tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929593101581875350.post7862823581694801419..comments2023-03-24T21:32:31.560-07:00Comments on But Now I'm Found: Genealogy's Brick WallJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15223296092716442571noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929593101581875350.post-91976409524377712452014-11-26T08:51:13.437-08:002014-11-26T08:51:13.437-08:00Your tips were extremely helpful and answered one ...Your tips were extremely helpful and answered one of the most puzzling aspects of my geneology search: why my relatives do not appear before the 1870 census. And, like you, the name spellings are so inconsistent: I often find my Cain relatives listed as Kane or other variations. Also, in cases where the slave bore children by the slave owner, I find the mother listed as the head, which makes it difficult to link to the actual slaveowner.<br /><br />Thank you for these exceedingly helpful tips!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929593101581875350.post-92052649115235926402009-07-10T08:19:37.702-07:002009-07-10T08:19:37.702-07:00Hi. Just wanted to let you know that visiting you...Hi. Just wanted to let you know that visiting your blog has inspired me to (finally) start my own. Thanks for sharing, and perhaps in the future we can share our thoughts and experiences on doing AA research. Be blessed!Renate Yarborough Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929593101581875350.post-89958981887660382302008-03-18T20:09:00.000-07:002008-03-18T20:09:00.000-07:00I look forward to reading more. Have fun in Amite...I look forward to reading more. Have fun in Amite. :)maggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929593101581875350.post-68862603691875084282008-03-16T13:50:00.000-07:002008-03-16T13:50:00.000-07:00Thanks Maggie for the encouragement and the helpfu...Thanks Maggie for the encouragement and the helpful tips. In my case, I have found a connection between Cain and Cotten which I plan on writing about this week. And I checked with a Mississippi plantation expert who said my ancestors were not on the Cotten's plantation, at least not the Cotten's I was looking at. Hopefully this year I can go to the Amite court house and do a little sleuthing on my home.<BR/><BR/>I never thought about giving my findings to the archives. Thank you so much for pointing that outJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15223296092716442571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929593101581875350.post-41895282952723860132008-03-16T09:05:00.000-07:002008-03-16T09:05:00.000-07:00I have the same problem, but in another arena. I'...I have the same problem, but in another arena. I'm trying to help the black community find their ancestors and keep hitting the same, dang, brick wall. I wrote about it here - http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/2007/02/finding-oprahs-roots-copy.html<BR/><BR/>Sometimes the answer to a last name is simple. The brother may have been teasing your great-great grandfather b/c he chose Cotten as a last name, as in "you chose Cotten b/c that's what you raise, then I'm raising Cain." Or not, just a thought...<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you have run across the surnames of Freeman, Freemon, Freedman, Freedmon, Freadmon, Redmon, Redman, Readmon. The census are full of misspelling and Cotten is probably the same as cotton. One of my realives from marriage changed their name to Friedman (pronounced Freed man) when they moved to the South. They were shucking their Jewish heritage or making a statement with the new place, new name; who knows.<BR/><BR/>Don't give up whatever you do. These searches are important and lead to great books such as <I>Roots</I>, <I>Confederates in the Family</I>, and <I>Cane River</I>. And, I beg you, when you get done with your Mississippi collection, please make copies and give to a local Mississippi library and the Mississippi archives. :)maggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.com