Judy added this weekend to our Native American collection online “The Indian Races of North and South America.” This manuscript provides details on various Native American tribes of America. While it comprises over 500 pages it is still not an exhaustive study of the Native American nations. An Account of … Read more
I have made several new postings to Mississippi Genealogy today: Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads, Or Tishomingo Creek, June 2nd to 12th, 1864 At the beginning of June 1864, Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest set out with his cavalry corps of about 2,000 men to enter Middle Tennessee and destroy … Read more
The 1850 census for Lawrence County, Mississippi has been transcribed, and is awaiting a review by a friend before posting. The final post concerning the people in the census is left to John E. Reegan, the assistant deputy marshall who took the census. Any further posts, will pertain to stats … Read more
Anybody who does transcription work in the 1850 census, will be amazed at the age difference between husband and wife. Or maybe they won’t. There are still marriages today where one spouse is more then 10 years older then the other. But during the 1850’s this was very common. I … Read more
An ongoing project of Judy’s is the Eastern Oregon Obituary Database that we have built as a combined project at Access Genealogy and Oregon Genealogy and History. With the help of several kind volunteers, along with permission from the local paper, we have added an additional 1,000+ obituaries into the … Read more
I have found 4 duplicate pages in Ancestry’s online version of the 1850 Lawrence County, Census images. This duplication is redundant in their online index, thereby duplicating the names of 168 Lawrence County, Mississippi residents. The affected pages are: page 62 duplicated on 66page 63 duplicated on 67page 64 duplicated … Read more
I have been away with the family enjoying a vacation in Orlando over last week, hence the lack of updates. After lot’s and lot’s of riding roller coasters with my oldest child Kristin, I am back at home, and will get back to transcribing tomorrow. I did get some transcribing … Read more
One would have to wonder if Frederick Ward had a sex change between the 1850 and 1860 census. Now of course we know he did not, but the 1850 census listing for him doesn’t help sway that idea. The following image reflects Frederick’s entry in the 1850 Lawrence County, Mississippi … Read more
While struggling to decipher handwriting in the 1850 Lawrence County, MS census I have repeatedly came across the same first name, which I cannot accurately decipher. Ancestry’s index lists the given name as Linsey and Lenicy. Here’s how they view on the census itself: The image above clearly shows the … Read more
I’ve done many a census transcription in my times, and am amazed by this enumerators ability to mess things up. In the latest case, I find a hint of dyslexia in Deputy Marshall, John A. Reegan, enumerator of Lawrence County, MS. In the 1850 Lawrence County, Mississippi census appears the … Read more