Was there a Voter registration around 1870? At what age could a man register then? Still searching for my ggrandfather. Betty
Yes, and this was the year that Black men too could register to vote. I mention this because before 1870 a man had to be "Free, white and over 21." I believe a person still had to be age 21. marilyn ________________________________ From: Betty Loose <betty@unisette.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 7:18:04 AM Subject: [NORCAL] 1870 voter registration? Was there a Voter registration around 1870? At what age could a man register then? Still searching for my ggrandfather. Betty ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Betty, I found the Great Voter Registration for 1870 on line through SFGenealogy.com It was free! If your relatives were in San Francisco, you might find them in this online database. The Great Voter Registration of 1870 is broken down into Districts. I think there were 25 of them. After I went through 16 districts I found them! I discovered that my great great grandfather and grandmother, Morris and Johanna, were alive and had about 6 children. They were naturalized in 1855. I had only known of three of the children but it was definitely my family. At first I wondered why my great grandmother Dora Lewis wasn't included. Then I realized that she didn't "join the family" until 1871. A couple of years later, I found the graves of most of these relatives in Colma. My mother who is in her late 70s is planning to go with me to visit these relatives and honor their memory as soon as the weather clears up this spring. Good luck finding your family members. Dean Desman ________________________________ From: Betty Loose <betty@unisette.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 7:18:04 AM Subject: [NORCAL] 1870 voter registration? Was there a Voter registration around 1870? At what age could a man register then? Still searching for my ggrandfather. Betty ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message