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Author: Flakcat
Surnames: Catchings
Classification: queries
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The book is available as a reprint.
http://www.quintinpublications.com/familygenealogies_hoa.html
From what I can gather, it is available in larger Southern libraries.
I have a copy of the book though and looked for Albert Catchings. Sorry, no Albert
Catchings in the index.
I e-mailed you two days ago to your yahoo account registered here some information about
the road that might prove helpful.
I think you're on the right track looking in Mississippi; I'd try the 1870 Census
as your best bet. There are a total of 37 African-Americans with the last name Catchings
according to one count:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/mscopiah.htm
And the migration pattern from MISS to Texas is likely too.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/mshinds.htm
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