This came from a friend am sharing this with others. Beej Subj: Free 1900 Census Images and Index Online Date: 12/1/05 5:02:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) (mailto:[email protected]) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_ (aolmsg://094cf1d0/inethdr/2) Gen Gateway GenGuide ==================================================================== Free 1900 Census Index and Images Promotion AccessGenealogy is excited and proud to announce another FREE database being offered to its visitors! This Ancestry database is free only until 12/15/2005, so you need to visit and conduct your research today! This is truly a free offer... the only item required to access the free database is an email. And this is exclusive to AccessGenealogy. You MUST come back here to this page EACH time you try to access the database. You cannot go directly to Ancestry... and most of the other 1900 census links on AccessGenealogy will take you to their paid access... access it for free until 15 December, 2005... Information Found Within the 1900 Census http://gengateway.c.topica.com/maaegIIabmwmJbm2s8ebaeQAeO/ Name of each person. Name of the county, parish, township, town, or city where the family resides Age Sex Color (Race) Birthplace Whether married in the last year Profession, occupation, or trade of each person over 15 years of age Value of Real Estate Whether deaf, blind, dumb, insane, idiotic, pauper, or criminal Whether able to speak or speak English Whether the person attended school within the previous year Birthplace of father and mother Free 1900 Census Images and Index for Native American Research http://gengateway.c.topica.com/maaegIIabmwwIbm2s8ebaeQAeO/ Native American research around the 20th century was buoyed by the inclusion of all Native Americans in the 1900 census. Whether enumerated within the Indian Territory, or enumerated on the many reservations spread out across the United States, Native Americans were finally being counted. This provides the researcher a great and mostly unused tool in the search for their Native American ancestors. Finding these Native Americans has gotten a lot easier with Ancestry's recent indexing of the 1900 census. While the index is complete, it's not perfect. The writing of some enumerators was poor, and the quality of some census pages is lacking. Be prepared to browse their census images keeping the following tips in mind: Most Indian schedules were added to the end of county listings. For some states however, the Indian schedules were added to the end of the state. A non-Indian MAY be enumerated on the Indian schedule, if they are detached from their family and living with an Indian family. A Native American MAY be enumerated on the general population schedule, if they are detached from their Indian family and living with a white, or black family. For their own personal reasons, many Native Americans failed to claim their heritage during the 1900 census... they ended up enumerated as white or black. As well, some whites and blacks listed themselves as Indian, when they were in fact, not. While the 1900 census in and of itself does not prove or disprove your Native American history, it can add yet one more fact in favor, or not in favor of that claim. Good luck! Family Tree Search http://gengateway.c.topica.com/maaegIIabmwwSbm2s8ebaeQAeO/ Family Tree Search continues to grow every week... have you posted your family tree online to our site yet? Trade Recipes Online http://gengateway.c.topica.com/maaegIIabmwxibm2s8ebaeQAeO/ Judy has set up a new site this past month for recipe exchanges. With over 2,000 recipes listed, and an active group of friends and family helping her ad more each day, this will quickly develop into a large recipe site. Stop by when you're in need of that next recipe! Feel free to pass this newsletter on to your friends and family! Genealogy Gateway http://gengateway.c.topica.com/maaegIIabmwmKbm2s8ebaeQAeO/