Mam-ma's Southern Family

There is a wonderful database available at FamilySearch if you have Mississippi ancestors called “Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957.” [1] I have both Coor and Welch families who lived in Copiah County during that first time span and decided to check out this database. First, before using the search box, I clicked on the “How to this Collection” box, which takes me to the FamilySearch Wiki page about these records. [2] Anytime a new database comes up, it’s a good idea to read up about it. I’ll find out what localities are included, what I would learn from the records, and why the record was created in the first place. This is helpful in case I don’t find my family listed in the return hits. What I learned It was suggested that these records could be used as a substitute for birth records. These listed both white and black students and included the names of the parents and children. They were compiled yearly and helped local governments with fundin

I have now been blogging 12 years! In the past twelve months, I have written 18 posts about my maternal grandmother or her ancestors. Since this is a very small focus, I have not written many posts. They break down this way: 10 posts were part of the 52 Ancestors theme 2 posts were about locating family in the 1950 census 4 posts were about holidays 2 posts were about ancestral family stories (one for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!) The two most viewed posts were: Turning a Negative into a Positive Broken Branch: When the End of the Line Families are not Well-Documented This post was highlighted on 52 Ancestors weekly blog: Branching Out - Watershed Mention in Deeds Can Help Place Property This year I will be working on my BCG renewal portfolio and will likely write less as I plan to use my grandmother’s family for one or more of the elements. I’ll share what I write later in the blog. But this won’t stop me from posting anniversary stories or other interesting finds. Copy