Hi, I poked around also and could not find anything, but thought maybe the information contained in these records might help https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F464749 and more info here (scroll down to where it says maps): http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Using_Census_Records_with_Directories Good luck, Angela Leaves of Heritage Genealogy "Let's shake some history from your family tree!"SM http://www.leavesofheritage.com >________________________________ > From: "transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com" <transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com> >To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com >Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 12:01 AM >Subject: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM Digest, Vol 7, Issue 32 > > > >The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > >Today's Topics: > >  1.  Mississippi Beat Maps (Michele Lewis) >  2.  Free Research Help & Training (James Heddell) >  3. Re:  Census Help (Debbie Hooper) >  4. Re:  Census Help (Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG) >  5. Re:  Mississippi Beat Maps (Laurie Huey) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:46:32 -0500 >From: "Michele Lewis" <ancestoring@gmail.com> >Subject: [TGF] Mississippi Beat Maps >To: "TGF Mailing List" <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <035101cdf65c$28481850$78d848f0$@gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii" > >Anyone know a source for Mississippi county "beat" maps for the census >years?  I have tried doing a Google search but can't find anything.  I am >trying to compare the 1870 census (Jackson, Co) to the 1880 census.  1870 >census uses township/range (I have maps for that) and 1880 uses beats.  I >can't tell if my people of interest lived in the same area of the county. > > > >Michele > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:57:33 -0800 (PST) >From: James Heddell <jivah0000@yahoo.com> >Subject: [TGF] Free Research Help & Training >To: "transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com" >    <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: >    <1358614653.72267.YahooMailNeo@web184802.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Do you want to >expand your knowledge of how to research your family?? 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To >learn more, go to:? http://rootsonomyblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/rootsonomy-research-group-on-skype.html > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:17:37 -0500 >From: "Debbie Hooper" <debbiehooper@verizon.net> >Subject: Re: [TGF] Census Help >To: "'Ellen Ward'" <ellen.ward@yahoo.com>, >    <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <002101cdf682$07388b60$15a9a220$@net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Ellen, > >While the previous comments have merit, I think you need to look more into >Dora Dufran, the "head of household."  In the 1920 census, she and her >10-year old son are in the same house, and she is listed as a nurse for a >private family [Dorothy Dufran, 224 2nd Street, e.d. 156, sheet 5A, >Ancestry's image #9 of 39].  In the 1930 census, she is still listed in the >same house, and her occupation is listed as practical nurse. > >It is possible that she was caring for the "boarders" in the 1910 census. >There were 2 men living at that residence with all of the other women. >Could it have been a home for those suffering from tuberculosis?  Many other >censuses list patients as "inmates."  Perhaps "resort" was a nice term for >sanitarium. > >The only reason I can think of to explain the crossing out of the >occupations and type of work is that an "inmate" at a "resort" really wasn't >an occupation and should have been entered in the "relationship" column >rather than "boarder." > >Newspaper records may shed more light on the situation. > >Debbie Hooper, CG (sm) >Delmarva Genealogy Associates >Specializing in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia > >Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for >Certification of Genealogists?? used by the Board to identify its program of >genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board?s >associates > >>>Ellen wrote: >? >Can someone help me in interpreting something on a census page? >? >I'm looking at an entry for a Daisy Miller in the 1910 U.S. Census for Rapid >City, Pennington County, South Dakota. She is a 25 year old married woman >who is a boarder in a household that appears to be a boarding house. >? > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:54:10 -0500 >From: "Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG" <sully1@carolina.rr.com> >Subject: Re: [TGF] Census Help >To: Debbie Hooper <debbiehooper@verizon.net> >Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <50FB2412.9090405@carolina.rr.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > >Debbie, > >Your suggestion is excellent and quite logical, which Ellen may be >able to further develop as you suggest. Sanitorium and resort were >terminology applied to tuberculosis treatment facilities (don't have a >source right on hand now). One reason for the terminology was >psychological. > >Kathy > > >On 1/19/2013 3:17 PM, Debbie Hooper wrote: >> Ellen, >> >> While the previous comments have merit, I think you need to look more into >> Dora Dufran, the "head of household."  In the 1920 census, she and her >> 10-year old son are in the same house, and she is listed as a nurse for a >> private family [Dorothy Dufran, 224 2nd Street, e.d. 156, sheet 5A, >> Ancestry's image #9 of 39].  In the 1930 census, she is still listed in the >> same house, and her occupation is listed as practical nurse. >> >> It is possible that she was caring for the "boarders" in the 1910 census. >> There were 2 men living at that residence with all of the other women. >> Could it have been a home for those suffering from tuberculosis?  Many other >> censuses list patients as "inmates."  Perhaps "resort" was a nice term for >> sanitarium. >> >> The only reason I can think of to explain the crossing out of the >> occupations and type of work is that an "inmate" at a "resort" really wasn't >> an occupation and should have been entered in the "relationship" column >> rather than "boarder." >> >> Newspaper records may shed more light on the situation. >> >> Debbie Hooper, CG (sm) >> Delmarva Genealogy Associates >> Specializing in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia >> >> Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for >> Certification of Genealogists?  used by the Board to identify its program of >> genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board?s >> associates >> >>>> Ellen wrote: >>  >> Can someone help me in interpreting something on a census page? >>  >> I'm looking at an entry for a Daisy Miller in the 1910 U.S. Census for Rapid >> City, Pennington County, South Dakota. She is a 25 year old married woman >> who is a boarder in a household that appears to be a boarding house. >>  >> >> >> >> The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:09:12 -0500 >From: Laurie Huey <flhueys@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [TGF] Mississippi Beat Maps >To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <50FB35A8.9030701@gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >I'd also like to know if the same maps exist for Alabama, in particular >Randolph County. The early birth and death records use beats for places >of births, deaths, and burials. I can guesstimate the locations, but >I've been wishing for an actual map. > >Thanks, >Laurie Huey >Jupiter, Florida > > >On 1/19/2013 10:46 AM, Michele Lewis wrote: >> Anyone know a source for Mississippi county "beat" maps for the census >> years? > > > >------------------------------ > > > >End of TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM Digest, Vol 7, Issue 32 >************************************************************** > > >