Good Morning Marie and All, Marie to do research on Ancestry.com one must be a paid member; isn't this true? On the list we should help one another freely. So with that in mind the list is researching: Bigelow Bass Ball Malloy--SC. I will write the slave researchers who post free info on other Slave lists I admin or host and see what we can find on these surnames. Marie what slave surnames are you researching? Thank You, Ramona ------Original Message------ On Sat Aug 31 21:02:06 2002 rmbeck@bellsouth.net wrote: If you are subscribed to the US Census Images online The Slave Schedules for 1850 & 1860 Census are available once you have selected State and County You will have the option of Townships/Districts or Slave Schedules if there is one available. The Slaves gender and age range in census records prior to 1850 were listed in the household which they lived in. There is a very interesting article UNRAVELLING THE 1850 & 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULES-By Spencer McCall http://www.webarchaeology.com/Html/slavschd.htm Ancestry Census Images Online (US) http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/usfedcen/main.htm U.S. Federal Census Indexes http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/main.htm U.S. Federal Census Indexes - List of Databases http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/censuslist.htm Hope this helps MarieB

Hi Ramona and everyone No everything on Ancestry.com doesn't require that you be subscribed. I had used their articles/columns maps and census extraction forms before I ever subscribed to the Census Images. However to access the Slave Schedules at Ancestry you must be a subscriber to their Census Images online as I noted in my post. I was answering the question asked by another Southern Plantation subscriber on the list about how to get to the slave schedules. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. The article that I mentioned, UNRAVELLING THE 1850 & 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULES, is not at Ancestry and may be of use to anyone who is researching the slave schedules. I am not researching any slave names so far. My gr gr gr gr grandfather Peter Luna, who lived in Marshall Co. TN until his death in 1851 owned some slaves. I have a copy of his will but it doesn't mention them by name in the will. It might in court documents following his death. I've not had the opportunity to check. I have transcribed the 1850 & 1860 Slave Schedules of Van Buren Co. TN and have them online at the urls below (You will probably need to copy and paste into browser as they are long urls) 1850 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/census/TN/vanburen/slave1850.html 1860 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/census/TN/vanburen/slave1860.html Thanks, MarieB At 06:09 AM 9/1/02 -0400, you wrote: >Good Morning Marie and All, >Marie to do research on Ancestry.com one must be a paid member; isn't this >true? >On the list we should help one another freely. >So with that in mind the list is researching: >Bigelow >Bass >Ball >Malloy--SC. >I will write the slave researchers who post free info on other Slave lists >I admin or host and see what we can find on these surnames. >Marie what slave surnames are you researching? >Thank You, >Ramona > >------Original Message------ >On Sat Aug 31 21:02:06 2002 >rmbeck@bellsouth.net wrote: >If you are subscribed to the US Census Images online >The Slave Schedules for 1850 & 1860 Census are >available once you have selected State and County >You will have the option of Townships/Districts or >Slave Schedules if there is one available. >The Slaves gender and age range in census >records prior to 1850 were listed in the household which >they lived in. >There is a very interesting article >UNRAVELLING THE 1850 & 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULES-By Spencer McCall >http://www.webarchaeology.com/Html/slavschd.htm >Ancestry Census Images Online (US) >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/usfedcen/main.htm >U.S. Federal Census Indexes >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/main.htm >U.S. Federal Census Indexes - List of Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/censuslist.htm >Hope this helps >MarieB