Thank you to everyone who has helped me trying to trace William Baxter. I found him still in Scotland on the 1901 census so he must have left for the States after that. The obvious thing now seems to be to look on the 1910 census for Texas - can anyone tell me whether there is a cheaper way of doing this than taking out a subscription to Ancestry.com? Thanks Annette "ASHTON-REDLIN ANNETTE" <ashtonredlin@yahoo.co.uk>

ASHTON-REDLIN ANNETTE wrote: > > Thank you to everyone who has helped me trying to trace William > Baxter. I found him still in Scotland on the 1901 census so he must > have left for the States after that. The obvious thing now seems to > be to look on the 1910 census for Texas - can anyone tell me whether > there is a cheaper way of doing this than taking out a subscription > to Ancestry.com? Thanks Annette There are several ways to obtain a Soundex film: 1. Join the TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP list on rootsweb. Check the name on the List of Lists. Ask for a lookup in the 1910 Soundex. 2. Order the 1910 Soundex film for Baxter, B236, through a Family History Center. You will have to find what film and reel you need. Look at the Family History Library Catalog at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp 3. Order the film through Inter-Library Loan or whatever the British equivalent is. You will need the Film and Reel number which is different than in the FHL Catalog, (the reel number is probably the same. 4. The National Archives and Records Administration, NARA, lends films directly but I do not know if they will send overseas. Go to www.nara.gov and search for Census Catalogue for more information. However first try to find him in the Ellis Island Passenger Lists. Go to http://www.avotaynu.com/ellis.html. These records only cover arrivals in the Port of new York. If William Baxter left england with a destination of Texas he might have entered at New Orleans, Houston or Galveston so he might not be in Ellis Island Data Base. If you find him it may give the place and person he was going to. bob gillis bob gillis <rpgillis@bellatlantic.net>

Annette There are 21 William Baxters listed in the 1910 cenus for Texas. (Heritage Quest) None of them indicate a birthplace of Scotland. I do apologize that I have not followed this thread very closely. I can follow up if you'd like... There is a William B. Baxter b. in Scotland, age 69 living in Sulphur Springs (Hopkins County) Texas on the 1920 Census. (Ancestry.com) Would be happy to send you the page off list... just let me know. There are 30 William Baxters listed in the 1930 Texas Census, none born in Scotland. bev Bev <brencher@earthlink.net>