide you. Start with talking with and writing to all your kinsfolk with your questions, (while they are still alive), and do it soon. * Start by talking with, and writing to all your kinsfolk with your questions, (while they are still alive), and do it soon. Overly general questions such as "What do you know about the family's history?" may overwelm your relatives. Asking specific questions (when did you get married? Who were your parents? grandparents? brothers and sisters? Where did you aunts and uncles live?) may get you more information. Use photographs and old family possessions to help get the conversation started. Remember to start this before the last of that generation passes on and takes all that valuable information with them. * Visit your nearest Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS or Mormon) Family History Center. You can find them in the phone directory. The family History Library catalog, on CD-ROM and microfiche, is your key to accessing millions of original records and published genealogical works kept by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Microfilms can be rented for research in the local Family History Center for a nominal fee. The local centers have two excellent indexes on CD-ROM: the Ancestral File and the International Genealogical Index (IGI). Neither of these are available via the internet. * Document. You may need to review your sources again, someone may want to verify your research, your work may imply something to someone who will need to access the same records, or someone may need to pick up where you left off. Too many people underestimate, or never consider, the importance of documentation. If you have found information in a reference book, make sure you keep enough reference material to enable you to walk back into the same place five years later, locate the book and find the reference again. * Keep a careful record of what searches you have done so far, even if you found nothing. It may well save you from searching the same record or source again in the future. * Don't sell your project short. You might start this with the idea of just finding a handful of people just for your own interest, only to find it blossom into a lifelong study. If you begin with some planning, some learning, and good documentation, then nothing is lost if it stays a small project, but you will reap great dividends if your little project turns into a big one. Remember that it is not uncommon to drop the project for 5 or 10 years and then go back to it again. * Be prepared to step back and catch your breath. When you look at the ambitions for your project and think about the effort involved, or when you are faced with dozens of trails that you want to follow, it may seem like trying to move a mountain with a teaspoon. When that happens, take some time to remind yourself that this is supposed to be fun, then do some more planning to get back on track. * Watch for all the FAQs which are posted to the various newsgroups and mailing lists. These Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) should answer most of your initial problems. A good place to start is the Meta-FAQ. This lists all the FAQs and other regular postings and you can get the latest version from the following locations + Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/meta-faq.htm + Via email by sending the following message: To: listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk Subject: <Leave Blank> get meta-faq end * Don't expect too much from online resources. Usenet, mailing lists and other online discussion forums work best when someone needs to overcome a stumbling block or an arcane problem. other online resources include name matching and query services, software and files describing topics in genealogy from the very general, to the very specific. However, they offer scattered coverage and are often unfocused. A good rule of thumb is that newsgroups, etc., only become useful after you start having difficultly finding your ancestors by conventional means. * Many people learn of a certain index or book that may be useful to their research and immediately jump on the Net and plead for someone to do a look-up for them. These same folks are often unaware that their friendly neighbourhood public or academic librarian can issue a formal interlibrary loan request for the wanted item. Since librarians have access to OCLC, the International Bibliographic Database, and the average researcher does not, they can quickly identify another owning library and send out the request over their networks. It's standard, everyday stuff for the librarians. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- new_user / V1.7 - 1997/04/21 / john@meertech.demon.co.uk

Please can someone who has undertaken research enlighten me? Were slave ships filled with people all from one African country, or a combination? My family come from the West Indies. My mother said that when she was growing up, there were a couple of people much older than her who spoke in Ghanian. She remembered a few sentences and asked around. A Ghanian recognised and translated them. Would it be fair to assume that all Black people from my mother's island originate from Ghana? ***

I am seeking any information on Leroy Freeman - lived in Angelina County Texas - Wife Cora Ella or Corilla - Had a daughter named Lela - No other children as I know of - He had family in Pennsylvania - He served in WWI. Is there anyone who can give me some information? Thanks. LP

AFRO-AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CHICAGO'S 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE "Trails to Freedom" is the theme of the 16th Annual Conference of the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago (AAGHSC) whose president is Saundra Brown, SaundraB@email.msn.com. The conference date will be Saturday, October 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m, at Olive-Harvey College 10001 South Woodlawn Avenue. The keynote address: "Trails to Freedom: The Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands," will be given by Reginald Washington an Archivist/Genealogy Specialist with the National Archives and Records Administration. A dramatic presentation: "Healing is the Childrenís Bread" by the talented Roland Barksdale-Hall. Conference sessions (concurrent): (1) Getting Started, (2) How America Lived 1800-1870, (3) Turning Your Research Into Interesting Stories, (4) How to Use Computer Technology to Preserve Your Memories and Family History, and (5) Basic Steps Used to Create Interesting Multimedia Presentations. So, Please join us for an exciting informative conference on research policy and procedures to use as we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors looking back over the "Trails of Freedom" that they took. A celebration dinner (separate cost) will be held at the Ramada Inn Lakeshore, 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive after the conference. Please join us as we celebrate another successful year of ROOTING! AAGHSC 1998 CONFERENCE SESSIONS 8:00- 9:00 Registration and Exhibits 9:00-9:15 Introduction and Welcome 9:30-10:30 Keynote Address: "Trails to Freedom: The Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands" Reginald Washington: Archivist, National Archives Washington, D.C. 10:45-11:45 (Concurrent Sessions) S1 Getting Started Betty Craft AAGHSC S2 Computer Workshop I Phyllis Goodsun S3 How America Lives Cassandra Smith 12:00-1:00 LUNCH 1:00-2:00 (Concurrent Sessions) S4 Computer Workshop II (Adv.) Phyllis Goodsun S5 Turning your research into interesting stories Cassandra Smith 2:15-3:15 Healing is the Childrenís Bread Roland Barksdale-Hall Dramatist, Author, Genealogist Sharon, PA 3:30-4:00 PLENARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Registration Form Please mail this coupon today to reserve your space for the 1998 AAGHSC Conference. Make check or money order payable to AAGHSC and mail to: Conference-AAGHSC, P. 0. Box 37-7651 Chicago, IL 60637 Name____________________________ Address____________________________________ (Please Print) City________________________________State___________ Zipcode____________________ Lunch (including beverage) will be provided for the price of $10.00. If you would like to order lunch please circle your choice on the lunch section of the registration form and add the cost to your payment. L1 L2 Tuna Salad Vegetarian on pita bread mixed greens lettuce Salad vegetables tomato sprouts chips Dressing-Thousand, pudding French, Oil vinegar fruit pudding fruit L3 Ham L4 on croissant Sliced Turkey Breast on croissant mayonnaise mayonnaise chips chips cole slaw cole slaw jello jello fruit fruit Dinner (including soup, salad, potato, vegetable, coffee or tea) will be provided for the price of $25.00. If you would like to order dinner please circle your choice on the dinner section of the registration form and the cost to your payment. D1 D2 D3 D1 Prime Rib of Beef Au jus D2 Grilled Salmon with Dill sauce D3 Cornish Hen with wild rice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-registration (On Site registration- Members-$25, non-mem.$30) Members $20.00 $________________ Non-members $25.00 $________________ Students $10.00 $________________ *(must show current ID)* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lunch $10.00 $_________________ Dinner $25.00 $_________________ SUBTOTAL $______________________ *Send in your membership now and register at the member rate. Add your AAGHSC Membership $15.00 TOTAL $________________ Pre-registration check must be received by deadline: September 12,1998. Call (312) 987-2112 for more information.

AFRO-AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CHICAGO’S 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE “Trails to Freedom” is the theme of the 16th Annual Conference of the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago (AAGHSC) Saturday, October 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00p.m, Olive-Harvey College 10001 South Woodlawn Avenue. The keynote address: “Trails to Freedom: The Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,” will be given by Reginald Washington an Archivist/Genealogy Specialist with the National Archives and Records Administration. A dramatic presentation: “Healing is the Children’s Bread” by the talented Roland Barksdale-Hall. Conference sessions (concurrent): (1) Getting Started, (2) How America Lived 1800-1870, (3) Turning Your Research Into Interesting Stories, (4) How to Use Computer Technology to Preserve Your Memories and Family History, and (5) Basic Steps Used to Create Interesting Multimedia Presentations. So, Please join us for an exciting informative conference on research policy and procedures to use as we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors looking back over the “Trails of Freedom” that they took. A celebration dinner (separate cost) will be held at the Ramada Inn Lakeshore, 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive after the conference. Please join us as we celebrate another successful year of ROOTING! AAGHSC 1998 CONFERENCE SESSIONS 8:00- 9:00 Registration and Exhibits 9:00-9:15 Introduction and Welcome 9:30-10:30 Keynote Address: “Trails to Freedom: The Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands” Reginald Washington: Archivist, National Archives Washington, D.C. 10:45-11:45 (Concurrent Sessions) S1 Getting Started Betty Craft AAGHSC S2 Computer Workshop I Phyllis Goodsun S3 How America Lives Cassandra Smith 12:00-1:00 LUNCH 1:00-2:00 (Concurrent Sessions) S4 Computer Workshop II (Adv.) Phyllis Goodsun S5 Turning your research into interesting stories Cassandra Smith 2:15-3:15 Healing is the Children’s Bread Roland Barksdale-Hall Dramatist, Author, Genealogist Sharon, PA 3:30-4:00 PLENARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Conference Registration Form Please mail this coupon today to reserve your space for the 1998 AAGHSC Conference. MAKE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: AAGHSC and mail to: Conference-AAGHSC, P. 0. Box 37-7651 Chicago, IL 60637 Name____________________________ Address____________________________________ (Please Print) City________________________________State___________ Zipcode____________________ Lunch (including beverage) will be provided for the price of $10.00. If you would like to order lunch please circle your choice on the lunch section of the registration form and add the cost to your payment. L1 L2 Tuna Salad Vegetarian on pita bread mixed greens lettuce Salad vegetables tomato sprouts chips Dressing-Thousand, pudding French, Oil vinegar fruit pudding fruit L3 Ham L4 on croissant Sliced Turkey Breast on croissant mayonnaise mayonnaise chips chips cole slaw cole slaw jello jello fruit fruit Dinner (including soup, salad, potato, vegetable, coffee or tea) will be provided for the price of $25.00. If you would like to order dinner please circle your choice on the dinner section of the registration form and the cost to your payment. D1 D2 D3 D1 Prime Rib of Beef Au jus D2 Grilled Salmon with Dill sauce D3 Cornish Hen with wild rice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Pre-registration (On Site registration- Members-$25, non-mem.$30) Members $20.00 $________________ Non-members $25.00 $________________ Students $10.00 $________________ *(must show current ID)* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lunch $10.00 $_________________ Dinner $25.00 $_________________ SUBTOTAL $______________________ *Send in your membership now and register at the member rate. Add your AAGHSC Membership $15.00 TOTAL $________________ Pre-registration check must be received by deadline: September 12,1998. Call (312) 987-2112 for more information.

>FYI: > >Spoke to them today and you can send a written request ($5 per surname) >for the years 1918-1946 to the address below. They informed me they will >only do a 3 year period. > > > >Louisiana State Archives >P.O. Box 94125 >Baton rouge, La. 70804-9125 > >If you have any questions call 504/922-1209. > >If you learn anything from your call, pass it on. > >Cynthia >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

I am trying to find my Great Aunt Gladys Kevey or any of her family. She may have been knowen as Bendall or Barker. She possibly left New Zealand in the 1930s-1940s. I would be greatful for any information. Thank you Natalie Bendall

Dear Sir, I am trying to trace my grandfather's cousins, last heard from in 1969. The names are Annie and Jimmie Lyons. The last address we have for them is Boksburg, Transvaal. I would be grateful for any assistance in tracing them or any other members of the family. Yours sincerely. Linda Lang. (Granddaughter of Benjamin Whitfield Harvey. Cornwall, U.K. )

My boyfriend is interested in locating his natural mother. He lives in Toronto now but was born in Johannesberg in sept 1974 to a woman with the last name of MULLER. Arthur is now the father of a one year old boy and is very interested in trying to locate his mother. If anyone has any information or suggestions could you please get back to us. thank you michelle rothman arthur debrito

Does anyone have any information on any of the above. Thanks, I. Matthews IMatth5148@aol.com

Karen -- Your search is not going to be that different from African Americans attempting to follow their family trees back to Africa. Here are some suggestions: 1. Start in the British Archives since Britian held Grenada for a time. There are bound to be some records housed in England. 2. Contact the authorities in Grenada to see what information is available. Many records are likely damaged due to weather and lack of preservation, but you never know until you check it out. Also, it is possible that the records are not indexed or otherwise organized, so you may need to take a trip there to see them yourself. 3. You can also try the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which has microfilmed genealogical records from all over the globe. They have established Family History Centres around the world that are open to all genealogists. 4. For info on Grenada vital records contact: Registrar General Church St. St. George's, Grenada West Indies (809) 440-2030 Birth, marriage and death records are available from 1 January 1866 to the present. The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society's July/August newsletter focuses exclusively on researching in the Caribbean and Latin America. The September/October edition will include an extensive contact listing for genealogical and historical repositories in the West Indies and Latin America. If you are interested in getting a copy, e-mail me for cost details. Steve Townsend AAHGS News Editor

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Thanks for the detailed answers to my questions. I realized after reading your responses that the wording of some of my questions was either imprecise or just plain wrong!!! On 7 Aug 1998 08:37:40 -0700, Del Stanley <dgstan@earthlink.net> wrote: > >Boltfan2@anti-spam.worldnet.att.net wrote: > >> I have recently been researching my ancestors using census info from >> the LDS center in Los Angeles. One of the "how to" documents from the >> LDS center talked about not relying on the Soundex and examining the >> actual census records. I was wondering if anyone has any idea how >> accurate is the Soundex? Is it really necessary to look at the entire >> census for a county or state if a person did not appear in the index? > >The Soundex will provide data so you can easily locate family in the >census w/o having to go through the entire census. >It gives limited information, whereas the census will give >more detailed information. The Soundex will give name, ages >and relationships of family members. It gives enough info so that >you can be fairly sure you have the correct family when you go to the >census records. Some people stop here w/o looking into the census. >That is why you got the warning. Spellings may differ, etc. Note that >even census records may have incorrect spellings, birthdates, etc. >Trying to find a family w/o the info obtained from the soundex can >indeed be very time consuming if no other index or abstract can be >found. Again, Soundex is primarily a census locator. > >Also note that the 1910 Soundex is not complete for all states. >Mississippi as well as all other southern states ARE included >however (in Soundex or Miracode). > >> For example, my GGrandfather appeared in the 1920 (Mississippi) census >> with his family but did not appear in the 1910 or 1900 Soundex. I >> feel he should have appeared since some of his children were born >> after 1910 in Mississippi. > >If he had children born AFTER 1910, and they lived with him then >they should appear in the 1920 census. Since you say they did, I >don't know what your point is here. Perhaps you mean he had children >born BEFORE 1910 in MS, and therefore s/b in the 1910 census? Otherwise >if the children were born after 1910, why do you assume he MUST be >in the 1910 MS census? What's the connection? I did mean BEFORE (sorry). My gm was born in 1909 so I thought the family should have appeared in 1910. As it turns out (in the 2 weeks it seems to take for messages to post to this group), I did find them in 1910 while I was looking for someone else in the same county. Unfortunately, the child who is the age of my gm has a different name (Lucy vs. Mariah). Is there a reasonable explanation for this? I knew her as Mariah Alice and she appears as Mariah in 1920. I have no idea why Lucy would have been mentioned. She did have a sister who was about twelve years younger named Lucy. Now I can't find this ggf in 1900. In 1920 (+oral history) he says he and his parents were born in Alabama. In 1910 he says he and his mother were born in Georgia. I looked on the MS, GA, AL Soundex for 1900 and found no sign of him. I have the name of his mother who I've also unsuccessfully searched for in the 1900 and 1880 Soundex for all three states. Any suggestions on where to look? I know he wasn't married in 1900 because I found my ggm (his future wife) as a teenager living with relatives in this census. I'm inclined to go with Alabama since that is where the oral history indicates he was born. Is there a way besides the Soundex to pinpoint the county where he was born? I can't imagine searching the entire state of Alabama line by line to find him!!! >> Should I look at the entire census for the >> county in which he lived or can I rely on the fact that if he does not >> appear in the Soundex than he was just dropped in the county by aliens >> in 1919? > >Are you certain he lived in Mississippi at the time of the census? Do >any family members know if perhaps he came to MS from say Alabama, >Tennessee, etc.? The 1900 census day was June 1st. If your ggf was >born July 1, 1900 he would not (should not) appear in the 1900 census. >If the family moved there (from another state) after June 1, they will >not appear in MS. Wherever one is at the time of the census, is >generally where he will be recorded even if in transist. Note that >aliens need not have dropped off your ggf in MS in 1919. The 1910 >census date was April 15, 1910. Thus he could have appeared on April >16, 1910 for the 1920 census, but not be in the 1910 census. > > If you KNOW he was in MS during those census years, and does not appear > in the Soundex then consider the following: > >(1) When transcribing for the Soundex, the transcriber may have errored. > Sometimes an "I" looks like "J", which sometimes looks like an "S". > Some records were written in some very beautiful handwritting, but > sometimes those flourishes are hard to understand. In other cases > the handwritting is simply poor. Bad news. > >(2) Try to obtain a city directory for that year, and note the address > for your relative. Find that address on a map (probably an old one). > For 1900 and 1910 there are volumes for Enumeration District > Descriptions. "1/4 mi. south of White Rock creek at the intersection > of Smith Lake." If this descrption fits, then note the number, 55 for > example. Instead of looking up everybody in the county census, just > go to that ED # for the county. In other words find ED 55 in the > county census, then start looking there. > >(3) If (2) doesn't work, (which is likely) then try this. Your ggf may > have had bothers and sisters. In those days it was quite often that > relatives lived close together. This is why you should include his > brothers and sisters in your search. I believe this is called > "cluster genealogy", or extended family search. Many times you can > gather a great deal of info about your direct line this way. > > Lets say he had a brother that you are able to find. When you > find the brother or sister, look at the entries above and > below him/her. These families are neighbors. Some may be > relatives, and your ggf may be nearby. Again note the ED, > and look at the entire district. Note the ED for other > relatives, and search those too. Sometimes a relative is > living with another. Look at ALL the names in a nearby > household. > >(4) Possible research problems on your part. If you are looking up > say John Smith in Quitman county, and did not find him, did > you just stop there? I would look up all John Smiths in ALL > counties in the state. He may have moved from one county to > another. Also, sometimes county names and boundaries change. > One may be born in one county, but that county is CURRENTLY > incorporated into another county, and thus another county name. > One may have the same birthplace, but the county name may > changed. Your library may have copies of county boundaries > that have changed over the years. Check there also. You may > have to check records in different county seats. > >> Another GGrandfather appeared as a child in the 1900 census but not as >> an adult in the 1910 or 1920 Soundex. Would it be necessary for me to >> examine the actual census records of the counties where he lived as a >> child and the county where his daughter (my Grandmother) is living and >> all counties in between? > >Did he move to another state, another county? If your gm is still living >she may be the best source for where he was at the time. If you know for >sure where he was, then see above. > >I don't know if you can obtain "actual" census records. What you get >is a film of the actual records, but not THE actual records. If too >many hands are on delicate records, the records may be destroyed. You >may pay for copies. Again, I don't really know if you are allowed to >examine actual census records. I meant the microfilm copy of the census. I was trying to distinguish these records from the Soundex. > >If you cannot find census records, then you will have to examine >other records such as vital statistics, etc. Birth, marriage, >death records. County tax records are another source which may >help in determining whether your family was in a certain county >during a certain time. The best one place source for most records >is the LDS records in Salt Lake City. Check with your LA LDS branch >to see if some records can be transferred to LA from SLC. Still >however, if your family is from Mississippi, you will almost >certainly have to go there eventually; depending how thorough and >accurate you want your records. Cannot be done in LA alone, unless >of course someone else has already done it for you. These county >records, however will likely be the "actual" records. Check wills, >probate records, etc. > >> Also, I was wondering about the migration patterns of Blacks living in >> the South around 1870 - 1920. Did people move easily? Did entire >> families move together or did one person move and others follow? > >I can't help you much on this. I know that during the Civil War, many >slaveowners moved their slaves to Texas to avoid losing their >slaves in areas hotly contested areas. Falls county, Texas was once >considered the slave refugee capital (a safe haven to stash your "property"). >My gggf (Scruggs) came this way from Clarke County, AL. My gggm from >(Bryant) from TN. > >Watch out for "slave clusters". These are many unrelated slaves who >had the same master, and also took the master's name. Thus all black >Watleys living in the same county at a goven time, are not neccesarily >related. They may just have the same slave name. Avoid the "we must be >related" because we live in the same area and are black syndrome. Could >be, but not neccessarily so. > >> Thanks in advance for any info..... >> >> Surnames researching in Mississippi -- >> >> WATLEY, WALKER, CASTON, JACKSON, GREENFIELD, MCKNIGHT, WRIGHT Also GRAY or GREY ********* To Reply, Please Remove anti-spam ********** "Sometimes you're the windshield, Sometimes you're the bug!!"

Anyone with information on the Little's of NC. Dexter LITTLE, I believe was born in Goldsboro. His wife Ollie May ???, was born there also?. He was a Baptist Preacher and tobacco worker. ldl

May I introduce myself? My name is Fedde Beijert and I live in Holland. I am looking for my ancestors who had the surnames of Beijert/Beyer/Beyers/Beijaard and so on. Is there somebody in South Africa with one of this surnames? I hope to get an message! Thank you. Kind regards, Fedde Beijert

I am looking for people with the familynames of Starreveld/Starrevelt/ Stervelt/Starfield and so on. Maybe it is your familyname or do you know something about those names. Please, tell me! I am looking forward to receive your message. Thank you! Ineke Beijert-Starreveld

Emigrants from Holland, Immigrants to you! Hello, As "Historisch Genootschap Oud Soetermeer" we are looking for people out of Zoetermeer and Zegwaart in the province Zuid Holland in the Netherlands. We try to trace our emigrated inhabitants and their children and grand-children etc. This year our society celebrates the 50th anniversery, and that is the reason for this project. If you, or your family is coming from Zegwaart or Zoetermeer, please contact me, Marjolijne Vijverberg-Kalkema email: kalkema@stad.dsl.nl or write to: E.W. van den Burg, Fr. Hendriklaan 32, 2712 EE Zoetermeer, Netherland Homepage: http://stad.dsl.nl/~dyngeman Met vriendelijke groet, Marjolijne E. Vijverberg Kalkema kalkema@stad.dsl.nl GWZ Homepage : http://stad.dsl.nl/~dyngeman