This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lIB.2ACE/472.2 Message Board Post: The University of Southern Mississippi has in their collection minutes of the Union Baptist Church in Jasper County, MS. The minutes have name references to Black church members who are identified as freedman/freedwoman. The minutes span some years between 1866-1873. I have requested and received a copy of the records from the USM library. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to transcribe them, but they would be an excellent set of records for your project. Regards, Fawn Spencer