Problem with lynchings is that many were not recorded as such and many African Americans just ended up "missing." If there was not some type of publicity or other reason for the information to surface, then many lynchings went unnoticed. Many families, fearing for their lives, would not even discuss these situations even if they had information that would substantiate that a lynching had taken place. I too, have had these questions with regards to missing family members, especially males in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Good luck! Chandra Duncan-Scott Academic Assistant Strayer University, Morrow Campus 3000 Corporate Center Drive Morrow, GA 30260 (678) 422-4111 / chandra.scott@strayer.edu (678) 422-4130 / fax We Fit Your Life -----Original Message----- From: Kdberr1@aol.com [mailto:Kdberr1@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 6:33 AM To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSWILKIN] Re: Research puzzle: Murder in Mississippi in 1879 In a message dated 7/21/2006 11:01:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MSWILKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Looks like you've pretty much covered the subject. What other info are you looking for? Thanks for the responses. As I said in my original message, I am exploring the circumstances of Charles' death, and I want to find out as much as I can about his life. I want to go beyond merely documenting the lynching. As far as the Phares family is concerned I think I may have made a mistake. Another researcher sent me biographical info that gives the names of 4 of D.L.'s children but doesn't include Wilbert Phares as his son. However a Wilbert Phares shows up in the 1870 Census as living with D.L. in 1870 in Wilkinson Co. So now I'm not sure that he was a relative of D.L. I don't know who Wilbert Phares' descendants are so I can't contact them. Kberry ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Tina Halls webpages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx