This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wallace, Nash, Ray, Foster, Warfield, Warren, Love Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XJB.2ACE/588 Message Board Post: I am doing my boyfriend's family's genealogy & have just located his father's family in Rankin co in the 1910 & 1920 census. His father has been deceased since 1994 & we have very little info. Also, he is African American & this is my first journey into doing anything in the south & I'm really out of my element. Plus, it is my understanding that the records probably won't be as plentiful or as easy to find as they have been for my family here in Illinois. I know his father Lenin D Wallace, refered to in the census as Leonard, was supposedly born in Brandon, MS in 1916. I find them in Fannin in 1910 & 1920. I do have an ancestry subscription & the only thing I've found there specifically to MS are the marriages. Lenin's father was Thomas Wallace & grandfather was Frank Wallace, both I've got in the 1910 & 1920 census. But, so far, that's all I've found on them. Are there any other searchable records available elsewhere? Also, I'm very bad at figuring out what's what in the LDS films. Does anyone know what there is available for that area of MS that's available? The most important info my boyfriend would like is what his first ancestor's original name was when he was brought here. Is it at all realistic that info is available out there somewhere to even find? It is my understanding that when they were brought here as slaves they were given their master's name, is that correct? I'm way over my head in this. I've been doing my family for years, but central european research is nothing compared to this. Any & all assistance would be greatly appreciated.