I have the transcribed 1870 and there is nothing that I can find that even LOOKS like Birdsong. Betsy At 10:56 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote: >Thanks to all of you who responded to my request for the 1870 Lamar County >Census for the surname BIRDSONG. > >A few years back I tried to read the census myself on microfilm and a lot >of the pages were unreadable. I hired someone at that time to read it for >me in Lamar County and they told me that the majority of that census was >unreadable also. I've tried Ancestry.com but in searching other people >I've found that many times all people are not listed in Ancestry and I've >searched page to page to find some names and have found that in the >Ancestry index many times the names are spelled differently or interpreted >as a different name which was why I couldn't find them in the Ancestry >index. That's why I was wondering if there was a good copy or even a State >or local census available for 1870. >My gg grandparents were William and Charlotte Birdsong who had 12 >children. They moved to Lamar County from TN between 1861 - 1867. One of >their daughters Margaret (Maggie) was born in Blossom, TX in 1867. I have >her birthdate and place from a grandson. My Grandmother Josephine C. was >born in Blossom in July 1869 and the youngest child John Wesley Birdsong >was born in Blossom in 1872. He became the father of 18 children and one >of his children gave me his birthdate and place. >I have the Birdsongs from the 1880 TX census records and in the other >counties for 1870. Some of them are mine from Hunt County but I can't >find William and Charlotte and the younger children. William, the father >died about 1873-74 when my grandmother was 4 years old but Charlotte >didn't die until 1885 when she was taken to Ft Smith to be a witness in a >murder trial. >Are there newspapers available? Perhaps someone would have ideas of what >other records that are available for Lamar County and can point me in >directions to look. > >Again, Thank you all and any ideas are more than welcome and very much >appreciated since I'm in CA and don't know what is available. > >Gloria > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Matt Patterson >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:56 AM >Subject: Re: [TXLAMAR] 1870 Lamar County Census > > >I've have access to the 1870 Census as well. I don't see a BIRDSONG listed >in the index. > >Matt >----- Original Message ----- >From: "G Lucas" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:19 AM >Subject: [TXLAMAR] 1870 Lamar County Census > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a good copy of the 1870 census of Lamar > > County? I am trying to find the BIRDSONG which was in Lamar County in > > 1870. > > G Lucas > > California > > >Dial Broadband has arrived Nationwide! Up to 5 times faster than >traditional dialup connections from $13.33/month! See the demo for >yourself at <a href="http://www.BigValley.net">www.BigValley.net</a> > > >==== TXLAMAR Mailing List ==== >Lamar Co., TX Cemetery Database: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlamar/cemetery/1cemmain.htm > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx