Hi everyone, Ramona was helping me manuevur Ancestry.com since I'm a subscriber but just wasn't aware of the process to get to the slave schedules. Sorry if I added to the confusion. Vjay ----- Original Message ----- From: Marie Beckman <rmbeck@bellsouth.net> To: <SOUTHERN-PLANTATIONS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [Southern-Plantations] Re: Ancestry.com-Limited to Paid Researchers? > > 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/slave1 850.html > > 1860 > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/census/TN/vanburen/slave1 860.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 > > > ==== SOUTHERN-PLANTATIONS Mailing List ==== > Search All Message for Information on Southern Plantations and Families: > http://searches/rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch/pl. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >