Ladye Jane Hunter, Good morning from Tokyo. Thanks you for the link. In general, research is difficult, but attempting to do it from Tokyo is nearly impossible without support from kind people as yourself. Thank you. Tei A. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ladye Jane Hunter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 4:39 AM Subject: Re: [TNWARREN] deciphering old handwriting > TAG, > > You are not the first one who needs help deciphering old hand writing. Fred > Smoot has a good page on the Warren County page: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/ > > Ladye Jane Hunter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TAG" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:31 PM > Subject: [TNWARREN] deciphering old handwriting > > > > I have just a couple general questions about Warren Co records. Seems so > > basic, it's somewhat embarrassing to ask. > > > > > > > > 1) Are there any services available to transcribe old handwriting from > > early Warren Co. land grants, deeds and land records? It took a lot of > > effort to obtain them and now I am having a terrible time understanding > what > > is written in my ancestral records. > > > > > > > > 2) I am confused by the logic of the old census records. I am trying to > > find out more about my gr-gr-gr-grandmother Sarah Gordon (b. abt 1800 – d. > > 18??). In the 1850 census, she is listed as being born in 1800. Then in > > the 1860 census, she is again listed as being born in 1800. However, in > the > > 1830 census, she is listed as between being born between 1780 and 1790, > i.e. > > between 10 and 20 years difference. I have reason to believe she was > > actually born in 1785. Is it possible for old census records to be wrong? > > > > > > > > Furthermore, in the 1850 census Sarah and Robert Gordon are listed as > being > > from NC, yet in the 1880 census, their son indicates that they were from > KY. > > Was the census-taker wrong again? > > > > > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. I am racking my brain, trying to make > > sense of all these puzzling records. > > > > > > > > Thanks, Tei A. Gordon > > > > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > > Please see full list rules here: > > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > 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 >