FYI - Anyone interested please contact Mr. Bowen.
>From: Beau Bowen <beau(a)iximd.com>
>Subject: Marshall Co, 1860 Census transcription offer
>
>I am interested in working on transcribing the Marshall County, MS, 1860
>Census, especially the communities of Chulahoma and Tyro where my
>relatives were, and where a number of 'white mulattoes' were counted by by
>the census.
>
>These individuals and families were marked as 'mulatto' but totalled with
>the free white populace. My family is mixed blood of Native American
>ancestry and is so listed, I suspect their neighbors and relatives were
>also mixed blood people and I believe that it would be a worthy research
>project to study who these families were, where they come from, and to
>attempt to determine why they were given such a strange enumeration on the
>1860 census. (My family was marked as white or no color on other censuses,
>but other Native American connections give credence to the belief that we
>have Native ancestry.)
>
>But, in order to study the people, the census must be transcribed. I have
>checked several different purveyors of census images, but none have 1860
>Marshall Co, MS available. I added myself to the 'wait list' at S&K
>Publications to be notified when they have received enough interest to
>scan the 1860 Marshall Co, MS Census.
>
>Transcribing an entire county is a very big job, so I thought I would
>contact you to see if there are any other persons interested in working on
>this project. If we can get half a dozen or so people to transcribe and
>proofread then we ought to be able to complete the project in a matter of
>months.
>
>Note: if you add yourself to the wait list the purchase of the county is
>only $20 when it becomes available.
>
>Please feel free to share my contact information with any interested person.
>
>Beau Bowen
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>Beau(a)IXImd.com
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