Arts & Humanities: Genealogy: “Question: Familysearch.org 1880 census?” plus 5 more |
- Question: Familysearch.org 1880 census?
- Question: My surname is english but i am not?
- Question: What do I need to know before using ancestory.com?
- Question: How much asian ancestry do i have most likely?
- Question: Trying to find Mary G Lee in Hurst, Tx?
- Question: Can you read this cursive word?
| Question: Familysearch.org 1880 census? Posted: 04 Apr 2015 06:16 PM PDT Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel  |
| Question: My surname is english but i am not? Posted: 04 Apr 2015 01:24 PM PDT All European surnames can be African American surnames. Slaves didn't have surnames. If there were two slaves named Michael in the same area, one owned by Mr. Smith, one by Mr. Jones, people would sometimes call them "Michael Smith" and "Michael Jones" to distinguish between them. Many, not all, slave owners were English. The Germans tended to go through Pennsylvania and west, the Scotch and Irish were too poor to own slaves. Those are generalities and there are lots of exceptions, but an awful lot of black people have English surnames. When the slaves were freed in 1865 a goodly number took their former owners' surnames, because they were already known by it, and settled down to be share croppers. Others spit in their owners' eye and headed west to be cowboys. (About 1/3 of the cowboys, 1865 - 1900, were African Americans; Hollywood didn't show that until the 1990's.) The ones who didn't take their former owners' names sometimes took the name of a person they admired, except Lincoln. That would not have been a wise move in a county where half the barns were still smoldering from the Yankee cavalry. Others took a generic "Black" or "Brown" (in English, again), or the name of their trade (Carpenter, Cook, Baker - more English surnames) and some undoubtedly took the name of their father; Johnson, Moses, Paulson. Please don't forget to choose a best answer. It doesn't have to be mine. 10 points aren't much, but they tell us you read the answers and we didn't flush 8 minutes of research and/or typing down the toilet. |
| Question: What do I need to know before using ancestory.com? Posted: 04 Apr 2015 09:37 AM PDT Do you ground work first before you go, that gives you your foundation tree and you know it is real, you will find everything you need at home and in the homes of your living relations and starts with your own birth certificate http://familytimeline.webs.com/recordsin... Then know that nothing online is real unless it is an image of the real records, everything else is a clue only about where to look for the real record and you are looking for your ancestors not you ethnicity...you already know your ethnicity, it means the customs, cultures affiliations and association that YOU have in the country YOU were both, raised, live and in YOUR family home, so the food YOU eat the language YOU speak.... your ancestors will have different ethnicities, their ethnicities are not the same as yours |
| Question: How much asian ancestry do i have most likely? Posted: 04 Apr 2015 01:24 AM PDT Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel |
| Question: Trying to find Mary G Lee in Hurst, Tx? Posted: 03 Apr 2015 10:31 PM PDT If she's alive, then it goes against the policy here to post info about living people. You could try Facebook or one of the people-search website like AnyWho, Intelius, ZabaSearch or PeopleFinders. If she no longer living and you're looking for genealogy info, edit your question to add some details: approximately when & where was she born, when/where did she die, and any of her relatives you know of (who aren't living). That info will help someone find the right Mary G Lee. |
| Question: Can you read this cursive word? Posted: 03 Apr 2015 08:16 PM PDT It looks like "Unk" to me, in a VERY sloppy hand. The "<" part of the "k" is separate from the "|" part of the "k". The fact the next line, where they normally put age at death in years, months and days, has just a "33" in it, no months, no years, suggests no one knew her exact birth date. I'd bet "33" is an estimate. Asdzání deserves the Best Answer award for being first and for reminding you to post the link. |
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