15 aug 2001 I'll tell you another way to find even more records of families named mosley, mosely, mozley etc of MS and AL. But first I must say that the BEST way to find your own ancestors is to look up their own records, e.g. US census records from 1920 census where they lived then--and see what state where the oldest ones were born. Sometimes you have to start from the 1920 soundex index to the census, unless you know EXACTLY where they lived in 1920. Censuses can be ordered from the Mormon local libraries mentioned by Annette, or other order servies that your local genealogical society would probably know about. Traveling to a giant metropolitan area genealogical library sometimes has the 1920 census there, and of course the 10 or so National archives for the US regions also have the censuses there all the time. The local county records like death records--which lead to obituaries in newspapers, are often even more specific about where the old folks were born. Regular librarians sometimes can help you search for those; although a genealogical society usually is more experienced. So probably the regular librarian would be more helpful to jus tguide you to the nearest genealogical society. The above approach is much more like a laser beam into the past, because it most often leads you to moseleys who really were YOUR OWN ancestors. But if you insist on the shotgun approach, I'll tell you--but quite often people find moseleys who waste your research time because they eventually turn out not to be your line. All of the Moseleys of MS and AL in Tom Moseleys 2 books who were born before 1840, and a few born a little later, are available on the internet (along with a lot of other MS and AL moseleys compiled form other sources) they're in databases moseley1 and moseley2 (even though they may have spelled their name mozly, mosley etc.I spelled them moseley in order to make the search easier that I'm about to describe to you): at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com (no www. in that address) way down in lower right of the homepage screen look for the words "or -- jump to a specific database " type in moseley2 --or else moseley1 --there (and click on "GO" button or hit ENTER key). then after you enter that Moseley database, click on "advanced search" which is to the right of an orange button called "LIST" . In advanced search , type in the surname moseley (no need to try different spellings because we compiled them all under moseley spelling) and under birthplace type in the two letter state abbreviation MS , or else AL . that search should yield about 100 records. similarly advanced search for moseley in MS or AL in the other database, moseley1 or moseley2 should also yield about 100 records each. click on each of those about 400 people born in MS or AL , usually in early 1800s and then go to their mother and or father. That way you will see hundred or so moseley families of MS and AL. We didnt compile many people born after 1840 because the 1850 census after that begins to do the job for us (and it was a very big job just to do the moseleys born before 1840. some moseleys, hopefuly not your own family, of course will have escaped our search for all the moseleys born before 1840) BUT AS I SAID AT START OF THIS EMAIL, THE BEST WAY TO FIND YOUR OWN ANCESTORS IS TO SEARCH RECORDS ABOUT THE COUNTY WHERE YOUR OWN MOSELEY FAMILY WAS FOR SURE EARLIEST KNOWN TO BE LIVING. best of luck to you all, Warren L. "Tuck" Forsythe , webmaster of the above 2 databases ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 7:01 AM Subject: MOSELY-D Digest V01 #22