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/iJB.2ACE/621.1 Message Board Post: The B in parenthesis means Black and the M means mulatto. Keep in mind that the designation was often made basically on complexion and that mulatto did not always mean a specific bi-racial background. -Angela-