Question regarding race on census pre 1900. IF the father was white & mother Indian how would they have listed the children ????? WOULD this be different if the Father was Indian and the mother white ??? WOULD they have listed the Father if he was Indian pre 1840 ?? Mixed ?? Thanks steve spunk@aol.com

Mixed persons - any races - were often listed as mulatto. See the following site for one discussion of this subject. http://www.martygrant.com/gen/origins/race-codes.htm --- SSpunk@aol.com wrote: > Question regarding race on census pre 1900. > > IF the father was white & mother Indian how > would they have listed the > children ????? > WOULD this be different if the Father was > Indian and the mother white ??? > WOULD they have listed the Father if he was > Indian pre 1840 ?? Mixed ?? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree