This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Marshall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lIB.2ACE/536 Message Board Post: I am trying to start my husbands family tree. His great great grandfathers name was John Marshall he married Sally. They had a daughter name Irene. Can anyone give me hints on how to go about finding out info if they were slaves?? They lived in Mississippi, I found Irene in the 1930 census living in Missouri. Thanks maria

Hi, Take a look at the following site for research tips on former slaves. Go to No. 5. http://www.geocities.com/blackrootsseeker/page8.htm Melvin [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Marshall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lIB.2ACE/536 Message Board Post: I am trying to start my husbands family tree. His great great grandfathers name was John Marshall he married Sally. They had a daughter name Irene. Can anyone give me hints on how to go about finding out info if they were slaves?? They lived in Mississippi, I found Irene in the 1930 census living in Missouri. Thanks maria ==== MSAFRICANAMER Mailing List ==== List manager [email protected] ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." -- Robert A. Heinlein --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger